Both parents

[Lizzbear]

I have both parents. They are 77 and I am 58. My dad has had various health problems over the past 20 years. He told us he had prostrate cancer in April and he's on hormone treatment. He seems ok at the moment.
Fast forward to this morning. He came to visit us. He doesn't just come and visit much as they live 30 miles away. I thought he was going to give us bad news about his cancer.
He broke down and told us that my mum has just been told she has lung cancer. Stage 4. She'll be given a new treatment. Not sure what it is, as I felt like I was interrogating him.
I'm in a state of shock and disbelief. Mum is normally fit and healthy and we expected to spend years with her in the future.
Does anyone have experience of a lung cancer diagnosis and how long is she likely to survive?
In bits.

If it's the new treatment my friend's dh is on it is immunotherapy and it is not necessarily a cure but his drs have said his tumours have shrunk to the point that they can't see them, he's going to have to take the treatment for the foreseeable future. It's now a year on, 6 months longer than his original prognosis if hadn't had this treatment.

I hope she's a candidate for the treatment and that she doesn't get too many side effects. Take care of yourself too

Mitogoshigg
Thanks for replying. No, it's not immunotherapy. It's a drug that's recently been trialled, But not immunotherapy. We'll see how she gets on with it .

Is the drug a TKI? My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer (stage 4) in Feb 22, and took one pill a day (osimertinib) and her lung cancer remains stable. Unfortunately she was recently diagnosed with a a second primary cancer but this is just horrendously bad luck and separate from the lung cancer.

I remember the feeling of her being diagnosed and how awful it felt, so sending sympathy. But really my mum has had nearly three incredible years on her TKI, with no other treatment and lived a more or less normal, otherwise healthy life. Hopefully you have a similar situation. Please try not to google - there have been more lung cancer treatment developments in the last five years than there were in the previous 25 years and all the stats online are at least out of date by five years.

Guineaupiggiesmalls
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, it sounds like the drug she's been prescribed.
That's great your mum did so well with it. I'm
sorry she's been diagnosed again!! Sending support.
I'll try to remain optimistic, for her sake really.
She doesn't like to share much about her health troubles for fear of scaring my sister and I. My sister has health anxiety anyway.
Here if you want to chat. Feel free to private message for mutual support.