Is there any hope?

Hi Legend1984

Nice to meet you but sorry it has to be here. Of course there is hope, if not your mum would not be receiving any treatment. I was diagnosed with stage four incurable lung cancer with spread to the left adrenal gland on September of 2018 with a prognosis of 3-6 months without treatment.

I too had lost a lot of weight and wasn’t one for big meals anyway so I changed to full fat milk, bought milkshake powder, full fat yogurts, mum just needs to try and eat little and often if she doesn’t want to eat, a lot of people on here used protein shakes and drinks from the GP to build strength.

you don’t say what cancer mum has, I have non small cell, so I had Pembrolazumab (Keytruda) as my first treatment. I finished my two years of it in September 2020  I didn’t really have any issues other than an itch but I must say after my first treatment on the Thursday afternoon I slept right through to the saturday but it did only happen the once. 

So there is hope I’m 4 years on from a 3-6 month prognosis, doing well and I know there are others besides me, I hope your mums pain can be controlled to allow her to get her immunotherapy under way and she starts to feel better in herself, she doesn’t have to go far to start but try to get her walking even a couple of steps and building on that just to keep her mobility and muscle strength.

Let us know how you get on, best wishes to you both 

Hi guys I also have stage 4 terminal lung cancer nsc spread to left adrenal gland and aortic lymph nodes in my abdomen , i started the saron trial in December 2020 having pembrolizumab and i also had high dose radiotherapy for 4 weeks i have only had issue's with fatigue. 

All the best 

Darren