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My mom was fine befor going into hospital need advise.

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Mandybrouse
Mandybrouse

My mom went into the hospital with trouble breathing. She could talk, think straight ,walk and eat and do things on her own. Now she's in the hospital for 7 days and she says she feels dizzy,she confused,nauseous,she's can't get out of bed , sleeps all the time. When she's awake she says she feels like someone has been drugging her. She's has an enlarged heart only working 27% she has arthritis all over her body and conic pain. She had breast cancer that spread to her lyphnodes and completed radiation and just stopped herceptin and another drug about 1 month ago due to her heart being to weak. She's on 2x 40 mg of oxycodone every 8 hours 1x elival 50mg at night, 1x pantaloc At night. She was taking all these befor the cancer for Cronic pain. She has trouble swallowing pills get stuck .could they be dissolving in her throat?She's not getting answers to why she feels like this. Just looking for some insight

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  • kathy219
    kathy219 Mandybrouse

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    I am not qualified to give you any advice...just here to share some support & experience...

    Your mom sounds like she has been dealing with at least two very serious illnesses between her cancer & heart. Unfortunately chemo & radiation can wreak havoc with our organs resulting in many of the symptoms your mom is experiencing.

    Don't know from your post if she had heart failure or related problems before her cancer, but heart failure alone can cause shortness of breath which can significantly worsen on its own let alone with other health issues.

    It appears she got into the hospital and things went downhill, but they are in process of stabilizing her. Considering her health issues this could take days or weeks. Her EF is pretty low so the symptoms she is experiencing seem to be more related to how hard her heart is having to work vs. too much medication.

    Prayers she recovers soon!

    • Mandybrouse
      Mandybrouse kathy219

      Posted

      Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. What you said makes a lot of sense and was comforting ,made me feel a little more hopeful.

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