"I'm 38 years old and married with a son aged almost 9. I was diagnosed with ACC of the parotid in 1992, although I had my "lump" for at least 3 or 4 years before that. I had surgery to remove it an was told that there were clear margins. No radiotherapy was offered and I had the usual physical checkups up to 5 years when I was told that I needn't continue to be checked. I chose to carry on with yearly checks for my peace of mind and all was well at the last one (Oct 2002). Then about 3 weeks ago I had an unrelated chest Xray that shows lung Mets. A CT scan shows a 4cm tumour to the right lung & 5 smaller ones to the left.

This came as a complete shock as I'm well with no symptoms so far. I'm having difficulty coming to terms with the prognosis, especially as it has varied from "lucky to see retirement" to "2 to 10 years". I'm waiting to hear if a lung specialist will consider surgery, although I'm sensing that it may be a wait & see policy."