Hi all,
I'm not a cancer patient myself but my mother has just been diagnosed with lung cancer, small cell lung cancer to be specific. After hearing all this recently, I've been going through a mixture of immense worry and hope.
The consultant has said she's stage 4. As you can imagine this is extremely sad and devastating news for all of us. She recently had a pleural effusion which is where the biopsy was done which led to the first report coming back as cancer. We are still awaiting the rest. She is due to see an oncologist next week. I've been trying to do some research on this disease myself and as far as information goes, its extremely rare to get lung cancer if you don't smoke or are exposed to smoking. My mother has never smoked in her life not even passively. Both my parents are non smokers. I keep questioning their diagnosis. Am I being paranoid?
