Lung cancer diagnosis - Help!

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Hi

My mum has just been diagnosed with Pleomorphic lung cancer. Apparently it's rare and hard to treat They're talking about preserving life rather than curing her. She's having a PET scan tomorrow and then starts chemotherapy on Tuesday.

I'm in pieces. Has anyone been through this before? How do I support her? What should I be doing? I live about 5 hours drive away, my dad had a heart attack a few months ago.

I would be really grateful for any advice etc etc. Am numb.

I am so sorry.

I'm so sorry, I didn't read your first post but lost my mum some years ago with lung cancer along pretty much the same timescales.For me also it was a relief when she passed as the suffering she endured was awful.

Thinking of you x

I am so sorry maybe. I lost My nan to stomach cancer and My uncle to throat cancer, both in the last two years, so I know what you must be going through, it's very hard, be there for your dad. So sorry for your loss.

I'm very sorry about your mum. I lost my mum to cancer too. Thinking of you xxx

I am so sorry for your loss, I know how it feels, I lost my dad to cancer too. I am thinking of you x

Thank you, I'm sorry so many of you know how much this hurts

So very sorry to hear this maybe. I hope you are surrounded by loving family and friends who can support you. This time last year I was desperately worried about my ddad as he was having such a horrible time on chemotherapy for his lung cancer. When he died at the beginning of May it was a relief, in all honesty, although we were desperately sad. His sister-in-law who was a couple of years older (they were both in their 80s) died of lung cancer two months later. They all smoked like chimneys for most of their lives .

So sorry. x

So sorry for your loss :(

I lost my mum to lung cancer four years ago, after her successfully overcoming non hodgkins lymphoma. Unfortunately hers was untreatable. We had quite a lot of time with her post diagnosis though and for that we are grateful.

Horrible, horrible disease :(

you poor thing. Sending you peace and strength

I don't think I'd anticipated how awful it would be for Mum. I don't know if lung cancer is particularly hideous compared to other cancers- the struggling to breathe was really scary - or if she was just too ill to begin with to cope with the treatments. She was fighting it to the end and didn't know it had spread - she had made it clear to the drs she wanted it treated aggressively and she was in it to win it - so they covered up what the MRIs showed. I'm grateful in one way, but it does seem to have made her going more of a shock somehow. We were all waiting for a time when she would feel well enough to have a day out with us, or soemthing else lovely. She was ill all the time

Thank you for sharing your stories - it makes the 1 in 3 seem much more real...

Oh my goodness. I'm so very sorry to read of the loss of your mum.

It's probably not much comfort but you're not the only one going through this. I lost my mum end of last month to secondary lung cancer (they didnt know where the primary tumour was) and it's hard, so very hard.

Be kind to yourself.

So sorry for your loss ! Sending hugs and best wishes. xxx

So sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself xxx