Hi, my husband who is 84 has had heart failure and COPD for years so is already short of breath and not very active. He recently had an acute bout of colitis which required pet scan and. X-ray. These showed up a mass on his lung but they say he can’t take any treatment so will be on palliative care in the community.
This is obviously quite disturbing but we have no idea of the probable progression of the cancer. At the moment there is not much difference to his condition a month ago, before the hospital stay. Just wish we had some idea of how long it might take to become really debilitating.
Hi Febos Welcome to the group but sorry to hear about your husband. That is an impossible question to answer unfortunately because every one is different. I will be honest with you and tell you that I have personally known people with a similar diagnoses to become weak very quickly and have a very short life span. I have also known people to be on palliative treatment for several years before they became unwell. I think a lot has to do with mental attitude as well, and if your husband isn’t showing any signs of the disease progression then there is a very good chance that it is slow growing and he can enjoy his life as he has been up til now.
Living with a stage 4 cancer myself for several years, my advice would be do not waste time on worrying about something that may not happen for a long time.
