I’m writing on behalf of my husband who has two nodules in his lung according to a recent PET scan. He is due to have a biopsy next week through his side and is very scared, although he won’t admit it to anyone apart from me. His main concerns are a possible...
Hi all T4 with secondaries. After horrible weeks of miss diagnoses, told 3 weeks ago by my Professor Oncologist. 50% chance of treatment (chemo) working to hold. 50% chance of making cancer worse. It would be weeks after Chemo before outcome was...
Hi all. I am 6 days post op from a lower lobectomy . I just wanted to say, to anyone who has this op in store it wasn't as bad as I anticipated . I had 4 hays in high dependency after the op because both my blood sugars and blood pressure were too low...
Hi all, had 3 cycles of chemo, cisplaton and vinorilbin , 30 sessions of radiotherapy and 1 year of imfinzi Immunotherapy, Outcome was good cancer is stable and not spread, the only problem I’m now having is brittle bones in back due to radiotherapy,...
After various problems since being diagnosed 2 and a half years ago with Primary Lung cancer, spread to femur, spine, brain and more, I have now got superior vena cava obstruction (SVCO) Has anyone had this? I am booked for scan Monday morning and radiotherapy...
Hi, my granny is in hospital with pneumonia she is 80 years old and has COPD. On Thursday we were told she had lung cancer, they have taken fluid from her lung and we were told she is waiting for the MDT meeting to happen. how long does this usually...
Hello, my husband has been diagnosed with incurable lung cancer. We are waiting for an oncology appointment for treatment options but have to wait for lab results on possible mutations. It had been almost 2 weeks since diagnosis and we are still waiting...
I was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2021. I have had excellent treatment from the NHS. 6 doses of chemo and 30 radiotherapy, completed in March 2022. Since then I have had three CT scans, and each one showed that the tumour was shrinking. At...
Hi to everybody from Croatia! I am writing this in behalf of my father, 79 years, non smoker. He had heart infarct 12 years ago and since then he is OK wtih the help of medications. In one RTG after heart attack there was noticed one smal lung nodule...
morning everyone , I’m here to vent again .. as you know I’m going through a 6 week regime of chemo \radiation combined .. so going to the hospital every day , Im sitting in waiting rooms quietly, apprehensively awaiting my RT or chemo .. most people...
