Hi Johne, welcome to the forum, but sorry for why you're here. I have lung cancer, secondary to colorectal cancer. I was first diagnosed 6 years ago and at that time, I had a colon re-section followed by chemo. Unfortunate, I was unable to complete the chemo treatments because I got too sick. Then two years later, I was diagnosed with seconday lung colorectal cancer. I have had two major lung re-sections since then and just recently, had a series of radiation treatments on my lung. In between all this, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer, (not related to the colon and lung cancer)  which I continue to be treated for.

I am older than your Mom and I'm still here and overall, not doing too bad in between treatments and surgeries, etc. Stick with you Mom and support her through this.Come back on to the forum and let us know how things go for your Mom.

Good luck with everything. Take care.

Lorraine