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For anyone who may be wondering, this week we found out why my mom was having so much trouble keeping down food. After a new pain started in her left side, she went to the hospital for an endoscope and ended up being admitted with high Potassium levels. They did an ultrasound there, and found that the tumors that had spread to her liver had never really responded to her chemo, and had grown much larger. Due to that, and the fact she is now so weak, it looks like there is not much left for the doctors to do. She is coming home from the hospital tomorrow and will be under in-home hospice care to manage her pain and keep her as comfortable as possible. Obviously this is a worst case situation for my dad, brothers, and I. If anyone has any comments or advice for us, we would be glad to hear it. It's definitely going to be a rough holiday season, but we are normally spread across 4 states, and I am thankful that we will all be able to spend it together one last time.

Thank you all for your responses. Her problem hasn't been so much with being hungry or eating, she is good with that. She is just having trouble digesting the food and keeping it down. She is going to see a gastroenterologist, so hopefully they will be able to help figure out a solution. I'll keep you posted on what we find out. I really appreciate the support on this site, it's nice to have a group who can understand what we are going through.

My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 NSCLC in July 2013. By that time she was already having trouble eating and keeping food down and had lost some weight. She went through a number of rounds of Chemo, and each one was very hard on her body, making her very sick. The doctors decided to stop chemo treatments about a month ago (mid October) in order for her to recover somewhat and hopefully gain back some strength. Since then she is still having a really hard time eating and keeping down solid foods. The doctors did an Upper GI scan to see if there was a problem there, but they didn't find anything. Has anyone else had a similar problem who could offer some advice? She keeps getting weaker, and we are not sure what to do. Any advice would be appreciated!