Hello Speciallady and a warm welcome to Cancer Chat,
I am so sorry to hear that your mum's lung cancer has now spread to her bones. It must have come as a real shock to you and it's normal that you are finding it really hard to accept. Our information page on advanced lung cancer will hopefully be useful to you and help you understand what to expect when living with advanced lung cancer and what treatment may be offered to your mum.
I hope you won't mind but I have slightly edited your title to make it a little bit more specific which should hopefully attract more replies from others who have also been affected by advanced lung cancer.
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I am so sorry to hear about your mum's latest diagnosis. I know just how devastating this is, as I had the same experience with my own mum, who is sadly no longer with us. Try to put aside your own worries and concentrate on supporting your mum through this. Has she been offered any further treatment at this stage?
It is a difficult time for all of the family, but you will find the strength to get through this. Talk to your mum and don't leave anything left unsaid. See if there is anything that she may still want to do, or if there are people she may want to see and, if so, facilitate this for her. She has been there for you all of these years and now it is your turn to be there for her.
Please keep in touch and remember that we are always here for both of you.
She was diagnosed with lung cancer 4 years ago and last year metastatic bone cancer
It is so tough. A roller coaster of emotions.
How are you feeling? How are you coping?
I live in England, and mum is in Ireland, my brothers and I are trying our best to help her sort her palliative care, but she is in denial even though it is very clear she will soon need to accept the offers of support from Macmillan and Marie Curie with her reduced mobility and increased pain. In the last three months I have flown over alternative weeks to my other brothers. We decided as a family to sit around the kitchen table, we cried and offered all our support to Mum and Dad. Hard times, but so important to keep talking,
