charlielou

Thanks Sarah! Your dad is 56? Mine is 54. I have suggested alternative therapies but im afraid my dad is quite narrow minded and does't believe in them (I have managaed to get him to take a good broad sprectrum multi-vit and mineral supplement) he believes firmly in the wonders of modern medicine and "if any of that other rubbish worked the Doctors would be prescribing it" at least I can say the cancer hasn't changed his opinions,lol. I guess another reason I am finding all this so hard is im an only child and I don't have any siblings to share (? not sure if thats the right term) this with. My mum has been very dependant on me and I guess the last six months are finally catching up with me. She is absolutely devastated. They have been together for 38 years, married for 35. I feel terribly selfish saying im struggling with all they're going through! But if im going to be strong for them I need to vent it away from them if that makes sense?!? Thanks again! Your Dad will be in my prayers, Take care, Charlie x

Hi everyone! I've just joined this community. My dad was dx with advanced SCLC in Jan2004 and was given approx 1 year. He has had 6 rounds of chemo (carboplatin & etopiside) which has appeared to have stopped the tumours growth and is not currently recieving any further treatment. I am struggling with this. It was easier when he was having chemo, it was like we were actually fighting this awful disease whereas now we are all just wating, waiting for it to rear its ugly head up somewhere else. I still find my dads diagnosis hard to take, I can't believe that they expect him to be gone so soon. He is so fit and well at the moment. He has just come back from Portugal after watching the football, he's off to Wimbledon next week to watch the tennis, he does diy, gardening etc. He's even going to come back to work after he comes back off holiday mid July! He's even said he hasn't felt this good in about 2 years. He put weight on during his chemo (25 lbs) and he hasn't got/had any breathing difficulties. I guess I just can't accept this Charlie x