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Devastated - my dad has lung cancer

Kc1984
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Hello, I found out today that my dad has lung cancer. I don't know who to talk to or what to think and so I hoped someone on here might be able to help me.

i am just devastated. We are so close and I just can't imagine my life without him.

he has been diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer in the apical segment of the lower right lobe.

they are guessing it is stage 2 as the hilar lymph nodes are borderline/prominent (I don't know what this means) and do they won't know until surgery whether they are cancerous or not.

my dad is 68 and has been symptomless except for some weight loss. He does have moderate copd from years of smoking.

i can't stop crying and know I need to pull myself together to be strong for him, it's just the statistics online about survival rates are horrifying!

how does this sound?

  • Offline in reply to Michelle1978

    I know what you mean!

    im sure he will make the right choice, he meets the oncologist and surgeon tomorrow to discuss his options.

    he made the mistake (as I am sure we all have) of looking up adrenocarcinomas lung cancer online and since then he is literally terrified.

    i don't think he can bring himself to think about it as the stuff you read really is all doom and gloom.

    i know how scared I am so it must be dreadful for him.

    i will take your advice x

  • Offline in reply to lauramaree82

    Hi my dad has been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer which has spread to his lymph nodes and lungs. He needs to have a bone scan to see if it's spread there. He's 65. He can't have chemo cus of his current/previous health - risk of strokes, heart attacks. High blood pressure. So he's just on hormone therapy. They say it s a nasty and aggressive cancer and he has a Gleason score of 9 (10 being the worse). I've posted my first thread in the introduce yourself section, but I came across your reply on this thread, and thought I'd reply to u as your dad had similar. So sorry for your loss. Xx

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