My mum was diganosed with small cell lung cancer with mestases in the liver 2 months ago. She has started Chemo and so far has had three sessions. She is only being given one type (carboplatin) and we are only there for an hour whilst others around us are there for hours. The day before the last session the hospital rang and asked to change the appointment from 2.30 to 4.30 as "you only have a silly little one". This has played on mums mind and she now thinks that she is being given just a placebo as she has not had any real side effects. When I last spoke to the consultant he explained that because of mums liver she would not be able to process 2 types of chemo and that the one would be just as good, but she has been upset by this and I feel I need to say something. At the time of her diagnosis the consultant gave her "weeks" without chemo and "less than a year" with chemo and I feel that it is this that is playing on her mind. I am so sad for her and my dad believes she will get better which is sad too.
Apologies to anyone reading this, but this is the first time I have said all this out loud, but do you think I should make a complaint about the person who changed the appointment, I would hate for her to be flippant with anyone else.
