Hey, first timer on here! I have been reading posts on here for a whlle now and wanted to share about my dad.

So, my dad has found that he has lung cancer again, its been a good month now I would say since we found out. We initially thought it was just the one growth on his lung which we all thought, okay so, he beat it once and he'll beat it again! (He had an op last time to remove the cancer on his other lung and was in the clear for many years after. Success!) However, we were told at his next appointment that it's not just the one growth that he has on his lung, but three. One in his lymph nodes and the other two elsewhere on his lung. We were also told that something was showing on his rib bone on the scans, which they were unsure about what it was. So they then made more appointments for him to have more tests. A week or so passed and my dad was asked to go back in to discuss the results and treatment they were going to give him, yesterday. Unfortunately, the news was not good. They've said that he's got stage 4 advanced cancer and that it has spread to the rib bone. He was told that without treatment he would have months, but with treatment it would be prolonged. He is in pain and is hopefully getting radiotherapy in the next few days to help with this. He's also got to have some more tests to see what type of chemo to give him. They say it's not curable and that they can't operate for some reason. But they may be able to stop it from spreading any further and possibly shrink it slightly? Also helping the pain side of things.

I'm still in shock and my head is all over, as most will understand. I'm 25 and my dad is almost 65 (he's not a young man anymore we know this, but he's only 65, that's hardly old either!) I have so many questions to get answered and I'm getting angry with waiting all the time. I do understand though that there are many others who are in the same sinking boat and the doctors are doing their very best! I hate the not knowing of how long he's got, I live almost 3 hrs away so it's not like I can pop in every day to see him either. I want to make every bit of time special and memorable for the whole family.

I just wish there was a magic wand to zap it away! :(

T x