Hello everyone. Just posting my first message on here, I am posting as a relative rather than someone with cancer themselves so I hope that is OK.
My Mum has been diagnosed with a small (1.7cm) mass in her lung that is PET active and indicative of cancer. We don't have positive histology as she turned down the biopsy as she was concerned about the potential of a collapsed lung.
There is the possibility that she may be offered SABRE radiotherapy. I was hoping someone might be able to tell me their experience of it. Were the side-effects particularly gruelling as that is her main concern? She is 83 and relatively well, still walks her dog several times a day and drives locally.
Many thanks
Hi Claire and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I'm sorry to read that your mum may have lung cancer and I know what a worrying time this will be for you both.
The online community is divided up into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join and post in the lung cancer group, which is a great place to ask your question and hear about other people's experiences with SABRE radiotherapy.
To join just click on the link I've created which will take you directly there. You can then join and start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could pop something about your mum's diagnosis and treatment so far into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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