Hi Ina;
Welcome to Connect Lung Cancer. I admire you for so lovingly wanting to help your father. I have been to your part of the world and the people are
wonderful, kind and brilliant.
I am a 10 year 10 month lung cancer survivor. Mayo Clinic "Saved my Life" even though I lost most all of my left lung and the 3cm tumor that was Non Small Cell lung cancer.
January 2018 one of the leading Lung Cancer Oncologist held up a research paper and said, "We now have 1,100 therapies for lung cancer, that were
not available in 2008 when I was diagnosed!" I have met many people of all ages, from 3 years of age to 93 years of age who are alive with lung cancer.
Doctors are learning how smart lung cancer is, and they are also learning how to properly administer treatments to fight the lung cancer and give people a good quality of life. But it does take hard work and a lot of support and love.

I encourage you to look up "Happiness" a book by Dr Amit Sood and think about "Paced Breathing" to help your father better deal with the lung cancer. This Mindfulness program changed my life and truly helped me get through the scary side of lung cancer. I went from barely being able to walk with one lung to running races. It has taken a lot of hard work and a lot of time...but the rewards mentally, physically and spiritually have been well worth the effort and the goals. I am 69 and just ran my first 10 mile race and finished 6th out of 10 with other women in my age group and the only one with one lung! I even ran faster than kids younger than me! HA!

I commend you for your brave outreach! You both will get through this. I often tell people, Lung Cancer became my blessing because it made me learn so much more about life...more than I ever imagined. I now truly live and enjoy one day at a time...I never smoked and I learned lung cancer is any body's disease. Take care of you, too. Let's stay connected, ok? I'm sending silent blessings to you both.