Thanks for your reply, I'm sorry to hear about your own recurrence and hopefully all else remains well for you. I think for hormones my mom will be OK since she's already gone through menopause but she does tend to be emotionally sensitive and her wellness in that regard is usually strongly impacted by her physical state. So far I have not seen her get a specific stage although based on the info it seems like 4A based on my research.  This is very difficult to research and it's very difficult to find a broad/general online community (discussion board) about cancer that is active. Lots of info on cancer sites that is years out of date or medical studies that are only readable by doctors & researchers.  Lost of online discussions for breast cancer, lung cancer, etc., the big ones. The best way I can help her right now is to help with her anxiety and nutrition and activity planning.  Mainly to make sure she is part of the process of fighting this herself and not just leaving it to doctors with whatever medical treatments they incorporate. ... View more