https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6940#M3047 Reindeer thanks for replying and youre kind thoughts it helps to get feelings out from inside knowing you can express them here with no judgement call made kj Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:59:33 GMT kj 2011-06-26T06:59:33Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6938#M3045 I met an old friend at the oncology clinic 2 days before xmas last year I asked what are you doing here she said i have just been told i have lung cancer but that it is cureable with radiation and a short dose of chemotherapy they started after xmas she had no problems with chemo ate like a horse after radiation she was admitted back to hospital with dehydration then in and out of hospital regularly we spoke on phone regularly to see how each other was going i was too sick from chemo to visit and i had continual colds so had to stay away 2 weeks ago her husband rang me and said she was in icu she couldnt breathe properly and passed away thursday evening I cant understand how they could say we can cure you and this happens family and friends heartbroken as i am also. Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:26:53 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6938#M3045 kj 2011-06-25T06:26:53Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6939#M3046 I feel for you, it is devastating to lose someone KJ. Expressing your feelings can be a comfort, you can do that here anytime. Knowing that others listen, and sharing experiences can be a relief in its self. Reindeer x Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:06:33 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6939#M3046 2011-06-26T01:06:33Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6940#M3047 Reindeer thanks for replying and youre kind thoughts it helps to get feelings out from inside knowing you can express them here with no judgement call made kj Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:59:33 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6940#M3047 kj 2011-06-26T06:59:33Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6941#M3048 So sorry. The doctor should not have made such a mistake. Maybe there was something else that they could not have foreseen. Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:16:36 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/ShatteredI/m-p/6941#M3048 SILLY 2011-06-26T14:16:36Z