Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well.
Yesterday after 10 weeks of tests my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to both of her lungs. It started with her having pains in the middle of her chest in February so she was given an Xray which showed multiple shadows on both lungs. As she has previously had breast cancer before in 2011 the GP rang her and said it could be a primary lung cancer or recurring breast cancer that has spread.
She was referred to the breast clinic where she had a mammogram and ultrasound which were clear so she was discharged from there, then she had a CT scan and was told that she needed a bronchoscopy. She had that and they took biopsies so then we went for her results yesterday at the respiratory department. The consultant there asked a few questions regarding symptoms, weight, appetite etc and my mum has no symptoms (she hasn't even had the chest pain since just after the xray) her appetite and weight are the same as usual. Then he told us that unfortunately the biopsy showed breast cancer cells in the lungs. She's got 2 masses in her right lung, upper and lower and one in her upper left lung.
We've got to wait again now until the 3rd of May for an appointment at the breast cancer clinic where they'll sort out a treatment plan and go through everything properly.
I suppose what I'm asking is what can we expect to happen now? I'm guessing my mum's cancer is at stage 4? I'm also worried about how much worse it could have gotten since the original xray because that was 10 weeks ago so by the time we go to her next appointment it'll be 12 weeks from when they first found the shadows. I''m so scared that it's spread even further and they'll tell us there's nothing they can do.
Anyway, I'll leave it there for now. Thank you for reading.
