Kwacky wrote:It looks like the deterioration has started in earnest. She's not been well recently. She's had some issues with her vision and feeling shaky.
At the end of last week she went in for some tests. She became unwell this weekend. She went back for more tests and was told to look at for certain warning signs, including bruises. The bruises appeared yesterday so my wife took her in to hospital which is where she is now. Some of her blood counts dont' look very promising so they're finalising some tests and coming up with a plan.
My mum's fear is that they're going to start chemo. That's essentially the start of the countdown.
Depends. Anything from a few months to a few years, it depends if there are any other issues and how the body responds to chemo. They'll know more once they've got the test results in.
Cheers Cav. I suspect that my mum will be around for a few years yet. There's no way she's going to give up when she's still got plenty of moaning left to do
Haha love her! Well I hope she shows it a good fight. I haven't had a chance to research it but if it is curable I hope she can move on from it, if it isn't I hope she has a very long and comfortable life left to live
Pass on the support from all of us on here too - family of our admin is our family too
I looked it up as MiL has acute myeloid leukaemia. It seems CML becomes AML in many cases.
MIL was due to start another course of injections this week but she was complaining of pains in her mouth and throat and they gave diagnosed an infection so the course has been put on hold.
My mum is in hospital. She's got an infection but they can't work out what it is. She's got a lot of Corona symptoms but the first test is negative. Her blood count is poor but they can't give her a transfusion until they deal with the virus or infection. She's on her own and no one can visit.
It’s worth speaking to the senior nurse on duty and saying you want to bring some things in for her. That’s how we got round it and it’s totally dependent on the nurse on duty on the day.