Posts Tagged ‘End-of-Life Care’

82 yo Mom with dementia has been losing weight, having trouble breathing, and feeling very tired, also complains about chest pain. We thought it was just anemia, doc thought congestive heart failure, sent her for full exam, discovered breast cancer from her 50s had returned, now metastatic. He wants her on chemo and tamoxifen. Definitely not telling her she has cancer, but husband and I talked about tradeoffs between treatment and letting her just live out her life. I feel like I’ll hate myself no matter what we decide.