Positive thoughts and advice needed

My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2003. She had been a heavy smoker but had given up 25 years before diagnosis. Because of the position of the tumour they couldn't operate. She was given 20% chance to survive 5 years. She was told that the treatment might delay the growth of the tumour but it would never go .She underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy simultaneously. One year later she went for an X-ray hoping that the tumour may have shrunk. It had totally disappeared! Now 13 years later age 80 she is cancer free and still working. The aggressive treatment has left her with damaged lungs but this only affects her when walking upstairs or uphill, where she is very short of breath.

I'm so sorry to hear about your sister in law but there is always hope. I'm sending best wishes and all the hope in the world xx

I'm sorry to hear this lainey. My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer when she was 82. She started smoking when she was 15, and stopped when she was diagnosed. She only received radiotherapy, as she did not want chemo, and her oncologist wasn't recommending it either. The tumour did shrink dramatically and she got better for a while. However, when she was 84, she was found to have a tumour in her oesophagus which was untreatable. She died in the hospice just a few weeks later. It wasn't a peaceful death, every breath was so difficult for her.

My mother had lung cancer. She had surgery, underwent treatment, and recovered. It never recurred. Physically she never was 100% who she was before, but she was happy and (relatively) healthy for a long time smoker.

Unrelated, about 10 years later she was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and passed a few months later.

Sending good thoughts for your SIL and all who love her.

All I can send you is love. This is a horrible disease. xoxoxoxo

I'm sorry to hear this. I will pray for your family.