Hi,
I am New to this site and welcome any advice or insights you could share.
My mum has been discharged from hospital following unsuccessful treatment of throat cancer. She had aggressive tumour removed from cArotid area of neck a few months ago. She is 71 and family didn't want her to go through with operTion due to her physical frailty, however medics felt it was only option.
There were many complications of surgery with heart weakness and she didn't recover for some time - she required CPR and doctors prepared for her to not survive.
Over few months mum recovered but was still very weak and was sleeping for around 20-22 hours a day. She was sent home with peg feed and our family have been cAring for her. It would appear she had a stroke during operations and she is left with confusion and memory loss as well as reduced hearing and being unable to talk she is quite isolated.
Her mood was fairly low prior to operations and this has not helped with recovery.
Doctors recommended radiotherapy - However after only one session they have realised cancer tumour has aggressively returned and they sent her home.
They have told us that she has only weeks or months to live but she is at high risk of carotid rupture.
My sister's and I are providing 24 hour care however there has been no provision of support or advice provided.
Mum is still quite confused and sleeps for majority of the day....she is fairly settled and seems at peace with prognosis. We are keeping a close eye on pain relief and she has had morphine increAsed as well as codeine, paracetamol and ibuprofen 4 times a day.
I'm concerned that she experiences a carotid blowout while we on our own and we are unprepared for this .
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Jackie x