very sorry to hear about your dad.

 i have just joined this site ,about 20 mins ago .

 i can tell you everone is different , the speed of illness depends on person.

 i am not Dr . i have been told of a friends mum who has had lung cancer 5 years she was told .

that she had a year to live,so they got that wrong by the way she is still alive aged 65 .

 hope this is of some help to you .

Hi there, I'm really sorry your dad has got this horrible, horrible Cancer. I lost my dad in October to lung cancer that had spread, it was non small cell. I'm sorry your lost your mum too! Life is so bloody cruel at times. If you google it, there are statistics out there if you want to know. Also somebody might post the link for you. Any statistics you see though take with a pinch of salt, life can change in the blink of an eye with cancer. It's never nice being given a deadline and having to live with that burden hanging over you. My dad only lived 72 hours after diagnosis and I was told around 8 months. He didn't want to know timescales and I respected that, I however needed to know as my sister lives in Australia and I needed to know if she should come home. Unfortunately she didn't get back in that short space. My dad had a hoarse voice for 6 months before diagnosis but no tumour showed up on ct scan or X-ray, I've since read it's just a symptom of lung cancer. I wish your dad all the best.

Aw thanks for your reply Paul, yeh I guess they don't know, ththey thought they could cure my mum and she was dead within a year! But my dad is in his 80's so I don't really expect he will be around much longer, my mum was a lot younger in her 50's . I just didn't want it to end like this for my dad bless him ! 

Aw Michelle so sorry too, I really feel your pain, thanks for honesty yeh I've looked at the statistics , I really not much clearer I suppose what will be will be. I can't believe it was 72 hours for yours but I just don't know worse then going that quickly and being a terrible shock for u all or prolonged uncomfort , though I don't know how he will be with the treatment . I hope you don't mind me asking, sorry if it's too hard for you but what were his symptoms is his final weeks if any as my dad hasn't had anything other than the hoarse throat and that started in December , the Drs thought it was laryngitis 

My dad's hoarse voice started around April time 2015. He went to the doctors who didn't really seem that bothered. My dads personality had really changed which my mum had noticed before this but we put it down to the fact he had given up smoking about 6 months previously. Time went by and the hoarse voice never went. In September we noticed that he'd lost some weight. Well then the S&*T really hit the fan. October came and he admitted he didn't feel too well, he went to the doctors 1st October who told him she thought he had cancer, they took his blood. 2nd October he was admitted to hospital with high calcium in the blood, they treated this and he also had a cat scan which showed growths on the liver and some shadows on the lungs. He had a biopsy on 12th October on the liver growths and came home 13th October. He now started to drop a lot more weight as each day went by. He was very lethargic spending most of the time sleeping or lying down. We got a letter to go to Macmillan on 21st October, they gave him steroids to boost his appetite and some pain relief. My dad really picked up and was eating lots more and on his feet lots more doing things. 24th October came and he suffered a pulmonary embolism that was fatal. He died in my arms, I gave him CPR and the ambulance crews tried for a further 30 minutes but with no luck. It was so shocking for me, October just came with a bang, your life can change with no notice whatsoever. My dad had obviously hidden his illness as best as possible looking backwards. 

Oh how awful, but thank u so much for sharing with me. I think it's amazing they have no symptoms for so long! But it's because there is no nerves in the lung so they have no pain at first. I do remember my mum having it, the first symptom then was coughing up blood but by then again it had spread, but they were still hopeful she could beat it, she did fight it for about a year but it came back and then she deteriorated very quickly and eventually got pneumonia! So I suppose I really don't know how dads final moments will be as it seems so personal . I've heard a lot of stories and some cope well with treatment others really struggle! I think it's the fear of the Unknown 

I feel really scared for my dad bless him, only cos I've seen what happened with my mum and I just don't want this ending for my dad. He is so confused with all the treatment and drugs and just feels so well! I live 200 miles away from him which is taking its toll! I have 4 kids to look after and my own business! But I've got to be there for dad now I know, I just wish I knew how things would be 

Poor dad, I have to say there are some things you are best not knowing. I struggled knowing that my dad would die prematurely and that was bad enough.

Oh thanks for your reply Yvonne, and I'm sorry for your situation too, it's awful isn't it!! Good luck with lol the treatment, my dad starts tomorrow he is apprehensive obviously, but he seems so well like there is nothing wrong with him other than a croaky voice