Hello,
My husband was recently diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer. His initial presentation with mid December when he was acutely confused and a scan identified a brain tumour and a nodule on his lung. The brain tumour was removed on Christmas Eve and he has made a great recovery. In January we were advised that the brain tumour was a secondary and that they couldn’t identify where the primary cancer was so we were referred to the Cancer of Unknown Primary team. A further scan showed that the nodule on the lung had grown minimally but that a new mass had appeared on his right adrenal gland. We are now under the care of the Lung Cancer team as this pattern of spread is consistent with a lung cancer.
My husband will begin chemotherapy and immunotherapy this month. Whilst I was very keen for a prognosis he did not want one and was very clear that I was not to be told separately. I am a person who deals better with things when I have a plan and although prognosis is not an exact science and time can be longer or shorter I am really struggling not having a clue how long he has. Anyone else in a similar situation?
Thank you
