Hello, sadly my mum was told a couple of weeks ago that she has lung cancer. She had a CT scan whilst in hospital for a broken hip back in Nov 22, as she contracted pneumonia in hospital. Her hospital consultant told us that they had found a mass not consistent with infection and would require further investigation. She had another scan post-discharge and we thought that was that. No follow-up at all and nothing more was said via the hospital or GP.
Fast forward to December 23 and after months of 'chest infections' that didn't clear up and countless antibiotics and steroids, the GP referred her for another CT scan. She was called into a consultant a couple of weeks ago for what she thought was a routine check-up, only to be told we are sorry, there is a mass that has grown and that it should have been referred to the Lung cancer team back in 2022. This is despite my raising the issue of the abnormal scan results several times with the medics.
Today she had gone for a PET-CT scan to see whether the cancer has spread and to give us an idea of what we are dealing with and what treatments will be possible.
My emotions are all over the place, one moment I am ok and the next I am crying. I am also so angry that she was left for over a year without treatment. I don't really know what the point of this post is other than to say a tentative hello. I am doing my best to remain calm for my mum but it think today it has hit home, I feel like we are on a precipice, as the past couple of weeks have been 'normal' but now she has had the PET scan all that will change and hard times are coming.
Hi Lemon Lego
Fingers croossed for as good a result as possible out of the scan.
If we look at your feelings when someone has cancer I recognize pretty much all of the emotions I went through. Janice's had almost the opposite of your mum in that the doctors were so convinced she had cancer and that was causing all her symptoms that they missed the sepsis.
One thing for now is that you are where you are and hopefully now will get the best information possible. On here we often talk about life being like a rollercoaster we can only try to ensure as many good days as possible.
Crying is perfectly normal and a great way to let out some of our emotions - I used to more often do it in the shower.
In return then - hello - welcome to our club where we know some days are hard and having someone to share with can be really helpful.
<<hugs>>
Steve
