Hello, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. My dad had NSCLC stage 4 terminal and unfortunately lost his fight 3 days after diagnosis. At diagnosis my dad had lost a lot of weight over the previous weeks and more gradual before that. He too was hardly eating, Macmillan gave him steroids to boost his appetite and they seemed to work quite well. When I asked Macmillan timescales they said 50% would be alive in 8 months time. Looking back now my dad was showing symptoms of the final weeks without me knowing what they were although nothing prepared us for losing him so quickly. My eldest child was 2 months away from 4 and was told grandad was poorly but that is all she knew, maybe because I didn't know he was going to be gone so quick! I'm not sure what I would if said if he'd been around for a bit longer. She was lucky that she had spent his last day with him all day. We too saw my dad every day as my parents live next door. My daughter was broken hearted and she struggled for quite some time as do we all. Life is so harsh at times. She will quite often say 'but I didn't want grandad to go' or 'I wish grandad could of come to my 4th birthday party'. I have posted a link with the staging link below:

www.cancer.org/.../non-small-cell-lung-cancer-staging

Thank you Michelle. Finding it so hard to cope with all this right now. My daddys struggling atm with everything but putting on such a brave face for us all. My heart breaks when I see him with my youngest, she's 9 and i keep telling myself she needs longer with her granda. We live next 3 doors from my mum and dad and I'm just trying to make sure she hugs and kisses him everyday. She knows all about cancer as my nephew was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer last year and as he had chemo we had to explain to her the changes she would see in him and why. I dont know that she could deal with knowing her granda has it too x

I am Sue. Thank you. Shes taking selfies with him and allsorts everyday. Im trying to keep things as normal as i can for her but its so hard. Im still unsire as to do I tell her or not. My brother has told his little one the same age but im struggling x