Posts by mistyviper53

Hey everyone, especially those of you supporting someone through a cancer battle. I’ve mostly just been lurking here, but I think it might help to finally vent a bit about what we're going through—my husband is fighting lung cancer. It’ll be exactly one year this coming October since he had a random lung scan and they found a tumor. We’ve been through four rounds of chemo, some palliative care because they couldn't remove the lung lobe since the tumor is pressing against his vena cava, and 24 radiation sessions. Now, three months after his last radiation, we just did a PET scan, and honestly, I'm terrified waiting for the results. He’s started complaining about shortness of breath, and I feel completely helpless. When he’s in pain, I give him Zaracet and he settles down, but when he can't breathe, I'm at a loss. I'm constantly fighting against his weakness, his lack of appetite, the occasional falls, and all of it. He’s 74 and I’m 70; we aren't exactly kids anymore, but I'd really love for us to have a little more time together. Sorry for the long rant, but it feels a bit better sharing this with people who get it rather than just keeping it all bottled up inside.