Hallo everybody,

I am an older sister and panic knows no boundaries. My brother is young, just over thirty. He is a very special person...working with children, gentle and unselfish. He had a hard life, growing up with no dad and as an ADHD child, many adults in his life also failed him. He started smoking with 13. Since a few months he had some problems with chest pain. Of course he has the usual "smokers cough" too. So he went to the docs and I was so thrilled because it takes guts to see a doctor when one is afraid. For some reason, he was very afraid.

They send him for a CT scan and found multiple nodules in his lungs. This is of course not ideal news. There are many factors that could cause these nodules, from not so bad to really bad causes. This is not what I want to get into. What I am contemplating about is how can I support him best when he goes through all the testing? I think it is the waiting that is really challenging. Has anybody some input? All I managed the last days are crying non stop.

How can I help my little bro through this excruciating time? Its going to be a long road.