My mum was diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer in june last year. she had a pleural effusion which is how they detedted it. She had a course of chemo which the tumor responded well. Unfortunately she took a really bad chest infection which developed into pneumonia and never fully recovered and passed away 2 weeks ago on my son's 13th birthday. My family and I cared for her in her final 3 weeks at home with the last week being really tough. In the later stages she only wanted my dad with her as she didnt want her 3 kids seeing her as she struggled. Fortunately she passed very peacefully. We are all glad we had the cahnce to care for her but it was very hard and distressing. We all miss her very much.