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Q: Last Stages of Oc And Hospice
asked by: Profitweb on February 7th, 2005
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My grandmother was diagnosed with late stage ovarian cancer in november. She is 81 and she has opted for hospice care. I am caring for her 24/7 right now and neither one of us know what to expect, but we would like to know. Her stomach is huge right now, like a woman ready to give birth. It is causing her discomfort and her legs and feet have begun swelling. They are numb and she is loosing the strength to walk short distances. Her ankles are giving her some pain too.

Is there anything that should be done to make her more comfortable in these last weeks/months? Would draining the fluid from her stomach on a regular basis be a good idea? Any advice on what we should do would be appreciated. Also, any comments on what to expect from here on out would be helpful to us too. Thank you.
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joshnang4ever
replied on March 17th, 2005
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My mother had a "poop"bag, and that helped most of the time, but then we all were in school and mom thought it would be best if she stayed in the hosptial so we didnt get to see her, but she slipped into coma's most of the time, she was out of it, because she was on moriphine, the doctors made sure she was pretty much pain free, she really lost allot of herself at the end, she didnt remember anyone, or anything, sometimes it came back to her who we were, but not very often, she couldnt walk or talk or anything for the longest at the last six months of it, she only had it for 2 1\2 years so when it hit that we knew about it it was hard hitting, when the doctors went in and started doing thier surgeries and chemo is when the cancer started to do its spreading and it spread everywhere, so it really just depends on where it is with your grandmother right now and where its going to. I hope your god takes her with peace and grace and speed in your and his time
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