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Breast Cancer (Expert Forum)
Cause of Death of my Mother!!
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Cause of Death of my Mother!!
by Maria_T, Feb 13, 2007 12:00AM
My mother died last month she was 54.
She was diagnosed breast cancer in initial stage it was in her left breast, so the whole breast was removed successfully.
Then she was treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and bone scanning (everything went fine) and along with it she was given Femara as a regular medicine with Polybian multivitamin.after 2 and half yrs another doc diagnosed reoccurence of cancer then we reports to mother’s oncologist he gave another chemo dose and said no problem only some cancer cells are in lever and 20%in one lung So after chemo dose my mother had tough week due to vomiting and nausea but it also got fine. after ten days she had breathing problem we took her again to oncologist he checked thoroughly and said my mother had a slight phenomena attack and prescribed medicine and admitted her.In hospital after nebulization she got fine then at night accoding to prescription fo onclologist she was injected "Serenace" and Phenergen" for rest.After Just after it my mother had jolts and she went into shock with pain codnt breathe, doctor gave her Ammonia to counter act the reaction of medicine but her blood became think and was not accepting it, and she was constantly moving with pain.Doctors on duty said the cancer has spread we cant do any thing.
Please help me out I want to know how did she die?
Was it a mistake of a doctor?
Was it due to injection Serenace?
She was diagnosed breast cancer in initial stage it was in her left breast, so the whole breast was removed successfully.
Then she was treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and bone scanning (everything went fine) and along with it she was given Femara as a regular medicine with Polybian multivitamin.after 2 and half yrs another doc diagnosed reoccurence of cancer then we reports to mother’s oncologist he gave another chemo dose and said no problem only some cancer cells are in lever and 20%in one lung So after chemo dose my mother had tough week due to vomiting and nausea but it also got fine. after ten days she had breathing problem we took her again to oncologist he checked thoroughly and said my mother had a slight phenomena attack and prescribed medicine and admitted her.In hospital after nebulization she got fine then at night accoding to prescription fo onclologist she was injected "Serenace" and Phenergen" for rest.After Just after it my mother had jolts and she went into shock with pain codnt breathe, doctor gave her Ammonia to counter act the reaction of medicine but her blood became think and was not accepting it, and she was constantly moving with pain.Doctors on duty said the cancer has spread we cant do any thing.
Please help me out I want to know how did she die?
Was it a mistake of a doctor?
Was it due to injection Serenace?
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Feb 15, 2007 12:00AM
, Feb 15, 2007 12:00AM
On average, women with metastatic breast cancer (cancer that has travelled to other organs beyond the breast and regional lymph nodes) live about 2 to 3 years, however, because there is so much variability in the course of the disease, the range of life expectancy is quite large such that some individuals live for quite a few years with the disease while others have a much shorter lifespan.
Please HELP!!!