Gradually losing my dad

  • Early days

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    My dad rang me early January to say that a "shadow" had been found on his lung after a diabetic nurse saw that he was shaking and she arranged immediate tests for him.  Following this, he said, he had a PET scan.  This did not reveal any cancerous properties in his lungs but showed up a malignant mass in his colon.  Needless to say I was devastated and angry at the same time as he had been through these tests and…