Reply #5: I don't know if the stomach pain is related to the breast cancer

[clydefrand]

but the fact that she has lost weight indicates the cancer is putting out an enzyme that curbs the appetite.

The doctor of my friend who died this month of cancer of the liver and colon and ??? who knows where else by the end, told us that the cancer makes an enzyme that destroys the appetite. In fact he said, "If you find a food you like, eat the hell out of it because it's the lack of food that kills you rather than the cancer itself." Those were his words! Good advice; eat what you can during this time even if it's the same thing day after day. (BTW, this same doctor said that research is now being done on this enzyme in hopes of creating a drug to combat obesity.)

I know when my father had colon cancer that he got to the point that he wanted nothing but chocolate milk and apple pie. He died 44 years ago this past Tuesday.

I've also heard many other stories of loss of appetite with cancer. My mother-in-law couldn't eat at all at the end.

Good luck with your mother. It's a heartbreaking thing to have to watch someone you love experience this evil disease. I would think a scan of her stomach and intestines should show if there are tumors there.

By all means if you can, go to the doctor with your mother and ask questions. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Fran