Dear Leanne...I hope you are well and keeping strong through your own battle.I admire your strength and determination not only to help and support people like myself but to endure not only your father's illness but now your own aswell. I sometimes wander why such good,honest genuine people must endure all this pain and loss. I wanted to thankyou again so much for your kinds words....I apologise for not responding but my Dad was unable to fight and we lost him on March 20th. He had complications with his heart and once that had gotten under control his breathing became the problem.Unfortunately the cancer had spread so quickly there was nothing the doctors could do for him.Dad never got the chance to have radiation or chemo.We lost him one month and 5 days after being told he had lung cancer.I only wish we had more time with him... He was taken to Palliative care close to his home where his family and friends could be with him. It was a lovely place where my Dad had views of lush green hills,trees and blue sky's from his bed. I was with him to the very end and even though I am sad to let him go I know he is now with my Mum and they are looking down on us with smiles on their faces and love in their hearts. Thankyou for being such a wonderful person...your family must be so proud of you. I know you will continue to be the shining star you are.... Thankyou again Leanne ... View more

Thankyou Leanne.Your kind words and story helped me a lot today. My Dad finds it hard to express his emotions and we have told him that we will look after him...whatever he needs but god bless him he doesn't want to be a burden to me or my other siblings.We have told him he never has nor ever will be a burden to us and we will be there for him.I think he just needs a bit of time and I definately will have another talk with him about being there for him.I feel once he can talk about whats happening he will start to feel better and possibly begin to enjoy what time he has left.My Dad was only diagnosed 2 weeks ago now so everything is still fresh and we are currently getting ready for radiation therapy next week.It gives me comfort to know I can come onto this site and talk to others who have experience with this....thankyou again. ... View more