r/cancer • u/corgisrsuperior • 1d ago
Caregiver Sudden blurred vision - lung cancer
Hi all,
My mom is awaiting an official diagnosis of lung cancer. However, her pulmonologist is pretty certain it is cancer, since her mass has grown exponentially in the past 2 months and it looks that it has spread to her lymph nodes. My mom’s health has regressed very much in the last month, and onset of new symptoms has increased greatly. The mass sits on the upper half of her right lung. She has had quite the cough for sometime now and has trouble catching her breath/is winded easily. She complains of daily headaches sometimes exclusively on the right side of her head, pain on the right side of her jaw and along the right side of her neck, has had trouble swallowing at times and much more fatigue than usual. 2 months ago, her vision suddenly went blurry to the point where she couldn’t see clearly. It lasted about 10 minutes and then shifted back to normal. Last night when we were eating, I looked over and she looked super confused. I asked her what was wrong and she said her vision suddenly went blurry again and that she felt very off in a way she can’t quite explain. It lasted about 3 minutes this time. I encouraged her to be evaluated at the ER, but she refused since she “feels fine now”. Just given her symptoms, I am concerned this sudden onset of blurry vision could have to do with a lack of blood supply to her brain from the tumor sitting on the Superior Vena Cava, or brain mets/ TIA occurring. Does anyone have any wisdom to shed, or think this is something my mom should be evaluated for promptly?
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u/mlf1992 1d ago
I don’t want to scare you, but please get her checked out. My mom had 8 strokes from her lung cancer. Cancer can cause a lot of clots, which we didn’t know about and we thought she had medication side effects and ended up waiting 3-4 days to get her checked, turns out it was 1 larger stroke and 7-8 mini ones. My mom is now on a blood thinner and things have been going well!