Hello My husband is 46 and was diagnosed with NSCLC last year. He has PDL of 90% but is stage 4. Before his diagnosis he suffered with psoriasis for many years and was on adalimumab which held it at bay. He had to come off that when he started Keytruda...
Husband went back to Marsden again today for 2 nd maintenance treatment, as 2 wks ago creatine level was 133 too high, told come back in 2 wks just had a saline 4 hr drip & sent home. And today he went for what he was hoping for treatment & scan results...
hi! Anyone else have experience of the new treatment? I started yesterday.
I’ve just started chemo and have been told to no long take my kefir, which has been so helpful for my gut health. Any views?
Hi all, my mum has been diagnosed with lung cancer NSCLC (stage 4), and undergoing Immunotherapy only at themoment(atezolizumab). Her lymph nodes are quite swollen, sha has lots of pain. So far the side effect of the therapy has been "only" tiredness...
I am waiting for my chemotherapy treatment to begin but it has been put off on three occasions due to my blood results. Firstly I had Sepsis, secondly still had Sepsis and thirdly I was on antibiotics. I feel I am getting weaker and I am so anxious about...
Hi my mum has suspected lung cancer. She had all the tests and we were waiting for results then told the biopsy wasn’t conclusive. My mum is very stoic and never complains but found this test horrendous. It lasted 40 mins and she was totally aware. She...
On immunotherapy Having dizzy spells and brain dog is this a side effect
Just wondering if all stage 4 lung cancer patients are automatically only offered pallative therapy? Has anyone at stage 4 been given the option of curative therapy?
My 76 year old husband has Stage4 lung cancer and Stage4 prostate cancer. He had immunotherapy and chemotherapy initially but has had immunotherapy only for the past year. About 6 months ago he started having severe pain in his thigh . Anti inflammatory...
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