My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 primary peritoneal cancer and was optimally debulked surgically. She decided, after the surgery, that she didn't want to do the IP/IV chemo that the surgeon recommended or any other kind of chemo. For her, the extra time was not worth the pain and nausea she would suffer. She has signed up for hospice care -- they promised she would suffer no pain -- and is happy with her decision.
I am trying to respect her decision, but I am worried that she will suffer more than she knows. She had a bowel obstruction before surgery, which seems to have resolved, but I'm afraid it will recur and she will have a lot of pain. She will no longer consult with her surgeon (gynoc), and is depending on her GP to run the end-of-life pain management. I need guidance: is this likely to be okay for her? I just don't want her to suffer, especially as she thinks she has traded of any extra time for not suffering now.