Firstly I apologise in advance for the long post but hoping someone can shed some light! I’ll try and be brief and to the point
mum has NSCLC ( diagnosed November)
new right sided weakness
CT scan recently showed 1 brain lesion
Mum went back to clinic today with my sister for all results PET,MRI . Respiratory doctor told them only 1 brain lesion and mum is still curable with radiotherapy. He doesn’t want to operate on her lung as the tumour is quite large and he will have to take half her lung away and doesn’t think she’s fit enough. Sent her to see another doctor not sure what her official title is, I just know she’s a consultant that specialises in radiotherapy for lung cancer. She has told mum she’s stage 4 terminal . She’s prescribed mum dexamethasone 16mg a day and will see her again Monday. She’s said if mums right sided weakness doesn’t improve by Monday she can only give her lose dose radiotherapy and mum only has weeks left!!
how can 2 different doctors tell you 2 completely different things!!! So what do we believe? I know which I’d like to
Hi Toot22
I'm very sorry to read that your mum has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer which has spread to her brain and I know what a difficult time this must be for the whole family.
I can understand why you're confused and hopefully your mum's consultant radiographer will be able to explain what's happening when she sees your mum on Monday.
Your mum should have been allocated a CNS (cancer nurse specialist) who is normally the person at the hospital who your mum can phone to ask questions. If she hasn't been allocated one then she should ask for the contact details when she sees the consultant.
I can see that you also posted this in the lung cancer group and, if you haven't seen the replies, clicking here will take you straight to them.
Do come back and let us know how your mum gets on.
x
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