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father just diagnosed with lung cancer
| Fri, 04-06-2007 - 4:57pm |
My father has been told he has lung cancer. He has fought skin cancer ( non melenoma) since '94 and the doctor says it was caused due to this. They found a second cancer after a biopsy while he was being treated for the skin cancer and decided to look for further cancer in his body. They found a tumor during a cat scan in one lung. He is 62 and a great man. I cried all night. I am trying to remain positive and didn`t cry when he told me because I wanted to remain strong so he would be too. I told him a lady I care for survived lung cancer after having part of her lung removed. I am a home support worker. He is scheduled for the same thing this month. It is one thing when I deal with other people`s parents being sick and I can be so supportive but it is another story when the patient is now MY parent. I am so scared of what he may go through and so scared he will die. Cancer is never fair!!

Welcome to the board.
I am so sorry your dad has to go through so much.
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Since you are 5 hours away, try to send him hand written notes of encouragement.
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Oh my gosh- SAME with my father. Although, he was a smoker and has emphysemia. A routine chest x-ray detected the cancer. He's also 62 (will be 63 this month). He had his upper right lobe removed on March 27 and has healed very well. He's now doing 4 rounds of chemo. So far he's done one and had no side effects, other than being tired. I'll take that.
Good luck with your Dad. I know it's devistating at the thought of not having him. I found out about my Dad's diagnosis just 3 weeks after my daughter was born.
Please keep us posted and I'll send you P's & PT's.
Thanks,
Karen