Sorry this might be long. So my dad is 89 up until February was active and independent. Still doing his own shopping, driving, cooking meals etc then he fell on the way to the toilet one night and banged his face on the floor. Blacked out for a few seconds. Was taken to the hospital and checked, all good. Or so we thought. Within a few weeks he was walking with a shuffle on his right, holding a cup at an angle and his hand writing was ineligible. First gp dismissed him and said it's old age. Second gp visit they referred him to the stroke clinic where they found he had a bleed on the brain. More than likely caused by the bang to his face.
Fast forward a couple of months and he's housebound with adjustments around the house but still managing to shower and prepare food etc writing has improved and so has the shuffle. Getting out for a walk around the street almost daily.
About 6 weeks ago he had a funny turn where he was breathing very rapidly, eyes rolled back in his head and although conscious he couldn't answer me. I called an ambulance and he was taken into hospital. Unbeknown to me he had taken his spray under his tongue a few minutes before I came in cause he said he had a bit of chest pain. The hospital put his funny turn down to an overdose of the spray causing his blood pressure to drop dramatically. While in the hospital however they have found fluid on the right lung.
Now they called me in for a chat to say they had taken a biopsy of the fluid and had request a CT scan of his chest and torso. Been told it could be a number of things but one of them is possible lung cancer. He's had all the tests done and now we have to go back tomorrow to see what the results show. I am terrified it's cancer. I've been worried sick since they mentioned what it could be. I just don't know what the future will hold if it is cancer. I feel he's only just getting back on his feet after the fall and now this.
I'm not asking for anyone on here to diagnose I'm just wondering if anyone has ever been in the same situation, been told similar and it's turned out not to be after weeks of worry? Not necessarily with an elderly relative even yourself or other family members? I'm just needing to hear some positive outcome stories