Stage 4 colon cancer?

Question

My mom has stage 4 colon cancer. It has spread to her lungs, liver, and bones. Chemotherapy has not helped. I have heard of natural remedies. I know that stage 4 is very very hard to cure, but are there any possible ways to help it at all? Any natural oils, pills.. ANYTHING please help. Thank you.

Answer 1

I am very sorry to hear about your Mom.....You are right, stage 4 is not good...... she could go into remission, but even with all the chemo or pills or natural remedies, (herbs) she is going to have a very rough time., and with stage 4 , there really isnt a cure..., this is hard to hear I know, but I have been through it with my Mom..... .You need to be aware that she might not come through this..... spend as much time with her as you can....... be there, talk about your life....laugh, hug her alot .... If you live near an herbalist, maybe they can help....... look one up in your area...... and God bless you ........ let me know how she is doing.... please........ I care.......... email me at yahoo......

Answer 2

I am so sorry to hear about your mother and that the chemo has not worked. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in October of 2005. She went thru drastic chemo, had a colostomy, etc. The good news for my mother is that after changing chemo drugs several times, she has done amazingly well. In fact, she just learned that all but one tumor in her liver has disappeared and they cannot find any of the tumors that were in the lung. Have your mother's doctors tried changing chemo drugs? My mother went to a division of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Phila. Perhaps you could get a telephone consult with a doctor there if you do not live close? She is the second person I've known with colon cancer who has gone to this hospital. The first has been cancer free for six months. My mom is not out of the woods yet, but she is able to leave a productive lifestyle. She has trouble walking still and the chemo has made her bones brittle so she uses a wheelchair because of stress fractures in her feet, but she can do a lot more than we expected her to be able to do. She has surpassed the doctor's expectations also. I hope that your mom can find the same success with the right doctor or right chemotherapy treatment. Good luck. I'll pray for you and your family.

Answer 3

Everyone wants to think that there is some miracle drug or cure out there for cancer, but the sad fact is that there isn't. My dad died four years ago and it was very fast. I know how hard it is and the ordeal we all go through. I have been a nurse for 7 years. I was there up until the bitter end. I administered all my dad's care , his medication and was there for his last minutes as I begged for him to let go. It';s hard to watch your parent go through that. You will come to the point when you realize that they have suffered enough and will know that they will be happier. Just be there for your mom and try to make things as easy as possible for her. There isn't much else I could tell you that would make things any easier. I am sorry. I still have a hard time at holidays or his birthday, but I try to deal with it when the time comes.
Sometimes you have to way the options.
There is quality vs. quanity
If she has lived a good and enjoyable life even though it may not be as long as everyone wants at least she has had a good quality of life.
Rather then living a long a miserable life the quanity may have been longer, but whats the point if she wasn't happy.
So make the rest of the time as enjoyable as possible before it is to late.
My dad was gone in two weeks from the time he was diagnosed.

Answer 4

I'm sorry about your mom....... I really am, but it's very hard for stage 4 to be cured almost impossible.... my best advice would be to take her to all the places that she enjoys and to stay by her side until the end so she's happy when times up........... I suppose I can a little negative but all of us are just a small part of a huge chain.... 1 life does not make a difference but at the same time neither does 1 million...... sorry if this was a bad response

Answer 5

My Lovely friend...my sister, too was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer...it has moved to her liver and she underwent treatment in our home town. They told her that nothing could be done for her.

We took her to Cancer Treatment Centers of America (she is actually there now...I just talked to her on the phone). They have the best staff I have ever encountered.

They found that she has a special type of pancreatic cancer, and it did not respond to the chemo they gave her here. They started another type of chemo and put her on an all natural diet. (lots of enzymes and herbs, too) In the past two months, the tumors have not grown at all! We are thrilled.

Pancreatic cancer is not curable...but there are resources to help lengthen life in some cases.... don't give up...

You do need to come to terms with the fact that you might lose your mom...she needs to know that you will be OK if she can't win this fight.

I will be praying for you and your Mom...

blessings!

Answer 6

Take your mom home, love, grant her every wish, ask who she wants to see and what her favorite flower is, make her as comfortable as possible, and let her die at home with her family. This is difficult, because someone or two have to be "the nurse." You've already put your mom through a lot of pain, losses of dignity, losses of her hair, ask her. I bet she's ready to call it quits with the hospitals. Go home and call hospice. They will provide everything you need, including the know-how to take care of mom.

I lost my mom to stage 4 lung cancer a couple of years ago. It had spread almost everywhere. We tried the natural remedies, we tried chemo. I was the nurse. My daddy and I held her hand as she died, and it was traumatic, but not more so than her dying by herself in a hospital. We told her to go to the light, that it was ok to be free now, and that we would take care of Snuggles. I miss her so much.

Everything they do in the hospital is invasive and uncomfortable, and they wake you at 2 in the morning for a sponge bath because it's convenient for some sponge bath technician. Let your mom be around her family, in her bed, cared for by her people, with flowers and her favorite food and her best friends and anything she wants.

I'm sorry. I know how desperate you are. But I wish someone had told me these things earlier than they did. Mom might have lived longer but for the chemo. I did the best I could.

I pray for you the strength to face this battle, and I pray for the amelioration of pain for your mom. Again, I'm so sorry.

Debbie
Not a professional
Just a survivor

Answer 7

No..my mom died of colon cancer two years ago. Once it starts attacking the lungs, organ and bones..Its too far gone.
Spend as much time as you can with her and just love her.

Answer 8

I have heard of people with cancer drastically changing their eating habits and that helps. But, I think it depends on the person. Also, they have to want to live and fight. I firmly believe in miracles too, prayer works. But, you have to be aware there are certain things that go along with that. God hears prayers of those that are His children (people that believe in Him, His Son and follow His Word, the Bible).

I certainly will pray for your mother and you.

Answer 9

I am sure there is but doctors will not tell you what it is...My mother has a book called natural cures...It has tons of cures for cancers in it...her book for cancer say to go to www.naturalcures.com it should have some treatments in it for people...the book says that ever cancer is differnt and it should explain it on the web site...my mother said this stuff really works so the best of luck to you and your mother!!

Answer 10

my husband has the same he was told of it june 23 2006 and did the chemo until may of 2007 when dr said it was doing more ham than good and hes in his final weeks of life. all you can do is pray and be there with her at all times and talk to her tell her you love her and tell her you are sorry for anything you may have ever done if you have hospice talk with them just be there for her