- Joined
- Oct 11, 2006
- Messages
- 5,216
- Purraise
- 2,589
I hope you don't think I'm being morbid. My best friend's Mom has terminal thyroid cancer (I posted a thread last month). She is many states away, so my friend is not there to see what's going on; she's relying on phone calls from her Dad, who is elderly and out of it right now, he's so upset, etc. Today, she came to me, crying, and said the doctor told her Dad to get the funeral arrangements done ASAP (she's under hospice care). She told me the doctor said her brain is "shutting down" (she's unable to recognize anyone, confused, etc.), and soon, she won't be able to swallow. I did do an online search about this, but can't get any idea if it will be weeks, day, or hours until she dies. She doesn't have many of the symptoms (that I'm being told) that they list. Does anyone here, who has had experience with this, have any idea of what's happening? They thought she would live until March or April.
Thank you.
Thank you.