Hi,

Quick back story. My dad (74) had a chest infection a month ago, I pestered him to go to doctors and it cleared up but doc put him for a chest scan as standard due to his age. They found a shadow so sent for a MRI - after 2 weeks of tests they have found it is a tumour in his lung which looks like it's spread to his lymph node, there is also a 2cm lesion in his brain so they've classed it as stage 4. Obviously we are all devastated as he is completely fine and not unwell at all so it's a complete shock. We were due to have meeting with his consultant next week but this has been postponed as apparently the samples they were able to retrieve from bronchoscopy on his lymph node came back negative. Apparently the part of the node they were most worried about they were unable to as it was blocked by a large artery. The problem is now my dad has just heard the word "non cancerous " cells and is now convinced all is fine. However as far as I understand there is no doubt that this is lung cancer which has spread to his brain but they need "proof" of cancerous cells before they can refer him for treatment. Has anyone else been through this? We are now waiting for a needle biopsy which apparently could take weeks. Everything up until now has been done at speed (which we have appreciated of course) so now we are confused that everything has come to a halt whilst waiting for new biopsy. Thanks in advance