I am sorry to hear about your father in law and that he has been offered palliative chemotherapy. There is information on our website on chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer which may be useful for you to look at. It might be worth getting in touch with your father in law's medical team and asking them directly what will happen after those 18 weeks and whether there is a chance he might be offered more.
Don't hesitate to give our cancer nurses a call on this free number 0808 800 4040 if you'd like to talk things through with them - their line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and they may be able to tell you more about what to expect and have some good suggestions for you.
I hope that you will hear from other members of the forum who have also looked after a loved one who has received palliative chemotherapy for lung cancer and that they will come and share their experience with you. I hope you won't mind but I have added the words 'palliative chemotherapy' to the title of your thread to make it more specific and attract more relevant replies.
Best wishes to you and your father in law and best of luck for his treatment,
Hi Lisa, each person is given the medication that has been decided at a mdt meeting in respect of their case and what will be best for them, so at the moment he will receive this chemotherapy and then they will do a scan to see if it has shrunk his cancer. Then a further meeting will be held as to how his treatment will continue. My husband has stage 4 lung cancer, he had all his chemotherapy then radiotherapy, he is now on immunotherapy. All of this has taken four years since diagnosis so despite it being palliative he is still here and still has stage 4 lung cancer. I hope this explains things a little bit for you. Best wishes, Carol x
Thank you for your above response to the original post, my mum has just been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and I'm worried sick, but so reassuring to hear you husband is still here 4 years later after his diagnosis, is filling me with hope ️
I'm so happy to give you some hope. Numerous other people have contacted me thinking it was a death sentence ans many months in we are still communicating privately ans parents are doing well. Best wishes, Carol
