Lung Cancer

[livingwith]

We found out Oct 2007 that my dad has stage 4 lung cancer We started chemo the end of Oct he got so sick that they had to stop and change the chemo they where giving him in Jan 2007 we had another petscan done it showed that the cancer had declined in size which was great news, but then he finished his last treatment in March during the whole time he was so sick then he got so bad that his kindeys stop working we put him in the hospital.

I thought that it was over and we were going to lose him...Read the full article

[Rasha]

i have read your story and am so sorry to hear that. we find out that my dad had lung cancer few days ago, and we just can't imagine its true... he never complained of anything.. he even didn't have a medical file in the hospital. we find out by chance. the doctors suggested the chemotherapy and radiation as soon as possible and he can't have a surgery.. am wondering how the family can help in the treatment? how can we live with it? people are telling me that its better he wont take the chemotherapy!!! is it tight??? i don't wanna loose my father in any way.. what to do ???

[Tanya]

Hello. I am so sorry to hear about your father. I lost my dad in January 2002 to lung cancer and copd. Now my mom is going through this with lung cancer. She had a right lower lobectomy in December of 2006 and we were told that they had gotten it all. In May she started having a sore throat and it ended up being a huge mass. We found out that it was a metastatic tumor from the lung. She has started radiation and had one dose of chemo. She gets another dose of chemo tommorrow. Radiation treatments are every day, five days a week and chemo is one day a week for 6 weeks and skip two weeks and then another 6 weeks. She had to have a feeding tube because she cannot swallow food anymore. They put a port in last Fri. for her chemo. She has been admitted to the hospital for 4 days with dehydration and UTI so far. She is very weak and has no quality of life at this moment. She moved in with me before her treatment started because she was already weak. I am a nurse and I do the best I can for her, but it is so hard seeing her go throught this. My mom is my best friend. I cannot imagine my life without her.