r/lungcancer • u/Peanut-b03 • 11d ago
First appointment - any recommendations?
My mom (64F) was recently diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the lung. We have not done a PET scan yet to determine the staging of the cancer we just know from a CT scan that there are three masses in her lung. She has both abdominal and back pain.
We were seeing a pulmonologist and have our first appointment with an oncologist tomorrow. Does anyone have anything they would recommend we ask? Is there anything I should look up beforehand?
We’re all just trying to process everything so any tips/recommendations of things to do would be appreciated. Also any tips on how to support her during this time would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance.
Edit: We had the first appt with the oncologist and he had scheduled a liquid biopsy, brain MRI, and PET scan and is hoping to get the testing done this week and be back for an appointment next week to go over the results. Thanks to everyone who replied it definitely helped me to feel more prepared going into this.
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