last may my Dad was diagnisied with a what the doctors said was a possiable kidney cancer.(the mass was on top of his kidney not inside) He had no symptoms and it was only found after a scan on his bowel due to a blood test showed a marker was high. He was told that because he had ischaemic heart diease and A.F, It was not possiable for him to have the kidney removed. I went with my parents to the second consultant appointment and we was told that he should live his life as before and come back only if he gets any pain,blood in his urine or a cough that will not go away!!! so we as a family thought well it cant be that bad of a cancer and all the letters that followed only said a 'possiable kidney cancer'. My dad was not in great health however he tried to carry on as best he could. he and my mum loved thier holidays abroard and tried to get insurance to travel but as soon as you mentioned the word cancer the price shot up more that the holiday and there was so many questions about what stage his cancer was or what treatment he was having. this January my dad was struck down with a nasty cold that turned into a chest infection. He had 3 lots of anti biotics and nothing would shift it.He often looked very poorly and in pain,although when you asked him he was fine.He was finally sent by his GP for a chest xray, at the end of march. A week later i was called by my mum as my dad seemed to be very confused and unwell. He was admitted and we was told that he had stage 4 lung liver and kidney cancer. he died 5 days later. We where all and still are in complete shock and angry. there are so many questions that we dont have the answers to. IF THE CONSULTANT HAD SAID GO LIVE YOUR LIFE COS YOU HAVE NOT GOT LONG LEFT,WE WOULD HAVE MADE IT SPECIAL BUT WE AS NOT AND WE WAS ROBBED OF THIS. is this normal????
