Hi, my dad has just been diagnosed with lung cancer - squamous cell carcinoma stage 2b - no spread to lymph nodes or anywhere else, he has also had secondary paraneoplastic syndrome leading to delirium, surgery has been recommended, has anyone experienced...
4th June I had right lower lobe lobectomy. The drain was removed the same day, sadly I then developed a pneumothorax and had an emergency drain re inserted the next day. Which took 4 attempts, 2 hours and a lot of tears and swear words! This was removed...
Hi there, my mum has just had her first cycle of chemo and immunotherapy - carboplatin/pemetrexed/pembrolizumab. Her side effects have been mostly flu like, sore throat and oral thrush which I've read are all quite common. She also had a lymph node...
Hi everyone . my dad is due to start chemo and immunotherapy for stage 2 lung cancer . He has not wanted to talk to the consultant about what side effects he might have as he said he would rather not know. What can we expect in the way of side effects...
Hi. My mum has just been diagnosed with SCLC and has an appointment to start chemotherapy straight away. I feel lost, sad, angry, confused and broken. The appointment with the diagnostic team was a blur. They never mentioned the stage but I am assuming...
Its interesting to note that results of biopsy still seem to be put over vaguely to the patient . i.e i am told mine is a small cell carcinoma of the lung . I will be given two days a week for six weeks of radiotherapy, if this makes me ill it will be...
Good afternoon I’m wondering if anyone has experiencd really bad nausea while on Tagrisso? My mum has been on it nearly 18 months and this has now started. Docs say take anti sickness tablets which do help at the time however she doesn’t want to rely...
My partner has stage 4 lung cancer. He finished treatment a few months ago, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. His last scan showed the tumor had shrunk. He has been doing well apart from problems with his mouth.... Ulcers, sores, white glue like substance...
My mum has a large mass on her right lung and went in for a Bronchoscopy yesterday, but they weren't able to do it as her breathing wasn't strong enough. The consultant said they wouldn't try it again and another option would be to do more scans. However...
Hello, has anyone had experience a drug that is currently on trial called Zongertinib. It targets HER2 mutation lung cancer? Thank you
