Monday I found out a dear friend has a tumor on his lung. He got pretty sick back in January and the diagnosis was pneumonia, month after month he never did get much better, tired, short on breath, pains in his chest and neck, blood in sputum and generally feeling ill. He's in his 70's so his doc just kept telling him it takes awhile to get over pneumonia at his age and kept prescribing for bacterial infections. After a biopsy a week back they finally confirmed the problem.
Now 9 months later he's looking at rush surgery. The cancer hasn't spread to other organs but is into lymph nodes. This pains me so much as he was about a fit and active as a man in his 70's could be. I'm trying so hard to keep positive (he's still in great spirits). Praying for a good outcome to this just the same.