My mum was diagnosed with Cancer last week. She had become increasingly unwell over the last couple of weeks and my dad had taken her to the doctor last week for more tests. Those tests revealed a mass in her liver. She was also found to be very anemic and she also has an infection. Doctors believe she has cancer of the bowel and the mass in the liver is a secondary cancer. She has had multiple blood transfusions for the anemia, she is on pain killers, and she is on antibiotics for the infection. Tests will be done this week in an attempt to find the extent of the disease and develop a plan for the treatment. No one in our family has died of cancer since the 1950's so were are unfamiliar with the issues surrounding the cancer. It appears to us mum's situation is pretty grim. We are not sure how to deal with it. I know a number of friends whose parents have survived bowel cancer, but their cancers were detected early and doctor's considered We are also a bit blown away how come mum seemed to be fine 4 weeks ago and now she has fairly advanced cancer. So I am wondering how do you deal with a diagnosis of Advanced Cancer, or perhaps incurable cancer right from the start. My dad has been at the hospital everyday, morning, noon and night and only after 4 days he seems exhausted. ... View more