World has turned upside down

Dear Dottie

I am very sorry to read that your husband has been diagnosed with lung cancer.This must have come as an awful shock to you both.By now you may know the results of his PET scan and maybe you now know what treatment is suitable for his type of lung cancer. We have a book Understanding Cancer of the Lung and I am attaching a link to it https://www.cancer.ie/sites/default/files/content-attachments/cancer_of_the_lung_2016_web.pdf

However if you would like to phone a cancer nurse, here to talk about how you are as you said yourself,’your whole world has been turned upside down’ and if we can give any advice,information or support during this difficult time we would like to support you.

Our Cancer Nurseline phone number is 1800 200 700 Mon-Fri 10-4pm  or you could call into one of our Daffodil Centres and speak to a cancer nurse https://www.cancer.ie/how-we-can-help/daffodil-centres#sthash.Lb6W21qW.dpbs

Kind regards

Graham

Web Services Coordinator

Thanks Graham, he has a 5-6cm mass in the right hilum encasing the main stem bronchus and right pulmonary artery , Associated paratracheal and subcarnial adenopathy. Squagmous cells carcinoma, p63 positive staged at Ct4n3Mx .... a whole lot of big scary words.. His pet scan was clear thankfully and he has started chemo ( 6 sessions ) and has his first cycle done, also started his radium ( 33 sessions ) today , Radical treatment and hoping for " remission " rather than cure. We have been blessed with the care and speed at which his treatment has been delivered so far. I think a phone call to the nurseline would be good for me to understand somemore of these terms as google just ain't the place to look at right now.

I am impressed and amazed at the amount of information and detail which you have. I am just told that i have lung cancer stage 3 treatable but inoperable.

should i ask for more information?