Hi Angela, so sorry to hear that both your parents have lung cancer, my dad was diagnosed in September 2011, he is having treatment but not coping well, but he is a determined man!!  I am lucky that I only live 5 mins away from my parents but still am finding it hard to cope and feel that I can't do enough for him and my mum.  It was such a shock hearing that one of my parents had cancer, here is you fancy a chat x

Hey,

it's not embarrassing and if it help you deal with things you describe away.

I'm 5ft 8 (in bare feet) about eight and a half stone (slightly underweight I suppose), eat a healthy balanced diet (well a mars bar in each hand is balanced), don't drink, don't smoke, went to the gym 2 or 3 times a week, went riding for 3 or 4 hours a week, walked everyday, and was diagnosed at this time last year.......I'm afraid there is no rhyme nor reason to this affliction, but it bloody well isn't going to get the better of me.

Keep in touch and keep posting, you don't have to worry about saying too much, there's always someone here to "chat" to.

Your small but might pal

S x

Hi again Susan,

good to hear your fighting spirit, I'm sending all my positive energy to you.

Honest respect and regards,

Simon

I appreciate all the energy,that's what i must have used today to do a marathon shopping expedition with my pal, had a brill day, need to sleep now though, so full of chinese food and milk - a strange combination i know, but i never said i was normal did I?

Take care

S x 

Shopping, now that really does take some doing, I take my hat off to you, it's completely out of my comfort zone!

Dear Luke,

I had a very minor brush with cancer back in February. In the end it was an over enthusiastic prognosis from my GP, so I have been fortunate.

But in the weeks of not knowing, the one overriding emotion I had was guilt, a feeling of letting everyone down, especially my wife. So I can only presume this might be a common occurrence.

I hope this small insight has been of some help?

Hello Everybody, and thank you for this site, I've lost the only person I've ever loved, my beautiful daddy - Pancreatic Cancer stole him away. Having only just registered I'm not too sure what to do next so I'm doing this bit! To each and everyone of you on this site, please help me and I will try and help you xxx

HI Mondeo11

Welcome to Cancer Chat and sorry about your dad. What you do next is pretty much up to you. You can start your own discussion, or post on other people's threads. You will receive support and advice from some great people here and, as you say, you will help others in return.

Best wishes

Jane

hi i'm Light & just joined this cancer chat now,

recently i've been reading the post that the other members have been posting & thought it would be quite good for me too,

to share what experience i had with my father who i lost july 22nd 2011.

my father was 67 year old & was diagnosed with lung cancer on 14th Feb 2011.

my hole families world was shattered to million of peace's the day the Doctors told us the bad news, me & my family we all spent many days & night crying for my dad we were so scared of losing him.

my father was admited in the royal london hospital (east london) he keept on going in & out of hospital for 5 months then i lost my dad.

I'm 30 & married with 3 beautiful children & i love my dad more then any thing in the world, the reason for me joining this cancer chat is because i wanted to tel you & the hole world who ever is reading this how the

Doctors & nurses treated my farther & my family while my father was under the care it was totally disgusting, no human would treat any animal the way they treated us.

At the begging my father was a real fighter, he wanted to fight this cancer & live couple of more years for his wife & his kidz but the Docters did not give him the chance to live they never gave any respect or any crap about my dad.

They even refused to give him chiemo theraphy or any other radiogh therphy at all.

Right at the end when slowly my father stopped eating & drinking he was very dyhigh dratted the hospital refused to give my father any sort of drips me & my family we had to beg & argue for a bag of drips for him then they gave it. After couple of hours then my father felt a bit better & he was looking & talking  a bit.

About 4-5 day before my dad past away my dad completely stopped eating, drinking & stopped taking his medications he wasn't even waking up from his sleep we were all very scared so we took him in to hospital again.

When we got there the doctor who saw my dad was so rude & heart less she up front told us with out any sympathy or any feelings that my dad is dyeing his time is here, any day he will die.

me & my family didn't want to belive what she was saying was true & requested them to put a tube through his nose in to his stomach so we could give him some fluid through the tube may be he might be slightly better but no they didn't listen to any of us they just said no & walked off my mum was crying really badly & was begging one of the docters to help her husband to do some thing to save him, the way my dad was

going on with out any food or drink for 4-5 days then aventuly he would die  but no resbond from that docter she just shock her head & said "NO" .

while my dad was there we had to change my dads bed, washed him, feed him gave his medication some time he used to wet the nappies & we had to change him too they never done any thing for my dad.

What me & my family went through in the royal london hospital  with the staffs & Docters i hope & wish to God that he never puts any one through this what we went through.

Hi Light,

Welcome to Cancer Chat.

I hope that by being part of the Cancer Chat community you find some support and information from others that can help you, at this very difficult time in your life.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Renata

Cancer Chat Moderator