Hi LindaJayne..

With response to your Dad's lung cancer, my husband has it. The lung biopsy is important to find out which cancer is in his lung. I think there's nonsmall cell and small cell. I just read nonsmall cell is usually smokers. My husband has small cell in his 3rd remission. He gets ct scans every 3 months and last time PET scan then biopsy. They can't always tell if it's scarring or inflammation on the scans so that's when biopsy is done. My husband in the mid 80s had 1/3 of his right lung removed. 2011 or 2012 it was in both lungs. He got 9 days of radiosurgery. He was in remission til late 2015 when we met. I got his weight up to normal from 101 to 135. He had 7 weeks radiation at moffitt on the left lung then 5 days radiosurgery on his right lung Feb-march and sept 2016. That's all he can have now. He had pneumonia, thrush with fever 102 when hospitalized in sept 2016. Praying for you and your Dad. The biopsy is important. My husband will be 63 in Nov. 

Hi LindaJayne..

With response to your Dad's lung cancer, my husband has it. The lung biopsy is important to find out which cancer is in his lung. I think there's nonsmall cell and small cell. I just read nonsmall cell is usually smokers. My husband has small cell in his 3rd remission. He gets ct scans every 3 months and last time PET scan then biopsy. They can't always tell if it's scarring or inflammation on the scans so that's when biopsy is done. My husband in the mid 80s had 1/3 of his right lung removed. 2011 or 2012 it was in both lungs. He got 9 days of radiosurgery. He was in remission til late 2015 when we met. I got his weight up to normal from 101 to 135. He had 7 weeks radiation at moffitt on the left lung then 5 days radiosurgery on his right lung Feb-march and sept 2016. That's all he can have now. He had pneumonia, thrush with fever 102 when hospitalized in sept 2016. Praying for you and your Dad. The biopsy is important. My husband will be 63 in Nov.