I just wanted to take this time to give a brief introduction.
My name is Lynne, I am 40 years old. I am married to my husband for almost 3 years (but we have been together a total of 12) In july of last year my husband started have some major shoulder pain, He went on till sept, When he told his PCP he needed to do an X-ray after he had been treated for a pulled muscle and he got no relief for the pain. Fast forward a few scans, a biopsy, My husband has stage 3 NSCLC. He stared radiation for the pain the week of Christmas, By Jan 4, 2011 I had to take him to the ER, because the radiation treatments had not work and his pain was worse. A scan at the hospital showed, my husband had spread SINCE CHRISTMAS to the rest of his ribs, left lung and spine. He had a bone scan a few days later conformed it. The day he was suppose to start chemo, he doctor told us he was too weak, and the cancer is spreading to fast. The choice was made for us to go to hospice That was Jan 11, 2011.
My husband was a healthy hospice Pt. He was still driving, we were having dinner parties, We had made the choice to enjoy LIFE... But the past few weeks we started having pain issues, My husband started falling, He was sleeping more. He belly grew 3 times the size. Then last week after another fall, His nurse came in and told me his body was starting to shut down. As soon as the words came out of her mouth, I saw the swelling, I saw the reddish, marks on his feet all the way to his knees, the dark blushish fingernails. The signs had been there all along, and I just did not see them.
So at 49 years old my husband is dying of lung cancer, Since he is so young, the dying process is taking longer. We have 2 kids ages 19 (from my first marriage) and a 12 year old. She is trying so hard to deal with all of this. I do what I can to keep her life "Normal" But it is not easy seeing your daddy die.
Well that is my story..
