I have only found this board tonight.
My dad was only admitted a week ago, he had not been eating very well, lost weight, had back ache and a cough (he has emphesema so he usually has this cough)and worsening breathlessness (only for a few days).
He had a chest xray which showed a shadow.
He has had a ct scan, a bone scan and a bronchoscopy which showed a large tumour in the left lung. We dont have the ct and bone scan results yet.
He has gone downhill very fast since admission and the staff have told us to expect the worse as he is very breathless, drowsy and weak.
I cant get my head around this at all as he was still working full time 3 weeks ago. I am numb, shocked and cant cry or get upset - although it is inside somewhere. I dont feel normal - should i be showing more upset?
I love him lots but it is all blocked up - if you know what i mean - i cant put it into words.
I just cant get my head around it, one minute he is a bit "under the weather" and the next minute he is stuggling like this - i cant bear it...........
