Help! Mum has stage 4 lung cancer but suffering terrible confusion and anger. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hi all,

my mum has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. She has been having Chemo and the cancer has shrunk unbelievably, but she is suffering with terrible confusion and anger.

Mum is not like mum anymore. She is angry all the time, doesn’t remember what she is doing and forgets everything.

she has even started to take herself off which is such a worry as she is not in the right frame of mind.

we keep getting passed from one clinician to another and still have no idea what is going on or how to help her.

Jas anyone else experienced something like this, my sisters and I are at our wits end and just feel so helpless

Parents
  • Hi. I’m so sorry to hear this I nursed my mum 12 years ago with lung cancer and she suddenly got very confused and unfortunately when she was scanned it had spread to her brain, speak to her consultant about this, she is still under them so you shouldn’t be passed about as she will have her own team and CNS nurse they are good and liaise with the consultants, hold on in there, best wishes to you all x

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  • Hi. I’m so sorry to hear this I nursed my mum 12 years ago with lung cancer and she suddenly got very confused and unfortunately when she was scanned it had spread to her brain, speak to her consultant about this, she is still under them so you shouldn’t be passed about as she will have her own team and CNS nurse they are good and liaise with the consultants, hold on in there, best wishes to you all x

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