My mom's last CAT scan came back bad. Her medication is no longer working. The mass in her chest is growing again.
The problem is that her oncologist has given up. They don't want to try a new medication, they don't want to tweak her dosage. They just pulled her off the meds and basically said 'Go home and die comfortably."
They have this "quality of life" philosophy in that they will do nothing that will make a patient's remaining life miserable.
I mean, I can understand that, but that kinda flies in the face of someone who isn't willing to give up, you know?
My mom's doctor said she was "in denial", but she isn't. She's just not ready to give up which is what her doctors have.
Mother wants a 2nd opinion and a new CAT scan.
She had all the family gather, we're still not sure why, to tell us this info. It's not really news. Mom has been terminal for over a year now, and she is obviously in decline and all her treatments have been doing is buying her time. But she has a very strong will to live. The CAT scan before this had showed her cancer had not grown nor spread anymore and I was ecstatic at the news.
She was upset and disappointed. My sister had wondered what she was expecting. And all I could say is that she was upset because she wanted signs that she was being cured - going back into remission.
Even at her age and condition and situation, she still prays to her god to be cured (which I find very sad) and is hopeful to find a new treatment, especially to spite her oncologists, who, one after another, have given up on her.
So I'm scrambling, trying to find another doctor. Some doctors are so rude. One offered to give a 2nd opinion, but would not talk to my mother face to face about any results. Apparently it's too much trouble and they're too busy.