Hi everybody

In December my nan was diagnosed with Non small cell lung cancer (all smoking related) after visiting the doctors with a chesty cough.

Fast forward to now and we have had PET scans, CT scans etc and the doctor has told us that due to her age and frail condition he will only be giving her radiotherapy and it won't be for 'curative' reasons... Although I have not mentioned this to her, her nurse has told me in private that it's very likely my Nan will not be around much longer as the cancer is very aggressive (tumour is over 10cm long and spread to lymph nodes)

I feel like we have not had a second to breath and process it, my nan is deteriorating so fast, only a few months ago she was in good spirits and just her normal self and since her diagnosis she has just gone downhill.

She won't eat, she falls asleep at the drop of a hat wherever she sits, her cough is awful, she occasionally starts talking really strange and it never makes sense for example at 11pm yesterday she told me she had to go and get on the bus to the shops.... She has lost so much weight it's awful.

Also her personality has changed, she has become very snappy and at times quite nasty... This is NOT my nan and never has been! She also keeps saying she has had enough and is getting weaker every day.

The most bizarre part is that every now and then she suddenly seems as if she has perked up for about an hour before deteriorating again, when she falls asleep it's almost like she just passes out, it's so sudden. She is always talking about being exhausted and very rarely moves from the chair.

Nurse has reffered us to hospice care who have phoned today.

Can somebody tell me if the end is near?