Hi all Thank you for all your input with my dad's diagnosis. After much tooling and frowing dad has decided to go the radiotherapy route. They're hoping for SABR and have said 3-4 weeks. If they can't do SABR at his planning appointment, they will go...
Hi all has anyone had this procedure and it been successful, my mum has stage 4 lung cancer and can’t have any treatment . She has been struggling with her breathing and has been admitted back to hospital as the fluid has built up again. She was discharged...
My husband has stage 4 lung cancer EGFR positive. Currently on 160mg Osimertinib. His fatigue is horrendous!!! Sleeps all of the time, cannot really function tbh. Anybody got any advice, tips for me pls
Hello everyone, I haven’t posted before but everyone seems so supportive I wanted to ask something. My dad had a small, slow growing cancer removed from his lung three years ago No further treatment. Now a tumour was found again in a different part of...
Hi I had part of my right lung removed last September ,and had chemotherapy after but after two sessions I stopped it as I was so unwell ,I ended up in hospital .they now have found a small nodule in my left lung and I’ve just had a biopsy done ,is it...
In 2023 I had Triple negative breast cancer. Having fought this off 3 weeks ago I was diagnosed with cancer in my left eye and now today have been told I have lung cancer. The lung and eye are thought to be mets/ secondary from the TNBC. I'm only 52...
Finally got results & couldnt have been better. Oncologist said all stable, no further spread. Lymph nodes have shrunk & the tiny dot in brain left from cyberknife, still shrinking. Oncologist said after just 2 immunotherapies, shes very happy with...
Hello, I am new to the forum. I am due to go into hospital next week to have a lobotomy (right upper lung). I am extremely worried. I would be pleased to hear of other people’s experiences with this operation so I know roughly what to expect. I...
Hi all Me again. Having got dad's results back saying he's clear in the CT scan of brain and biopsy of lymph nodes clear but they couldn't get a biopsy of the tumor itself and so he's now been offered a choice or surgery or radiotherapy (SABR hopefully...
My husband got home from hospital after a week and a half in hospital after having Neutropenic Sepsis. He came home with antibiotics. I picked him up and was surprised to see how drowsy he was. He’s not stopped being drowsy and says he feels worse...
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