Almost 6 months to the day from finding out my Dad had mouth cancer, now my Mom has Advanced lung cancer, how most harder can life be. Let me tell you how my Dad is doing then my Mom.
My Dad started his radiotherapy on the 06.07.15 for 20 rounds of the, but ended up in the QE hospital on the 20.07.15 with mucositis & dehydration, we didn't think he would make it, he did & came home on the 31.07.15 but ended up in GH hospital on the 13.08.15 with abdominal pains & temperature, but within hours he went downhill fast has they was checking his obs every 15/20 minutes has he ended up dehydrated as well, he had a blockage in his bile duct, so they put tube in to drain the bile out has he would need an operation but was to weak to have one (8st 5lb). But there was no other way, so operated on the 27.08.15 & back home on the 03.09.10 after opening him up & taking his gallbladder away has couldn't do it with keyhole because he only have half a stomach left from operations years ago, his insides are different to ours, he is doing well.
My Mom has been coughing more, out of breath tightening in her chest,wheezing,tiredness & coughing up blood from time to time, been doctors more then once over the last 2 years,but they didn't do any think more about it & she felt they didn't want to know about it so stopped going, I was taking her on the 21.01.15 but she was feeling worse each day, has couldn't even go the loo without being breathless all the time & pain in her chest, tiredness, wheezing & aching in her left arm & chest, so I taken her to GH hospital on the 16.10.15, has i was thinking a blood clot, The X Ray showed a shadow on the left side of her lung & the doctor said it has grown bigger, has her last X Ray she only had a small shadow on it 3 years ago but no on said or done any think about it back then. We have been told it is advanced & she has some smaller shadows as well on her lung, got appointment on the 05.11.15, to find out how long my Mom has left, her breathing is so bad, I don't think she will last 6 months.
