What is the life expectancy for metastic lung cancer?
Aug 02, 2010 in
Lung Cancer Questions
The cancer has stread to the pluerea, lymph nodes, brain and bones, and is in a 4th stage!!! My mother is 75 and is now very very depressed! This is from 2nd hand smoke as my mother is not a smoker!!!
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2 comments
nite_angelica on August 2, 2010 at 10:13 pm
I’m so very sorry for you and your mom. People that have never smoked or been around smokers also get lung cancer, so I wouldn’t put blame on someone else if they are a smoker.
You can only get this answer from your mom’s doctor. Please make a list of questions (so you won’t forget any) and give them a call. I bet they will be happy to take your call and answer your questions.
I’m very sorry.
boron on August 2, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Probably months.
Listen to mother wishes, make her life comfortable, give her foods she like, provide her appropriate pain killers.
Allow her to meet persons she wants to meet and talk with. Maybe she wants to solve some issue with someone, arrange anything what’s needed for that.
If she doesn’t want to go into hospital, do not push.
If she doesn’t want to talk about death, do not start these talks. But don’t give her false hope about anything, people know from inside, what’s their situation, lies don’t help.
Don’t get nervous about how to prolong her life – this usually only ruin someones last days.
Join some health forum, and talk about it, you’ll get useful and probably unexpected information about dying.