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Scared my Dad has cancer

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Hi,

I feel like a fraud posting here but you may be able to help. My Dad has had  a cough for the last 3 weeks mainly in the morning and evening and the GP has referred him for an X-ray. The GP did an exam and though everything seemed fine but wanted to check with an x-ray to be safe. The cough disappeared for a few days last week and then came back. I'm very scared my Dad has lung cancer now. Can anyone advise how to cope until the X-Ray comes back.

To provide some context my mum died 10 weeks ago of multiple myeloma, 3 weeks after diagnosis, so I'm grieving and very scared of losing my Dad.

 

Emma

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    Hi Emma just to say I've just been for a chest x-ray because of a cough that wouldn't go away also other symptoms but Doc put me on steroids and antibiotics and its a bit better now ,my x-ray was only yesterday when I woke this morning and looked at the online test results the results were already back and fortunately the results were normal as far as anything sinister goes although after a sputum test it says abnormal which means its an infection ,I am waiting to go for a C/T scan ,I hope your Father is ok .

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    Hi Emma just to say I've just been for a chest x-ray because of a cough that wouldn't go away also other symptoms but Doc put me on steroids and antibiotics and its a bit better now ,my x-ray was only yesterday when I woke this morning and looked at the online test results the results were already back and fortunately the results were normal as far as anything sinister goes although after a sputum test it says abnormal which means its an infection ,I am waiting to go for a C/T scan ,I hope your Father is ok .

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