Hi everyone, just wanted to see if anyone could shed some light on my current situation. My beautiful mum has stage 3 lung cancer. She had a massive operation in February and we thought we had got it all but sadly her last pet scan shows activity. She...
Hello all Ive had my upper third lung lobectomy 2 months ago and was told I now get checks in 3 months then 6 months then yearly, all being well. I expected this but I'm told it's only chest x ray for the first 2 checks, then a CT at a year. I thought...
Hi everyone, Has anyone had radiotherapy, more specifically Sabre to lung? I'm interested to know about experiences with fatigue from this....when it started and how long it lasted? Thanks
My partner, diagnosed squamous cell lung cancer last year,is now having 4X5 sessions of radiotherapy. On the last week of treatment this week. He’s losing weight, not a lot but radiologist says he needs to keep his weight up. He’s usually a very eater...
I am trying to find out about side effects of this treatment and others experience
My partner has squamous cell lung cancer. He was diagnosed about a year ago and had 4 sessions of chemo at the beginning along with 3 weekly immunotherapy. He is now at the end of week 3 of 4x5 radiotherapy treatment and continues on 6 week cycles of...
Looks like I'll be going in for VATS any time over the next few weeks. I've had my pre-op exams and not heard anything so I'm assuming there's nothing specifically problematic there. However, never having had surgery before, I'm not clear what 'well enough...
Hi, I’m quite new to this and I’m panicking, a bit of background, a small lesion was found in my Hilar node,i had a biopsy which was inconclusive, ive recently seen the consultant who said she would organise another biopsy and a follow up appointment...
Hi I'm new to this group, so sincere apologies if my question has already been covered somewhere. My mum is 81 and has just been diagnosed with lung cancer - small tumour in her right lung, also present in 2 sites in her lymph node & in her pleura...
Hi My husband has just finished his 4 weeks of radio therapy. Saw oncology yesterday and they said scan in 2 months but dont expect to see tumour gone or reduce a lot as it was 8.5cm so a big one. I asked about an op to remove it now and he said it...
