My mom has suffered with several types of cancer over the past 3 years and now it's severely deteriorating all of her bones. She broke a bone in her back 2 days ago just by picking up her coffee pot. Her oncologist says there's nothing more that can be done. Keeping her out of pain and comfortable is now top priority. He's having her get radiation treatments daily for the next 2 weeks. He says it's for pain relief. Is that true?
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i cannot answer this question but i would like to say that i am praying for you,your mum and your family
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Yes, it is true. The benefits for her defiantly outweigh the risk for her, she should do it.
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Yes it is indeed true. radiation treatment is used to shrink tumours and as the tumour shrinks, the pain lessens.
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Radiation treatments can be very helpful in alleviating cancer pain ((( in some circumstances )))...Also radiation therapy can help reduce bone pain !........But Opoids can do the same thing,what it boils down to is, what does your mum want ?
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Yes, radiation treatment is used for pain relief. Are you receiving hospice services? They can help your family through this experience, and they would have explained the purpose of radiation at this stage. Good wishes
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As you can see, her physician is not misleading her. In the source, there is a link to a health site which can answer many questions you might have, along with a few videos about cancer as well. Hope she gets better.
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