I just wanted to update you on my mother. I recently posted about her getting the peg tube a week or so ago. Got her home and she started gaining some weight. Was still having all the mucus problems in her mouth. I went over to see her on wed. evening and did not like the sound of her breathing, sounded like airway obstuction, so I called 911. Got her to hospital and ENT dr. had to put emergency trach in. He got it in a minute before her airway would have obstructed.
If I would not have stopped by she would have died at home thru the night due to obstruction.
The dr. came out and said he took biopsies of her tongue and just from looking with the scope he thought it was cancer.
Well today we got results and confirmed that the cancer is back and on the other side of her tongue and in the floor of her mouth. Her neck is so swollen. I guess it has spread everywhere. I was completely shocked despite everything we have gone through these past few months. The ENT and radiation dr. were totally shocked as well.
They kept saying all the side effects and pain were from the after effects of the radiation.
This has been a total nightmare.
There is nothing they can do. It came back very aggressive.
She just finished radiation in july and since then things have gotten worse and not better. But all they kept saying was radiation side effects.
She just saw both the dr's last week and I quesitoned so many things and they both said the highly doubt this is tumor related.
When she had her surgery back in march they got clean margins and the radiation was just a pallative treatment. Her CT scan of neck was normal.

Hospice is consulted and they are saying she has 4-6 months. My mother is 71yrs old and never smoked a day in her life.

These past few months I have seen her suffer and I do not want her to suffer anymore. We will be taking her home to keep her comfortable.
My father is still in the hospital from his recent heart attack and just had another heart cath today. We have not told him this news yet.

Could somebody please wake me up from this awful nightmare.

I am so angry at these dr's. How could they have missed this or not see it coming.

Please keep her in your prayers that she goes peacefully.
Michelle