Hi everyone im new to this and just wanted to introduce myself. so everything happened so quickly it feels like a dream somtimes!!!
I felt unwell for a few months and just put it down to stress (like you do). Eventually went to my GP on the 31.12.21 as i was experiencing swelling on my neck and chest and i had a few burst blood vessels on my chest, she sent me straight to the hospital just be sure. l had an x-ray that wednesday afternoon which revieled i had a clouding on my chest. As i was not in any pain they sent me home to wait for an outpatient ct scan. By the sunday of that week i was really swollen and could not breath so i went back to hospital alone. Because of the swelling they did my ct scan that afternoon. I thought maybe i had covid or a chest infection. By six o,clock that evening they broke the devastating news that i had a mass on my right lung and they we 95% sure it was cancer!!!! What a true saying how your life can change in a second. They kept me in hospital for a week and i had a biopsy, 2 more ct scans a PET scan and one round of chemo by the following sunday. I have since had another round of chemo and i feel okay. Next week i find out if iam having radiotheraphy now or waiting till my chemo has finished. I am a fifty year old woman in two weeks time and my cancer is at stage three.
Hi CraftyNicky and a warm welcome to the Online Community but sorry that you needed to find us. I am also very sorry to hear about your Lung Cancer diagnosis.
A cancer diagnosis brings many questions, lots of confusion and stress but talking with other people who are on the same type of journey will help you navigate this rollercoaster.
The Community is organised into dedicated support groups so can I recommend you join our supportive Lung Cancer group, this will be a good place to connect with others navigating the same type of cancer journey.
Follow the link above then introduce yourself by putting up a ‘New Thread’, you could just copy and paste the text from this your first post. You can also join in with existing discussions by clicking on 'reply'.
It’s always good to talk and the Macmillan Support Services provides lots of information, support, financial guidance or just a listing ear.
Most services are open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week and it's free to call on 0808 808 00 00 have a look by Clicking here to see what is available and we also have our Ask an Expert section, but do allow two working days for replies from our expert team.
((hugs))
Hi and a warm welcome to you as well.
The fear of ‘it’ coming back is hard to deal with in the early days but the further you go down the road you tend to develop a way of controlling the what if’s.
Do join our support groups as they are great places to talk with like minded people.
