Hi Pete, 

you deserve some sympathy its a horrible position to be in believe me I undestand - my dad has stage 4 lung cancer, I'm 38 and my dads 67.  He is having chemo to prolong life and make him more comfortable, I'm scared too it's horrible not knowing what to expect. I'm so sorry about your mum to that must have been so hard on you at such a young age.  

Try to not panick to much before Friday, hopefully you will find out more and at least your dad can then be given some pain killers and morphine tablets and anything else to help him feel better and they can start talking about possible treatments.

sorry I prob haven't really helped.  It's 5 to 1 I can't sleep thinking about my dad and just thought I'd say hi and send you a message to say I know how you feel and it's horrible :-( 

reach out to people on here no one can help I know but it can be helpful not feeling so alone in this, also maybe give the MacMillan nurses a call don't have their number to hand but they are so lovely and give really good advice on how to chat to dad and what to maybe expect they have so much information to hand I have found them so helpful

any way sending a virtual hug

dawn

x