Unfortunately Mrs D-Rider is not well ........
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I hope everything works out OK for you.
Been through it with both my Mother and then my father in Law. Mother had fluid on the lungs which turned out to be cancer of the Pleura (behind the lung). It was three months from date of diagnosis to the date she died, so very quick, but it was 12 years ago and things have moved on.
Father in Law had lung cancer, and he survived with quite a good quality of life for two and a half years until he died in April. Got up, made a cup of coffee, sat down with the newspaper and just went!!!! Which is the way to go I guess.
Reason I mention this though, it that he was put on a new experimental drug called Tarseeva (probably incorrect spelling) which actually reduced the size of the tumour substantially to the point where 12 months after his diagnosis it virtuallly could not be seen, but he was unable to have Chemo as it made him violently ill lile an allergy and it nearly killed him far earlier.
It was reckoned that if he could have had chemo with the new drug (the position of the tumour was inoperable) then he could probably have lived for several years more, although post mortem revealed that he was also in the early stages of dimentia, so he probably did us all a favour in the long term.
Sorry for rambling on, just trying to make the point (and badly I appreciate) that cancer care has moved on substantially and it is not the death sentance it was a few years ago.
I sincerley hope everything goes OK for you.
Been through it with both my Mother and then my father in Law. Mother had fluid on the lungs which turned out to be cancer of the Pleura (behind the lung). It was three months from date of diagnosis to the date she died, so very quick, but it was 12 years ago and things have moved on.
Father in Law had lung cancer, and he survived with quite a good quality of life for two and a half years until he died in April. Got up, made a cup of coffee, sat down with the newspaper and just went!!!! Which is the way to go I guess.
Reason I mention this though, it that he was put on a new experimental drug called Tarseeva (probably incorrect spelling) which actually reduced the size of the tumour substantially to the point where 12 months after his diagnosis it virtuallly could not be seen, but he was unable to have Chemo as it made him violently ill lile an allergy and it nearly killed him far earlier.
It was reckoned that if he could have had chemo with the new drug (the position of the tumour was inoperable) then he could probably have lived for several years more, although post mortem revealed that he was also in the early stages of dimentia, so he probably did us all a favour in the long term.
Sorry for rambling on, just trying to make the point (and badly I appreciate) that cancer care has moved on substantially and it is not the death sentance it was a few years ago.
I sincerley hope everything goes OK for you.
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Very sorry to hear about this Andy; don't really know what to say other than to offer my best wishes and thoughts. It's things like this that put all other issues into perspective. Stay strong, stay positive and stay hopeful - easily said, I know, but if anyone can do it, I'm sure you're the man who can.
