I (57) have been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to the brain. I have known since jan 9th. After sudden weakness down left side and have had no treatment yet as i got pneumonia when i was due to go to southampton for a brain biopsy and possible draining fluid out of tumour so now thats out the window. I have had a PET scan this week but I have not had reaults yet. I have not a lot of mobility and have had a few seizures. Also i am getting cramps and pins nd needle feelings all over. I seem to he tired all the time is this normal? I hate it, i feel like i cant do anything and it no life to live. Anyone else similar. Also i am getting cramps and pins nd needle feelings all over
Hi Minchy 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 Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and, although I'm not a member of this group, I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.
If you don't get any replies here, it might be an idea to also join and post in the lung cancer group as I'm sure you'll find people there with secondary brain cancer.
If this is something that you'd like to do, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
While you're waiting for replies, it would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment 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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