To ask about lung cancer?

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My DF has had a few episodes of collapsed lung over the past couple of years. Each time he would collapse and need an ambulance to the hospital. They would treat it and discharge him within 24hours and he was on the wait list for surgery. However the most recent occasion when his lung collapsed he ended up staying in hospital for weeks and eventually underwent surgery. Since then, they have contacted him to say they found cancer in the biopsy they took from surgery and sent him for a PET scan this week. He has been told the surgeon will have his case for the next multidisciplinary meeting and will contact him after with next steps.

Does anyone have any experience of lung collapse and cancer? Could it be the case that the cancer is now removed? I’m just so heartbroken at this news, he’s such a fit and active person and it’s come as a total shock. The good thing is he looks really well and is in high spirits. Just looking for general advice of what may come from this multidisciplinary meeting and how we can help him and my lovely stepmum (who is one of the strongest women I know but must be feeling so many emotions right now) during this time?

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It's a long time since my DF had lung cancer, OP, so my information won't be current but I couldn't read and run. My DF had surgery to remove the affected lobes, followed by chemotherapy. Although we did lose him in the end, the surgery helped him to live longer and with a better quality of life. My Dad had long term health issues so we cherished the time we had with him.
I really hope that the multidisciplinary meeting leads to a treatment pathway for your Dad that will help him and give you more time together. There is so much that can be done now and the fact that you say he is healthy and active should give you hope. The most important thing you can do is by led by him and your stepmum once they understand the diagnosis and gave a better idea of what will happen.
Sending lots of positivity your way.

My dad had a collapsed lung back in the summer. He has to have fluid drained.
It turns out he has asbestosis and it's terminal.
They can't operate because it's on the outside of the lung.
I hope you dad has a different outcome.
Sending you love and good wishes.

I've not had a lung collapse, but I've had lung cancer 15 years ago.

It was scary, I won't sugar coat that as I feel you and your father are well past that.

My pet scan showed no other trace of cancer. So I had the cancer removed via a quite invasive procedure. I understand these days such operations can be done via key hole surgery.
But I was told that if the pet scan did show signs of spread, I could have chemotherapy to try to reduce/eliminate the spread, and then have the operation.
But here I still am, 15 years later. So don't think a lung cancer diagnosis is also a death sentence.

I wish you and your father all the luck in the world.

@Butteredtoast55 thanks for your message and sorry you had to go through it with your DF. Such good advice too I think I have an urge to do ‘something’ because I feel so out of control but I will stay calm and let them dictate what they need once they have come to terms with whatever the next steps are. Thanks again ♥️

@FrodisCapering I am so so sorry about your DFs diagnosis, it must be extremely difficult. Thank you for your wishes, sending the same to you too. Take care 💕

@user1471453601 thank you so much for sharing your story. I hadn’t actually seen anything positive like that on any other forum so this gives me a great deal of hope. I’m so pleased you have had a good outcome after what I can imagine was a testing and emotional journey 🤗