BAD NEWS

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DAY 2

By 10 am we had stillnot heard from the hospital about my husband's test results and when we could go and discuss them. My husband phoned the hospital and was told he had been transferred to a different consultant and that a letter had been sent with an appointment for 3rd September!

Appointment ? they had said we could go to the endoscopy ward for a chat. I then phoned the ward as I got no joy speaking to the consultants' secretaries.We now are seeing the new consultant onFriday at 9.

This afternoon I met with my mother and the chest consultant who confirmed that my mother has lung cancer.Due to her general health it was decided that they willnot treat the cancer but treat the symptoms as they occur ( they only discovered the tumour when they scanned her stomach for something else).

My blood pressure this afternoon was 221/116 and I now need medication again.

It never rains but it pours!   

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hi , i know the stressy feeling, honest try and take a deep breath,  and get thoughts in order, hard i know. decision about your mum seem to have been made for her, i understand how hard and sad this is for you, but you probably cant change anything!!

    re your hubby, bowel cancer is not automatically a death sentance, my hubby has pc , we had friends over today he has had  bladder cancer 10 yrs ago, bowel cancer 31/2 yrs ago, total removal. and two lots of liver cancer, resections done both times, he leads a very full life, he is 65, we are all going on a cruise in nov. [ fingers crossed, cos we get the result of my hubbys 3 month scan tomorrow, always glad when thats over ]

    this is just to let you see that life goes on for us, just differentley than before,

    hope it might help you, best wishes to all of you.    love kaitie xx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi there!

    It's difficult to say don't get stressed because we all do at some point. At the end of the day you have a professional team on the case and they will being assessing the risks of certain treatment against the benefits aand will recmmend the best way forward.

    Good luck with the appointment on Friday and I hope you get good results from your Dad's 3 month scan.

    Big hugs for you,

    Colin xxx