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How Long Can A Terminally Ill Cancer Patient Be On Hospice Care?

How long can a terminally ill cancer patient (ovarian) be on hospice care? My mom has been on hospice for two months now, she is bedridden, has a catheter, morphine through port, is still eating and drinking but is extremy confused. We wonder how long a person can go on like this.
Fri, 20 Mar 2015
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in.

Sorry to hear the progress of disease in your mother.
The period of survival in stage 4 cancer might vary from 6 months to 2 years. In the most advanced disease also a patient might be expected to survive for 6 months if her general condition is good and she is eating and drinking. Cancer is a difficult disease to treat and must be treated till the end.

Your mother has a morphine port in place and therefore her pain might be taken care of. Ovary cancer usually spreads to abdomen and involves liver, peritoneum and omentum. There is also a collection of fluid in many patients. I think she is provided good care at the hospice and can survive for another 2 months as long her eating and drinking are taken care of. Her confusion might be due to many reasons including a sense of psychological distress or disease spread to the bone. Please do not worry.
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How Long Can A Terminally Ill Cancer Patient Be On Hospice Care?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Sorry to hear the progress of disease in your mother. The period of survival in stage 4 cancer might vary from 6 months to 2 years. In the most advanced disease also a patient might be expected to survive for 6 months if her general condition is good and she is eating and drinking. Cancer is a difficult disease to treat and must be treated till the end. Your mother has a morphine port in place and therefore her pain might be taken care of. Ovary cancer usually spreads to abdomen and involves liver, peritoneum and omentum. There is also a collection of fluid in many patients. I think she is provided good care at the hospice and can survive for another 2 months as long her eating and drinking are taken care of. Her confusion might be due to many reasons including a sense of psychological distress or disease spread to the bone. Please do not worry.