My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year. She has endured limited chemo last year, ( she contracted pneutropenic scepsis and c diff as a result, and the chemo was stopped after three sesions and some weeks in hospital), and then completed ten sessions of radiotherapy six weeks ago. Again, it went badly for her.
The last few days, she has become very tired and lethargic, sleeping an lot in fact most of the day on the settee. She tells me she feels very very ill, but only has minor pain, sometime none at all.
The GP attended a few hours ago,( not her normal GP) was rather dismissive, listened to her chest...all good, took some bloods and then left declaring she was just depressed and slightly anaemic !
I walked to the car with the GP out of earshot, and asked what will be the signs that the cancer is taking hold and advancing as Maureen and I know it will. Typical GP, very vague and never really answered my question. Lets see what the bloods say...if anything at all!
I really need to know what signs and symptoms to look out for. There is currently only moderate pain behind her right lung she tells me,4/10, and is on oramorph with a morphine patch.
Perhaps somebody out there can give me more info as to how things MIGHT regrettably develope. I am trying to remain strong for her, but its that not knowing what might happen is making it harder to get my head round all of this.
Thankyou for taking time to read this.
