I should probably tell her to watch herself around sharp objects, then. My mum decided to opt out on the chemo, and (from what I can imagine) she's already met with her doctor a couple times in the past few weeks. She officially told us just this past Saturday, but the paper with the diagnosis on it has been right by our bedside table for our last two visits, totally hard to miss. She never places anything in our room, so anything that's in there has its purpose. It was only when she sat us down and informed us that she began playing the sad, remorseful cancer patient. Instead of showing irritation, she started getting as clingy as she was when our visiting times first started back last October and then get irritated when we didn't meet her acceptable level of attention.

I'm sure she's more rattled than usual, having an actual physical diagnosis that suddenly limits her options by a whole lot, but she won't have any problems making sure we know just how much she's suffering.

Thanks for the response though, and I do very much appreciate your concern