Hello everyone, I am newly diagnosed with a cancer tumour in my left lung. I have seen my surgeon today and I will be having an operation in 4 weeks. I am feeling in disbelief and extremely anxious. Anyone here have any advice or experience of this cancer and surgery. I have not told my family yet as I don’t want to spoil their Christmas. I also don’t know how to approach the subject. Because I have told no one it doesn’t seam real which I know once I have told family and friends it will be real.
Hi Garden fairy and a very warm welcome to the Community but sorry to hear about your diagnoses.
Navigating the cancer journey can be such a stressful and challenging time but getting support from people who have walked the ‘exact same' cancer journey can help a lot. (I have a completely different cancer).
The New to Community is like our reception desk where we look to direct you to the best part of the Community for you to get support. The Community is divided into dedicated Cancer Support Groups (Discussion Rooms) so can I recommend you post in our dedicated Lung Cancer support group that I see you have already joined.
This group is a safe place to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support.
To connect in with the group click on this link> Lung Cancer them once the group page opens you can introduce yourself by clicking “+new” or “+” in the top right next to the group title. You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
It’s a challenging time for you so you may want to use the Macmillan Support Line is open 8am-8pm (timings may differ across services) 7 days a week on 0808 808 00 00. This service provides cancer information, practical information, emotional support, benefits/financial guidance or just a listening ear.
We also have our Ask an Expert section but do allow a few working days for a reply.
Talking to people face to face can be very helpful so do check to see if you have any Local Macmillan Support in your area, do also check for a local Maggie's Centre as these folks are amazing and give support to all the family.
Do get back to me if you need further help navigating the community.
