I am still reeling in shock after we were told the news under a week ago that my 61 year old husband has stage 4 lung cancer. The cancer is in both lungs and has spread to lymph nodes in his chest. He is due to have an EBUS procedure in 3 days time to find out whether it is Small Cell Cancer on Non Small Cell Cancer.  We were told that due to staging of cancer from CT scan surgery and radiotherapy would not be an option.  Dependent upon the results of the EBUS he may be considered for chemotherapy.  

He quit smoking 6 years ago and has COPD.  He regularly visits his GP to check on his lung disease and we cannot understand why his cancer has only just been discovered and at such a late stage.  He was having repeated chest infections in early part of this year and after third prescription for anti-biotics and still not feeling "quite right" we asked for a chest x-ray.  I could not believe what we were hearing when being told by the consultant that not only was cancer widely spread in his left lung but had spread to right and metastasised into his central chest area into lymph nodes.  They said without treatment his prognosis was 2 - 4 months! Any shared experiences or advice would be dearly appreciated as we are still trying to understand how fast this all appears to be happening.

Thank you.