Hi I lost my dad to lung cancer on the 23rd August, only a few weeks back...he was ill for a year and a half, eventually he was admitted to hospital and after a week was moved into a hospice where he fought so hard, but 3 days later passed away. I too was there when he took his last breathe, but I knew that day that he was already gone. The days before he was a little responsive and woke up a few times while we were all there by his bed side. But on the day he passed he was completely unresponsive, so I think at that point he was in a coma? I stayed strong because I have a teenage son too who was just about to start college, but the day of my dad's funeral it all came out, and I was heart broken. Some days I am ok and have been keeping busy, trying to get a new job, as I left work to spend time with him in hospital and hospice. But now I'm so upset and crying every day...I miss being able to message him to tell him what I've been up to, he would always check up on me. I feel heartbroken for his wife too, my stepmum, as they were so close, best friends, always together, and she is one of the nicest people I have ever met. I am heart broken for her, for my son who lost his Grandad, even for my dad's dog who he loved too. We all lost a very central figure in our lives who we all loved and adored. I am sending all of you effected by cancer all the love and hugs I can, because it is horrible and just destroys everything. I know one day I won't cry every day but right now I just want to speak to my dad again X