Okay. Well it's very difficult to provide guidance without a proper diagnosis. However, I believe that the vast majority of illness starts in our psyche, more specifically, cancers.

Pancreatic cancer, or upper esophageal cancer, or lower esophageal cancer, or lung, breast, stomach, throat, colon cancers, etc. etc. all have a very specific psychological cause.

The worst thing about our modern medical establishment, when it comes to what they call "cancer", is the fear and worry their diagnosis generates in the patient. They do not understand, due to mis-education, what the cause is, as well as the cure. There is effectively no such thing as a "carcinogen", and there is certainly no such thing as "metastasis". This is important to understand in your mother's case as it sounds as if the mass/tumor has not been identified, or that they have potentially found multiple masses. If metastasis were true, we would all need to have our donated blood screened for "cancer cells" before it could be used. Since no hospitals or agencies (e.g. "Red Cross) do such a thing, we can conclude this is not how "cancer" proliferates.

If there were one thing you could do to help your mother, should she receive a cancer diagnosis, it would tell her to not be scared. Easier said than done perhaps, but "cancer" is not caused by "malfunctioning cells" or some "foreign toxin". "Cancer" (cell proliferation) is a biological defense response to a perceived problem/fear/threat/worry/concern operating in our minds/psyche. This is most important above all else, as adding a new fear to her awareness, specifically, a "fear of death" from a cancer diagnosis, can and will likely cause "Lung cancer", cell proliferation in the lungs.

Hopefully this makes some sense to you. Now, what is the cause of pancreatic cancer? The essence is a psychological conflict typically brought on by arguments with family members, for instance, over an inheritance, property ”, or a “money” and by insults or accusations that are figuratively "hard to digest". In other words, she can't "stomach" a difficult situation in her life of this sort. The cell proliferation (tumor/cancer) is activated within the body to better help her digest that which she is psychologically unable to digest/accept.

My guess is, if pancreatic cancer is in fact the diagnosis, that your mother has resolved this psychological conflict already and she is actually reversing/healing the cell proliferation as we speak. Typically, the "healing process" is what we have all come to know as "sickness/illness/disease". Symptoms of healing cell proliferation in the pancreas include "pancreatitis", fluid retention (edema), swelling, and possibly brain edema (fluid retention) etc.

Her "inability to swallow" which you originally described could be associated to this as well. That's another line of cause, symptom and healing entirely however. In short though, some event/situation occurred that she could not even figuratively put in her mouth to even attempt to begin to digest - hence, she couldn't even accept, or figuratively "swallow" it. It's possible that we have two conflicts going at once. First, she could not "swallow" a situation, which later she decided to accept/swallow, but now feels she can't ultimately accept (digest) it fully.

I don't know how close you are with your mother or how aware you are of her various relationships and affairs with friends and family, but if any of this rings a bell with her, it can be a TREMENDOUS RELIEF to a patient to become aware of this causation and ultimately resolution. But this does depend on how far along things are. Her difficulty with swallowing could be problematic and potentially require a surgery/excision of an obstruction. Only further diagnosis can reveal this.

If nothing else, if any of this rings a bell with you or her, hopefully she will feel some sense of relief for starters. In order to completely resolve the situation, she needs to psychologically come to terms with this situation (acceptance), which would then trigger the reversal of all the cell proliferation in her throat/pancreas. The healing phase can be lengthy, depending on her ability to rest, get good sleep, eat plenty of protein and drink plenty of fluids while avoiding more fear or relapses in psychological conflicts.

I would avoid the burn-cut-poison standard prescription at all costs, unless there is definite obstruction of vital organ function (which would be fatal) of course.

It's also worth noting that the largest scale study of cancer patients who accepted conventional treatments (radiation, chemo, surgery) had on average a 5-year life expectancy across all cancer types, while those who chose unconventional, alternative treatments had on average a 7-year life expectancy.

More than anything else, your best "treatment" option is to find ways to help your mother relax, feel at ease and not be worried or frightened about her hospital stay and forthcoming diagnosis. This may be a tall order, but hopefully what I've shared with you will be helpful in enabling her to identify the probable cause of her current ailment.

Please let me know how things go and if any of this strikes a note of recognition with you or your mother. I can help further with guidance and what to expect if you find this diagnosis accurate.

God speed and blessings to you and your mother.