Mom's chemo treatment was stopped midstream today because it was discovered she was jaundiced. She is to be scheduled for a CT scan in the next couple of days to try to determine was is going on with her liver.
The choices aren't great but obviously we're hoping that it's the chemo, and not that her cancer has spread to her liver.
One frustrating note in this process -- how little attention health care professionals listen to their patients. Apparently mom and Sister A noted a couple of obvious signs that her liver might be malfunctioning to Dr. M on Friday, but no follow up, even though they were back in the hospital half of Saturday for the transfusion.
The other irritating issue is that there doesn't seem to be serious attention paid to the liver. For instance, since she's been in chemo, mom's pain meds have contained Tylenol, i.e. acetaminophen. We all know that's bad for the liver.
Sister A and I have spent countless hours discussion mom's pain meds and the safe amount to give her because of the acetaminophen. No doc has emphasized caution or offered a different pain med offered until Sister A asked about it Friday and was told that they had run out of the Tylenol-free oxycodone. She eventually was able to get her hands on some, but, again, why do we have to bring this up?
Chemo is notoriously hard on the liver. Why is TKO prescribing pain meds with acetaminophen when there are other options? Really impossible to have any confidence in these jokers right now.
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