My mom recently died. She was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer three years ago. The cancer had metasticized to her bones and she had a few spots on them. She was getting radiation treatment (in the beginning) and chemo until last may when her doc switched her to hormone shots and she got her first shots in June. Things seemed ok until last May/Junish. Around that time she started to lose weight and get weaker. In July she found out that the shots were not working and that it may have spread to her liver.
Well, in Aug, she started to deteriorate very quickly (dehydration, diarrhea, fluid build up, fatigue, loss of appetite, infection. etc.) Everything happened so fast that it really took my family by surprise.
She was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago and they took a biopsy of her liver, checked on her abdominal pain (they removed 2 lites of fluid) and looked at her intestines. She never woke up after surgery and we were told that she died of sepsis.
2006-09-24 10:59:03 · 3 answers · asked by hrmom02 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Isn't sepsis like "blood poisioning" or a staph infection? I would wonder how she contacted sepsis. Do some checking.
2006-09-24 11:02:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the chemo was stoped to soon and since the shots were not working the cancer had a chance to just keep going, once it got to the liver and the liver functions went down ther body turns septic which mean since the liver can't filter out the waste from the body it just stayed there and become infected after spreading through the body.
2006-09-24 11:08:17 · answer #2 · answered by melindarix@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am so sorry about your mom. It doesn't sound like anything went wrong, although death somehow always feels wrong. As I am sure you know stage IV cancer is as bad as it gets. From what you explained, the doctors did what they thought was best for your mother. Sepsis is just a fancy word for infection. This is extremely common in cancer patients. It sounds like her body just could not take it anymore. I am really sorry for your loss.
2006-09-24 12:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by Georgia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋