My dad has just been diagnosed with Lung Cancer

Hi everyone,

I thought i was coping with this but today i can't stop crying.

He got his diagnosis last week and i went with him and my stepmum. This time last year i was getting ready myself, to go in for a lumpectomy and node removal for breast cancer so i knew all the emotions and thoughts that they would be going through.

I have shed the odd tear over the past week but we got the results of the biopsy today and it just seems so real now.

He has Squamous lung cancer and it has spread to the bones so it doesn't look good. They can't operate so are starting on Radiotherapy to try and shrink it.

I live almost 90 miles away and really want to be nearier to him so i can spend as much time as i can with him. I also feel guilty for getting through my cancer scare ok.

I live on my own so have no one here to support me through all this so i hope to find it here.

Thank you for taking the time to read this

LD

 

  • Hi lemondrizzle welcome to the forum the club nobody wants to join, hopefully [@Chriss]‍ , [@Sandra123]‍ or [@Marlyn]‍ will join you to talk soon, so sorry about your father, and of course you if you have a good look around you could find others similar to you, or others will join you to talk, best wishes.

    Billy 

  • Hello love,

    oh boy! Cancer doesn't give a hoot does it? I'm relieved you are all sorted now and never ever feel guilty for being in the clear yourself....x

     

    i do understand the distance thing, we used to live in Spain, my mum got ill ( and later died) and I still feel awful for moving to another country when my mum was ageing.....

    right now your dad needs to get on with his treatment, do you have good communication with your step mum? Is it feasible to go at weekends? If not then support them by phone, let them know your there for them to vent and offload....be guided by what they say....

    there will be support here for you....there's always someone who just gets it xx