Hello
my son gave my husband and I the link to these forums. His wife Jilly died in February from a Glioblastoma brain tumour. She lived for 20 months from the diagnosis and he nursed her at home all the way through her illness with the help of my grandsons who were just 13 and 15yrs when she became ill. it was tough as she had cognitive impairment and wasn’t aware of the time of day or which day of the week it was.
Last Friday following two chest X-rays because of a persistent cough, my husband, to our complete shock, was diagnosed with Lung Cancer following a CT scan.
Apart from the cough he has been really well and very active. He plays golf and cares for my as I have severe degenerative disc disease. He cooks and cleans and helps. my son with his garden as well as cooking for them once a week. He really does not like being idle.
We are both staying as positive as we can be until he completes the diagnostic tests next week ending with the Bronchoscopy, which terrifies him. He is very nervous especially of needles.
We have been married 46 years. I would love to hear some ideas on staying positive and of successful treatments.
I am trying not to google as it is so depressing. Thank you
Hello, what a sad time you have all gone through, and now your husband's diagnosis. There are many different types of lung cancer and until your husband has had all the tests required to determine what type and at what stage the cancer is, only then can the specialist team decide on what treatment your husband will have.
Your husband will probably get over his anxiety of needles because there will be plenty of them with all the diagnostic tests he will have. Regarding his fear of a bronchoscopy, he can request sedation prior to the test. Admittedly it is not a comfortable experience, but with sedation it is doable. Is bronchoscopy the only option to obtain a sample for biopsy? When I was diagnosed I had a CT guided biopsy, which involves taking two samples of the lesion via a biopsy needle into the lung under a local anaesthetic, it is completely painless and is a day case procedure on a ward. However, if your husband's lesion is in a difficult hard to reach part of the lung, a bronchoscopy will be performed. Bronchoscopies have been known to be performed under a general anaesthetic, but this would have to be discussed with your husband as to whether this facility is available.
Finally, although it is tempting, googling is a mistake and you are best avoiding it, only take the specialists information and advice.
Please keep in touch with us all on here, people can give advice (non-medical) or answer questions you may have - or just to have a natter, it's good to offload sometimes 
Best wishes to you both.
Ann
