Hi My partner has been diagnosed with stage one lung cancer He's never smoked so it was a bit of a shock. We were due to marry the end of the year but we may postpone this. I'm finding it hard to support him as it's new to me and him. He is normally...
My hubby is currently on Docetaxel chemotherapy for prostate cancer but I’m posting in this forum because of the following: He started a mucus cough in November and 7 weeks later it’s still rattling round in his lungs and he’s become very short of breath...
Hi everyone, My granddad (78) went to the GP for a prostate blood test as he was invited via text - fast forward a few weeks and he has prostate cancer (very low grade, no treatment required just a PSA blood test every few months for monitoring) but...
52 yo. Male. Non-smoker. Had bloods, then x-ray, then CT and was contacted by hospital today and they want me to go for a PET/breathing test. All triggered by a pain in my back; fatigue and an irritating cough I initially experienced back in early November...
We’ve just back from the hospital and I’m struggling to help my husband stay positive. I know it’s ok not to always be positive but it’s so sad to see, and I’m now questioning how hopeful I should be. It’s a Squamous Cell Carcinoma, exact type is not...
Hi, my husband has had 7 rounds of monthly durvalumab after 6 weeks of chemo/radiotherapy. He was ok after the first 5 sessions, but then started going downhill, getting memory loss, confusion, appetite loss and severe anxiety attacks. He has had blood...
Hello can anyone tell me how long each session of intravenous Chemotherapy takes. My husband is having 5 sessions a week for 6 weeks. He will also have radiotherapy and some immunotherapy. As he is fit they are throwing everything they can at him. He...
I finished my radiotherapy on 4th October and had a CT scan last week. My primary tumour has shrunk by half but unfortunately the lymph nodes are bigger which I wasn't expecting. Without a biopsy the oncologist can't say if this is because of the Radiotherapy...
Hi everyone, I posted a while ago expressing that I was finding it hard to deal with my dad’s cancer diagnosis, he has now been told they can offer him no further treatment and have estimated that he has months. I did get very emotional when he told...
I’ve just had the 2nd of 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy/immunotheraphy with a pet scan due the week after next, I have squamous cell T2 NO MO which is 27mm in my left main bronchus, because of the location I have been offered a pneumonectony or...
