Hi Everyone, my mom got cancer 2 years ago breast cancer, she had one breast removed the first year everything was fine then out of no where she was coughing up blood and really feeling ill. so she was back and forth to the doctor over 6 - 7 months she had blood tests chest x-rays then a pet scan, a month had past and we got that dreaded letter to go and see the consultant we was convincing mom you'll be okay it's probably old blood from where they removed your breast, how wrong was we, we went to the appointment you could see the fear in moms face but trying to be brave at the same time, the consultant said it's bad news you have lung cancer, we all was just shocked we left the room trying to get our heads around it mom was saying why me. so another few months had past and mom got another appointment but in Liverpool we live in Wales, so we went the consultant who was also a lung surgeon told us it was a very small tumor the size of a pea he said looking at your scans 18months ago it hasn't really grown much so we thought okay, he said we could operate and remove it but we are not 100% sure it is cancer he said it looks like cancer but until we test it we won't know, so she was booked in for a biopsy they took 8 biopsy, again few more months had past another appointment at Liverpool, it was confirmed to be cancer same consultant said it's grown slightly bigger there was opinion's he didn't want to give radio theory said it would cause more damage to her health given her age my mom is 74 basically the only route to go down was remove part of the lung and and cancer tumor he said I've done this procedure 1500 time and never lost a patient, everything sounded positive, i had this gut feeling that was saying don't let her have the operation, it sounds crazy but my gut was saying no, i kept this to myself only you people reading this knows it was a strange feeling to be honest, so i ask the consultant what will happen if she doesn't have the operation he said good question? he said she could live 12 months maybe two years he said the tumor is so close to her heart  so mom said i just want it gone and agreed to have the tumor and part lung removed, a month later she had the operation took 10 hours she was on life support for a week we ask what's happening doctors said there was tumors in unforeseen places also during the operation they cut her main artery she made it after a week took of life support moved to a word when she woke she was never the same till this day it's like something took the soul out of her if anyone can under stand that, so after a month she could finally come home we was so happy she was never the same but we had mom home, then a few weeks had past she was booked in for another scan 3 weeks later told the cancer as come back aggressive said they was going to try some medication never explained anything really, we was waiting for another appointment to see where we go from here then i had a phone call to say get down moms she's collapsed so I've raced to her house to see she's having a seizure, she was taken back to hospital to be told she as 3 to 6 months my moms not eating or doing anything she's being in hospital a month now, so another consultant came by gave us the run down and said 3 to 4 weeks my dad having her home this Monday 30th to pass away at home I've been at the hospital every evening but the past few days she's really being her self again talking having a laugh even trying to eat am i being optimistic to think she could pull through this. Would like to thank my brothers for being at her side everyday of the week love to them and my dad love you, and especially my mom love you with all my heart xx