My dad was told that something was showing on his lung X-ray. Followed up with more X-rays, Ct scan and then he had a PET scan which showed issues with his lymph nodes and a tumour on his lung but thankfully no other organs. They decided to then take some biopsies (endoscopic) took 8 biopsies. He has now received a call to say that the biopsy results were inconclusive. Apparently the consultant had a meeting with his team this morning to decide whether to just go ahead with surgery to remove the tumour and see when they open him up or to do another type of biopsy (through his skin this time) My dad has said to do another biopsy but I’m worried he has made the wrong choice and he is just delaying the inevitable surgery that he is going to need and adding more time for it to spread!!
My younger sister passed away 3 years ago with bowel cancer so this isn’t the first time we have went through this and we are all terrified. This is obviously affecting all our mindsets and we know it’s a different type of cancer but she was 39 and relatively otherwise healthy whereas my dad is 75 with COPD.
Has anyone had a similar experience of Inconclusive results and what happens with the other type of biopsy??
