Hi
About 5 weeks ago my 86 yr old father was admitted to hospital with what i believed to be a severe urine infection. On admission it was discovered that he had high calcium levels in his blood and increased confusion they carried out a CT scan and discovered a lesion on his lung which they believe to be cancer. He was referred to the chest team at the local hospital and they have decided that since he has cardiac issues and COPD that they will not be offering any treatment for this. Due to his increased confusion it is thought there could be cancer cells on the surface of his brain. He has also had a diagnosis of Prostrate CA for 10 years and the implant had kept his levels at a "perfect" stand point. I am in my mid 30s and although i have family and friends offering support to me. I feel like i am in some sort of Limbo because we don't know how fast or slow the lung CA is going to progress.
Hi @cadia and welcome to the community, though we are always a bit sorry to see new members join our club.
The decision to try treatment is often quite complex as some of the treatments can be quite harsh. The first chemotherapy they did on my wife caused a lung to collapse and with COPD it is perhaps easy to see why that might do more harm than good. It does sound like your poor dad had a good tour of the hospital though - that I can certainly relate to.
Looking for information on high calcium levels I found this page that does mention confusion as a side effect, of course sometimes what is cause and what is effect can be really hard to work out.
<<hugs>>
Steve
