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brain and lung cancer

PrestonJ
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hiya i am 30 my dad is 60 he was poorly for a few months but we never thought it would be so bad he told us he was okay to manage even on his own nearly all the way up to 2 3 weeks ago and then we just made him go to hospital then only last weekend we found out he has 4 tumours on the brain and lung cancer and in 1 week has gone from talking to now just mumbles and not walking i cannot imagine how strong he must be to have all this and he just carried on i feel so lost after seeing him and so guilty that i never managed to get him to hospital quicker i really dont know what to do all i can think about is him 24hours a day

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    Hi PrestonJ

     

    We are experiencing and feeling the same my family member was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on 08/10/20 which has spread to their brain (small cell cancer) - we are devasted within one month we don't recongnize them. We were using a wheelchair - they have had 10 days of Radiotherapy on their brain the difference is miraculous.Mobility has improved tremendously has now started Chemotherapy so it's early days. His cancer is incurable but has been given extra time with us which which we are thankful for - all I can say one day at a time that's what helping me.

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    so sorry to hear but thank you for writing back my dad was so bad then yesterday after he has been on tablets for a few days to bring swelling down he was able to talk very well even got up to shower on his own amazing he seems so much happier now and we know hes not going to have very long but hopefully like you we can get a bit longer with him

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