Shocked to our very core - it has happened so quickly!!

Hi,

I am so sorry to hear this news about your brother, I can imagine the shock as I remember it myself so vividly.  My Dad was diagnosed with SCLC in June 2021 with spread to liver and spine. He had sessions of chemotherapy with immunotherapy, was doing really well, his liver was pretty much functioning normal and the treatment was doing the right thing. We then found out that it had spread to the brain in December 2021, a week before my wedding. He had radiotherapy with more chemotherapy following that but sadly he started to decline mid January and we lost him in February.

I didn’t know whether to reply to your post because of my current situation but I know SCLC is aggressive and you asked if it has happened to anyone else so rapidly, and sadly my Dad did decline rapidly from mid January and it seemed to just come out of nowhere.

The doctors and oncologist will do absolutely everything they can if it is possible. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my story with you and sometimes people can turn a corner over night. 

Sending you all the best wishes to you and your family.

x 

Thank you so much for sharing your story about your Dad I’m so sorry for your loss. 

Sadly we lost my brother this afternoon. We are all in deep shock. He didn’t even have time to receive any treatment.

The hospital staff were lovely and we all managed to get the hospital before he passed away but it has been one of the saddest days of my life. 

I just can’t believe it took him so quickly. The consultant  said it may have had something to do with him being very fit as he was a runner. 

I am so very sorry for your loss. It’s such an awful thing to witness but take comfort from being able to be there with him when he passed. 

There isn’t anything I can possibly say that will make you feel any better as the hurt is unbearable but all I can say is just take it day by day.

X 

I am so sorry for your loss and sending you lots of love xx

Thank you so much. We’re all in shock but we’re a close knit family so we’ll be there for each other. 
it’s comforting to get messages from other people who are going through the same thing. 
I just wish we’d had more time with him. X

You will get each other through it, we too are very close knit and it does help and the closeness is a comfort to you all. It will take time to process, especially the shock also. I think we are still in the denial phase at the moment and expect my Dad to walk through the door. It is 8 weeks today.

Just day by day, I look at his photos and videos everyday, I blow his photo a kiss as I leave the house, we talk about him everyday but we also talk about how we feel all the time and if we cry, we cry. I think you have to let it out whether it’s laughter, tears or frustration. My parents have been married 50 years in May, heartbreaking. 

Genuinely sending you all some virtual hugs. 

x