Hello I decided to join this forum as my family have just found out that my dad (61) who has been feeling unwell for 6 weeks may possibly have Lung cancer. It's not been confirmed yet. I will give a brief timeline of events so far:
6 weeks ago: had a busy multicountry business trip. Came back and started feeling run down. Loss of appetite and fever almost every night. Also frequent urination at night. GP gave him amyltriptyline for the frequent peeing. It has helped slightly. No recovery from the fevers and loss of appetite. Has lost a lot of weight. GP sent him for an x ray and said that they can see something in his lungs. He gets a referral to the 2 week wait cancer clinic.
Consultant at cancer clinic doesn't understand what Dad is doing there. Says that he most likely has TB. They do a biopsy and results are inconclusive. A CT biopsy is done. So far we haven't received the complete results of that but have been told that he has a cyst that has malignant cells. He had swollen nodules in his lungs and now today has gone into theatre for a mediastinoscopy to see if the swollen nodules are due to TB or if the cancer has spread. The mediastinoscopy will be the last test that he will have. After this we can get a solid picture of what is actually wrong. What kind of cancer, has it spread and if he has any TB. Hopefully results will be given in 7-10 days. So far everything has been on NHS apart from the mediastinoscopy today that he is doing in a private hospital due to him not wanting to wait 3-4 weeks in NHS.
This has come as a huge shock to all of us. Dad is in great general health and this has really come as a bolt from the blue.
So I've joined this forum in the hope that I can glean some information from people who have been in our shoes. I just don't want to spend hours on google confusing myself and reading incorrect bombastic cancer treatment headlines!
thank you for reading x
