Lung cancer

[notapizzaeater]

I'm in shock. My hubby was hospitalised with diverticulitis a couple of weeks ago. Whilst in they did a ct and x Ray.

He got discharged and the doctor mentioned in passing that his lymph nodes were a bit enlarged but didn't seem too worried.

Within a couple of days we started getting appointments through for tests, PET/CT, another CT, ultrasound. Then yesterday we had a phone call asking us to see a specialist today.

We've been told that he's probably got lung cancer which has spread to his lymph nodes. He's having a biopsy tomorrow but she was already talking about palliative only.

It's not bloody fair ! He's never smoked

We have an autistic 16 year old about to start his GCSEs in 3 weeks

Wow that is tough. That it could have been caught sooner just rubs salt into the wound.

For your son - let the school know so they can alert the exam boards to take current events into consideration.

For you - the stress can be debilitating, I'm finding I've almost completely crashed from the strain and stress of it all. Finding a good therapist to work with and taking lots of B vitamins and magnesium has helped to keep me going. You have to take care of you in amongst all the crazy events going on around you as so much ends up falling on the mother's shoulders.

Big hug to you xx

I'm exhausted- ironically I'm at butlins with our son and trying to keep positive is knackering me.

I've had a bug as well for the last 2 days so hardly eaten anything. First time I've been here and not put weight on.

Nothing quite as exhausting as staying positive, looking on the bright side and trying to be cheerful when all you want to do is howl, throw a tantrum and dissolve into fits of tears (I wanted to anyway) .

Apart from trying not to strangle the person who tells you they know what it is like because their dog had cancer......