Starting off with some less than good news ladies - my Dad has been diagnosed with lung cancer today. He has been told it is slow growing and may have had it for a couple of years. They will not treat except for painkillers - he is 80 in March (party was already on the cards of course) and has smoked since he was 11 so it has not been a surprise, he has been on oxygen for a while suffering from asthma and emphysema (sp?) but he is not downhearted so I am being likewise (although I am doing a very large brandy for medicinal purposes). Docs have not given any timescale and don't even want to biopsy or reinflate the lung for fear of setting it off on a rampage, they have done diagnosis through an xray followed by MRI scan which they say has 98% proved the diagnosis. He is a tough old bugger but weighs a stone less than me these days which is saying something - but he says he has not been eating for weeks properly but now has got more of an appetite which is good. doc has prescribed "Build Up" for him and my sis is cooking his evening meals and he has promised to start drinking again - Guinness we have demanded!
This might sound strange but I really don't want sympathy as we have had our ups and downs in the past but now I think we understand each other. I have a feeling he will be around for a few years yet but his 80th will be strange I fear. Hoping not, hoping it will be a celebration he can join in with. It is the week after the Birmingham Meet but I am still coming!
ok I will shut up now, just did not want to drop this in anyone elses thread.
Love you all
Bren xx
This might sound strange but I really don't want sympathy as we have had our ups and downs in the past but now I think we understand each other. I have a feeling he will be around for a few years yet but his 80th will be strange I fear. Hoping not, hoping it will be a celebration he can join in with. It is the week after the Birmingham Meet but I am still coming!
ok I will shut up now, just did not want to drop this in anyone elses thread.
Love you all
Bren xx