I feel so angry

My Dad was diagnosed with Lung cancer, stage 4 in April this year. We still haven't been seen by an oncologist, we still haven't had the results of his biopsy explained to us, a Nurse just haphazardly told me the diagnosis over the phone. It has spread to his adrenal glands and his bones. Oncology appointment isn't until next month, we keep being told at that appointment treatment options will be discussed yet, in the meantime, I'm watching him deteriorate fast. He was on morphine but has been changed to Oxycodon and today injections rather than tablets and liquid was discussed as the pain is so bad. All this yet still no oncology. We're trying to make the most of the time we have left but I can't help feeling that we've been let down. It took from January until April to give us the results. In Feb we were told it was stage 1, two months later stage 4. Perhaps my anger is misplaced and unfair but it's how I feel.  

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  • Hearing this is so terrible ,its hard to believe in this day and age that someone has to suffer for so long before being seen and given treatment that could potentially have extended his life or at least made him comfortable instead of being left to suffer ,you have good reasons to be angry its also made me angry ,my heart goes out to you and your Father and I hope to God he gets seen sooner than next month  x

  • Thank you for your response, It's been unbelievable to me. It's the worse time in my life and I don't want to spend it feeling angry, I want to make the most of the precious time we have left but it just bubbles up when I think about it all x

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