#lungcancer – Cancer journey – a relatives perspective

Robins & White Feathers

Until my dad passed away, I had never heard about; or I certainly hadn’t taken note of any common beliefs about Robins and White Feathers. A friend came to visit me after he’d passed away, and she was telling me a story about White Feathers. I was listening to her story but didn’t realise itContinue reading “Robins & White Feathers”

The final days

This post has taken me so long to pluck up the courage to write. I don’t actually know whether this post or my first post has taken the most courage. It took a lot of courage to start writing anything about our family cancer journey. But what happened next is not something that I amContinue reading “The final days”

What happened next is all a blur

So we were so happy with the news we had been given about how successful dad’s Chemo had been, and with how well he was doing in himself! We were managing to get out & about more. We were going to cafes for lunch and we went to the local park where dad managed toContinue reading “What happened next is all a blur”

Chemotherapy

We were all nervous about the start of the Chemotherapy. Was it going to work? Was it going to make Dad really poorly? I can’t even begin to think how dad was really feeling about it. He tried not to show his emotions but I know deep down he was worried. The day of hisContinue reading “Chemotherapy”

Dad’s return to hospital…

So after just over a week back at home, dad started getting breathless again. He was admitted to hospital for a second time. I made it clear to the admitting registrar that dad had not been informed properly about his probable diagnosis so she sat down with us and explained it all. Dad was inContinue reading “Dad’s return to hospital…”

The diagnosis

So after being told by the GP that he was 99.9% certain that nothing sinister was occurring in dad’s lung, I was a lot happier but still worried. My concerns grew as dad’s ‘pneumonia’ still did not resolve with another set of antibiotics. He went to see another GP in his practice who then arrangedContinue reading “The diagnosis”