The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

Lung cancer

Hello,

I never thought I'd be writing a post on a cancer site, but my dad passed away just shy of 4 weeks ago from stage 4 lung cancer. From diagnosis to the end it was 5 months. What gets me is that he had symptoms for almost a year beforehand and they were not picked up properly despite going to the DRs many times and taking himself off to A and E twice with symptoms such as; weight loss, fatigue, bone pain in his back. I am also at a loss why the biggest killer of men is not routinely screened for when other cancers such as bowel, breast, cervical are? My pops was the best of men and seeing him die from this disease has been heart breaking to say the least.

Thanks, Di

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4 years ago

Hi Di,

So sorry to hear about your dad, it must be very difficult for you and your family just now. Here in Scotland there is a Scottish Office ''Detect Cancer Early'' campaign running and the aim is to avoid people having to go through the traumas that your dad did by creating awareness among the general public and the medical profession about the symptoms of this awful disease. The Roy Castle Lung Foundation are also involved and the more information and publicity that can be generated about getting proper diagnosis and treatment for Lung Cancer then hopefully the statistics will start to be improved along the lines of the other cancers. I know this is small consolation to you for the loss of your dad but i for one will try and get the message across to anyone who will listen.

Condolences

Rab