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Hi Hopeful Bob, Welcome to the group, but I am so sorry to hear about your mum. It is so scary when a loved one is told they have cancer, especially in the early days before a proper diagnoses and before a treatment plan has been discussed. 

It is so hard to try and carry on with your daily routine, of course your thoughts are going to be with your mum. She will probably be having lots of tests now, possibly a CT and a biopsy, so it may take a couple of weeks until she gets the actual diagnoses. Time always seems to stand still during this time, and you feel in limbo.  Try and keep the faith, your mum has been through this once already, and lung cancer treatment has come such a long way in recent years. 

We are here if you need to chat. Take care for now. 

Thank you Chelle,

For your lovely reply to my post.  I have just been reading your Journey . Wow ! I think you are amazing the way you have dealt with your tumours. 

You are so courageous & you seem to absorb everything .

One of the things I I do is  over panic .

I am going to try & relax this evening  you have really helped me . Thank you.

Hi Bob

Chellesimo  is right in saying there is so much that can be done now for lung cancer. 

Like you I am a "panicker" and in June when my husband was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer I didn't know which way to turn.

The support and empathy on here has been my "rock" and it is helpful to realise that others can be there for you even if it's simply that on these forums you can express your fears and worries and no one judges you.

Your mum sounds like a fighter and she's got you in her corner!!!!

 "Every journey starts with a single step and every day is the start of a new journey..... just take that first step every day"

Grasan

I think it is totally natural and normal to panic in the circumstances you find yourself.  Be kind to yourself, it can take days for your mind to catch up with the news.