I can't really give you any advice but I just want to wish your mum well. I have just had bowel resection and have discovered I need PET scan and Bronchoscopy as lesions found on lungs. 

Try to stay positive for your Mum and hopefully between you and her team a decision can be made quickly and correctly.

Hugs to you all. X

Dear SarahLiz, I truly wish that at the age of 71 my husband had been offered watch and wait but it was stage 4 lung cancer so chemotherapy, radiotherapy and this left him with so many other problems as the treatment is so severe that it damages all sorts.  If Mum is being monitored regularly then they will know if it starts growing.  Apart from a cough my husband was symptom free and not unwell ljust ike your Mum.  Three years on he is struggling and now needs more treatment which is difficult due to the damage the previous treatment has caused him.  Watch and wait seems a good way forward and you need to trust that her oncologist has her best interests at heart.  Obviously it's your Mum's decision I'm just telling it from my point of view.  Best wishes to you and your Mum for many good years ahead.  Love Carol 

Thank you Sheila.  I'm sorry to hear you need more tests too. Soo unfair when you have beaten it once also. I have been feeling much more positive the last few days.

Think the waiting for biopsy and scan results was the worse. Now I just want to get on with whatever we have to do. My mother is amaazing.. well in front of us all.
Wishing you all the very best of luck too for the future xx

Hello Carol

I'm sorry to hear how unwell your husband has been from the treatment. Hate this disease soo much. Soo unfair

That's the thing.. all i kept thinking was I want her to have surgery, lobectomy, chemo, radio, anything!! But after googling.. I know i shouldnt but have read that as its slow growing (please God) it may not need treatment for a while and the side effects will be worse.

To hear the word ' cancer' you just think to get rid of it. But then I also think  'ok maybe we should wait but then what if we leave it and regret it?' 
My mother is amaazing.. a half full person. Unfortunately I'm a worrier and half empty

Thank you Carol x

Stop googling it's not good!!  We all want our parents to live longer but at what cost?  Your Mum sounds amazing so go with her choices, take it a day at a time, I've learned the hard way worrying is exhausting.  Carol

Yes your right there. It has consumed me since November. Yes one day at a time. I guess we will just have to see what they say on Wednesday

Thanks Carol x

Let me know what happens.  Carol x

Thank you Carol i will xxx

Hi SarahLiz,

This is a horrible situation to be in. I've been through it with my own mum and it wasn't easy. My advice would be to write down all of your questions for tomorrow, before you attend her appointment.

I hope that the consultation goes well.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Thank you Jolamine

Did you Mam need treatment? 
Hate it

Sarah xx