Hi,
I thought I would reach out to this forum just to help me feel like we aren't alone.
On Wednesday we got the dreaded news that my dad has stage 3 lung cancer. It is squamous type and is spread to the lymph nodes in his chest. He's only 60 years old but has a vast medical history, which means that surgery would kill him, chemo and immunotherapy would kill him, so he has been offered 5 rounds of radiotherapy.
Does anyone have advice about the radiotherapy? What to expect, does it have a good success rate of slowing things down? The doctor said expecting him to live 2-3 years is optimistic for someone who's health is better than his, so my mind is in turmoil not knowing how much longer we have with him.
Hi Clair3 and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I'm not a member of this forum but noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.
While you're waiting for replies, it would be great if you could put something about your dad's diagnosis and proposed treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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