As I said, I'm worried sick about my dad. He's sixty eight and has been a smoker since he was very young (he actually stopped about six weeks ago). He had a really bad cough and his GP prescribed antibiotics but it didn't clear and he was given another prescription. The cough still didn't clear, although it improved slightly, so GP sent him for chest x-ray.
We have waited two weeks for the result and GP has now said that something showed up on the left lung and he would contact the hospital this afternoon to arrange a side-on x-ray to see if whatever it was, is inside or outside of the lung. My dad has also seen the nurse and she said that he has obstructive airways and gave him an inhaler to use.
My dad is imagining the worse and tbh, so am I. Especially as my mum died of cancer nearly four years ago. I'm terrified of losing my dad as well. Things weren't great after my mum died and he found a new partner relatively soon after but time has passed and things are different now and we're becoming closer again.
Although my dad's partner says he lost his appetite and was tired a lot, he says he hasn't lost weight and he even says that although he still has this cough, he feels much better than he did six weeks ago.
Another thing that plays on my mind - and his - is that he used to work with asbestos and I remember one time he came home from work and he was really shaking and had to lay down (my dad never seemed to be ill when I was young) and my mum said something about asbestos poisoning. I was only young but I suppose I've been dreading this time for years. .
I suppose I would just like to hear if anybody knows about this sort of thing and could it be something really nasty even though he feels relatively well for an oap (seems strange to think of my dad as that!)I'm getting myself in a right tizz and just keep crying since he told me.
Sorry this was so long and thanks if you stayed with it