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Nur

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    Tashkent
  • Province or district (if non-US)
    Sergeli
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    Uzbekistan
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    lung cancer

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  1. Nur

    Need advice ...

    Hi everyone, My mother started to have pains, she groans almost for days. In the clinic we were given Tramadol. After one time of its use by mom for 20 minutes it was very bad, everyone was scared. A few days ago we had a video conference with the head of the palliative medicine department from Moscow. We sent him all the documents, tests, analisys + during the conference we explained to him the condition of my mother, he even talked to her, asked her questions. Then he prescribed medication. Tramadol doctor said not to give! İt's a bad drug. Analgin was prescribed for pain. As sleeping pills Diazepam ampoules or Relanium (but we have not found these drugs yet). A urinary catheter was placed because it was painful for her to go to the toilet. Every three days we do enemas, while with Microlax. Motilium was prescribed against vomiting. By the way, it helps a lot. Appetite returns. Earlier we dripped glucose. So far we are satisfied with the treatment. But the pain from analgin does not go away ... mom groans ... Your opinion...? Nur
  2. Nur

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    Hi, everyone. İ think you are well... My mother's condition is stable. but she began to eat less and less and only liquid food. saliva comes out of her mouth and they are like mucus, sometimes it seems that she has a lot of it there. what is this? no pain, sleep well. sometimes she does not recognize us, but later her mind clears up and talks to everyone. can i give her baby food? given to babies. Best regards, Nur
  3. Nur

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    Sorry for my English I mean vomiting. Yesterday she vomited all food, after 1-2 minutes of dinner. What does it mean? Today her eating is good. Sometimes she sleeps all the day and night...as newborn. Nur
  4. Nur

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    Hi everyone Mom has been pulling out what she ate for the second day, and right away. what does it mean? how can we be? Nur
  5. Nur

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    Good day, my dears I wanted to share with you about the state of my mother ... I visit her once a week, unfortunately, it doesn’t work out more often (she lives 40 km from me). According to my observations, her condition is stable, her appetite is good. As you wrote here, she talks less already, gets up only when necessary - for biological needs, already with the support of two people (early just only one person can help her, for example). By the way, she is hypertensive (for the last 10-15 years). Recently, she has been taking one Valsacor 40 tablet, which was enough to keep her blood pressure normal. But sometimes she suffers from insomnia - she does not sleep well at night. For the last three nights, the pressure rises to 190 (she usually starts to moan), it stabilizes only after an intramuscular injection of magnesia. She sleeps for the last three nights after injection of analgin + diphenhydramine. I would like to know your opinion about the duration of the use of these drugs, how will they act on the heart? I also care about her mind - sometimes she can say completely inappropriate things, but then she comes to her senses. Sometimes I feel her pity for yourself, because before she never needed anyone's help, and she was very active. I would be grateful to read your opinions on what is happening... Nur
  6. Nur

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    Tom, Today I was with my mother for about two hours. During this time, there was no cough even once. The daughter-in-law says that the cough is mostly in the morning, after a long rest. She was bathed today and she says that there is no pain when moving her arms and legs. But there is inaction, she does not raise her right hand, when she walks she drags her right leg. The oncologist attributes everything to cancer, tomorrow we will try to bring the therapist to my mother. Unfortunately, in our country it is not like in the states. That is, doctors of several directions do not work comprehensively with cancer patients. Each doctor must be treated separately. This is very sad. By the way, dementia is ruled out. Nur
  7. Nur

    Need advice ...

    Now my mother is with my brother and he says that her cough has become more frequent. Previously, he was only during meals - a dry, rare cough. She also began to move her right arm less. Will massage help? Nur
  8. Nur

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    Lou, You are very attentive. I also thought that my mother had dementia, because in December 2021 I noticed that she began to confuse the doors in the rooms (moreover, she said that she knew what she needed in the bath and knew that she was going to the bedroom, but she still went in there), began to ask who it was next to my daughter-in-law, pointing to her son, ... But this behavior soon passed. True, we did not contact a neurologist, because trips to an oncologist began. Does it matter to take her to a neurologist now? Our oncologist says that no one and nothing will help with oncology. Nur
  9. Nur

    Need advice ...

    Tom, Thank you so much for your detailed answer. It's very useful information and warm support for me. I have one question: can my Mom take a vitamin complex (B6, E for example)? Our doctor said that nothing help person when he has cancer! I want to know your opinion too. Nur
  10. Nur

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    Thank you, my dears, I am very glad that I found this forum and you as well. Thank you for your responsiveness. At the moment we decided not to tell not only Mom, but also Dad (he is 80 years old)! We are afraid that he will also fall down and Mom will only get worse from this. Dad is in a good mood now, but at a loss - why Mom is not getting better ... As for the treatment, it will be very difficult for my Mother, so for now we are taking care of her as much as possible. Unfortunately, We don't have the hospices you are talking about. We will take care of Mom ourselves for the rest of her life. At present, the condition is stable, general weakness is observed, as I already wrote, she does not hold a spoon well, she eats for a very long time. So I need any advice from you: for example, I was advised to give her food through a tube (that is, give her a tube through which she will suck up liquid food) so that she does not suffer with a spoon. fruit pass through a fine grater. What else can I do?.. Sometimes it seems to me that she does not understand what is happening around. Once she even asked: "What is happening to me?" As I said, she began to speak little. Answers only basic questions. To the question "Would you like help?" always answers "No" - because she never needed anyone's help. By the way, we did not observe the symptoms of lung cancer that are written about on the Internet, except for a sharp weight loss. Now she also says that nothing hurts her. But the doctor said that people her age tend to keep quiet about their pain. Is it so? What might worry her in the future? What do we need to be prepared for? I know this is a strange question, because every body is different from cancer, but still I would like to know what was bothering you and how did you deal with it? Is this palliative care? Also, I did not dare to ask the doctor how much she had left to live? But I saw such messages where the doctor says how much the patient has left to live. How do they foresee it? What then can be said about my mother?.. Today she seemed to me less active than yesterday, more sleepy. Is this characteristic of cancer? Regards, Nur
  11. Nur

    Need advice ...

    Thank you for your feedback, any words are appreciated for the time being... This analysis was done by a radiologist. His opinion is not to torment the patient, just take care of him, give attention, love. radiologist: The dimensions of the formation are 7.0x6.2x6.8 cm, with germination through the interlobar fissure into the reed segments, connection with the root of the lung. The structure is heterogeneous. In segment IX, there is a subpleural area of induration measuring 2.4x2.5 cm, with a density of -20+25 HU, with partial preservation of an air bronchogram. In the left pleural cavity, there is an effusion up to 2.4 cm high in the axial plane. Lymph nodes: paratracheal and aortic 10-18 mm, at the root on the left up to 14 mm; right up to 10 mm; Hypodensus formation in the IV segment of the liver without changes. The sclerotic focus in the 5th rib on the left is unchanged. Unexpressed hydropericardium. I talked to the doctor, and according to his conversations, he did not instill in me hope for the recovery of my mother. But he explained what needs to be done to start treatment. But first you need to tell your mom everything. Mom will not survive the operation - this is the removal of the left lung completely. Our doctor said that it is up to the mother to decide whether she is being treated or not. But mom doesn't know about her diagnosis! My brothers say it's better for her not to know. Thanks for your links - very useful information. I got acquainted with all of them, but does it matter if my relatives say that she will not survive the treatment (chemotherapy) and that perhaps this will hasten her end. sorry, but sometimes it seems to me that I don’t understand anything, that I just sit and watch my mother die ... Nur
  12. Nur

    Need advice ...

    Hello everyone. Before writing, I read many stories, and many of them inspire the best. My mother is 78 years old and the oncologist confirmed she has lung cancer. Unfortunately, today we do not know what kind of lung cancer it is, what degree and what treatment can be. The reason is that two fiberoptic bronchoscopies did not give any results due to the fact that the device did not reach the right place. The doctor said that you need to make a puncture of the chest in order to get to the tumor. But at the moment, mom is very weak, she has lost weight literally before our eyes, she can barely hold a spoon in her hands to put food in her mouth, she can barely move, she became uncommunicative, does not want to communicate... We live in Uzbekistan and there is a different mentality here that does not allow us to tell our mother that she has cancer (when we only had suspicions, she heard about it and it seems to us that this led to the fact that she only got worse) . The doctor said that it was up to her to decide whether to be treated or not, to continue the diagnosis or not ... Why am I writing to you? The opinion of patients with this illness is important to me. What should we do? Can I send pictures or discs with MSCT results here? Maybe our doctors don't tell me much...
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