I am waiting for Friday to have chest CT scan . I am scared I have secondary lung cancer. Can't stop thinking and reading about it. I will drive myself mad...I have 2kids and I really don't want to die.
All started with cough.I thought it maybe allergy as my eyes where itchy etc so I left it. Then I started to have chest tightness and taste of blood when I cough and it make me worried. My GP send me to have x-ray which was all clear so I was send home with suggestions it's probably viral infection.I was relief for a while. But then months pass and I still have cough with chest tightness and now also back pain between shoulders blades and below collar bone. My oncologist request CT scan of the chest. So I wait. I have bad feeling..
Anyone had symilar symptoms?
Update:My CT scan came back all clear. I am relieved. I wait for appointment with chest clinic now to investigate the cough.
Personally no however, I have two friends at the moment, both male, both struggling with coughs they’ve had months and they’re in lots of discomfort and having loads of tests, one has been on and discharged from the lung cancer pathway, nobody can find a cause yet they are struggling desperately, neither has tested positive ever for covid. With your history it’s hard not to panic and I’d feel the same, I pray the ct is clear for you and big hugs and love in the meantime x
Thank you for your reply. I had covid test done as well with negative results. I hope for good news but I am so scared that it won't be the case.
I think that fear in our situation never goes away, we always have that what if at the back of our minds xx
Hi, I have bc I'm left breast and sentinel nodes, waiting for mastectomy and auxiliary clearance which was postponed for a few weeks due to CT scan picking up problems with my lung which they thout was cancer. I was devastated. Had an Ebus and biopsies taken from lung and adrenal glands, which also were enlarged. I was a smoker too so convinced it had spread. Although my left lung is partial
collapsed and had a cuff of abnorrmal cells round it my results came back CLEAR of cancer!!! Consultant was as surprised as I was! Ecstatic to now be able to have a mastectomy!! They're not sure what lung problem is and will keep an eye on it. I haven't had a ciggie for a month now . Try not to think the worst, the waiting is awful I know, but like me you may be very pleasantly surprised. Hugs Sandra
Not sure why the smiley faces are there lol
I had a chest infection that wouldn't clear, took 4 rounds of antibiotics to fix it, guess that was what was showing on CT scan . Good luck. I have 4 children and 10 grandchildren and felt I had a life sentence over me. I now feel so much more positive about the future. Good things can and do happen x
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