Ok well i try and not read in to the it is this or that but today got a letter from the surgeon over the lung i had removed and they have some staging on it i wonder can anyone tell me what these mean i will try and ring my macmillian nurse tomorrow as...
Hi everyone, I've eventually got a date for my lobectomy after what seems a long wait, (it's probably not) and I'm starting to get nervous. Has anyone any advice about how to keep calm in the run up to surgery. Thanks in advance
Hi Guys , My first time posting on here ! My Dad has lung cancer and has the kras mutation , has had chemo not worked cancer grew ! he has been started on Sotorasib a targeted therapy for the kras mutation, the first few weeks on it he seemed fine...
My husband was diagnosed with NSC lung cancer and the biopsy revealed stage ,3 4.5 cm primary tumour in the right lung and in the lymph nodes in the cavity between the 2 lungs. PET scan results today were good, no further spread. Oncologist said operation...
Hello All, While speaking with the Macmillan Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse on Thursday, I was informed that my PD-L1 results showed less than 1% and that Immunotherapy would not be suitable. I am now awaiting an appointment to speak with an oncologist...
I've felt good all week had my first session on Tuesday. Woke up today feeling blah and constipated.. is that anything to be concerned about
Hi, I am currently in the process of following up on a lung nodule discovered by chance on a non-related scan. I've just recently had a PET scan which shows that the lung nodule is active. Luckily nothing else is. The nodule is 13 mm in diameter. ...
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what happens after a lobectomy? My mum is scheduled to have surgery at the end of this month after 3 rounds of chemo/immunotherapy. The specialist mentioned something about testing the nodes after...
Hoping everyone here is doing as well as possible. Any feedback and comments are welcome…Thank you ️ A bit of context; For months and months I felt short of breath and struggled to breathe; every night I’d wake up 2.00..3.00 or 4.00 in the morning...
My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer 2 years ago which has actually stayed quite stable. But has spread to her bone and has caused her knee to fracture. She also has spots in her hip and spin and is in immense pain. Her fractured knee is swollen and...
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