My story is a little different but my husband was diagnosed in April with bowel cancer, looking back I feel Awful as the doctors were trying to comfort me as I went to pieces!!!! Geoff was so positive, I've gone from being sad, so angry back to sad , anxiety tired!!! The list goes on , I'm so glad your mum is positive, , I think that can make a huge difference in fighting this dreadful disease, I'm trying to learn to live each day rather than looking to far ahead, not got there yet!!!! But Rome wasn't built in a day ,

i hope you get some good news soon 

x

Hello everyone this is my first post on here. My friend who has been diagnosed with  a Rare Cancer and will be going to Christies next week is not taking this shocking news well. She has gone from a  bubbly happy person to basically not wanting to do anything. I worry for her and i cannot get it out of my head. I Text her most days and go round but i do not  want  to feel i am mithering .Her life has been structered and she wants it to be the same now even though she cannot do all the things she did before . She has family there at the moment so we cannot call in the evenings as she said its not convenient and she will not come to our house either . I am in  a pickle to what i can do . She is bitter to why its her that has the cancer and i understand that . 

Hi,

I'm 25 and my dad was diagnosed with stage 3b squamous NSCLC a couple of months ago. He's currently having chemo and his lung doctor said they would assess after chemo to see if surgery would be possible but the oncologist has said this is unlikely. 

Do you know what stage it is? And has your mum been offered treatment?

The first few weeks after my dad was diagnosed were the worst - I completely understand what you're going through and it's so hard.

Here if you ever need to talk to someone 

x

Hi,

Sorry to hear about your dad being diagnosed. My mum has told me she is between 3/4. She has already had radiotherapy on her back as she had cancer in her bones. She started chemo on thursday and that is every 3 weeks. I have to really push my mum to tell me everything as they are trying to protect me. Just finding it hard at the moment as still doesn't feel real. I am here if you want to talk too xx

Hello,

Sorry to hear about your friend diagnosis. I can't imagine what your friend is going through but I would say just being there for her is enough. You sound like you are being really supportive already and sure she appreicates it xx

Thankyou, and I hope you too get some good news , keep us updated, I'm afraid I'm not very good at navigating around the forum so apologies for taking so long replying

Good luck x