Well we met with the oncologist again yesterday. Overall, I'd say it was a good meeting. There were 5 of us crammed into an exam room with the doctor (I guess that makes 6.) We learned that everything we had been told before had been confirmed. Yes, she has ovarian cancer, yes the tumors are everywhere, and yes, it is an advanced stage.
The good news, we are going to one of the best gyn oncologist specialists in the metro area. He is from the University of MN, and a specialist and expert in this area.
Mom will be having surgery first, probably next week, and she'll be in the hospital for (in the doctors words) "a long time" afterwards. They are doing a "debulking" surgery and will remove as much as possible. She'll start chemo after that.
It looks like it will be a long road, but Mom is up to it, and we'll all be here helping as much as we can along the way.
Also, they changed Mom's meds and based on last night, I think they may have the pain under control. She is taking 2 different prescriptions of Morphine, one is an extended release (or long lasting) prescription which keeps a constant level of Morphine in her system at all times, and the other is the immediate release, which she can take as needed as the pain spikes up. She seemed comfortable for the first time this week.
Our next appointment is with the surgeon on Tuesday. I'll let you know how it goes.
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