Oh the irony!

Good luck for tomorrow

Best of luck for tomorrow, I hope they are the best they can be for you and they give you the answers and a plan of how to move forward.

Thank you ladies, got started on my will today, I'm not morbid but knowing I'm putting things in place just in case helps - my only fear is not sorting everything for daughters 

Gina your story is awe inspiring with what you've been through, hope I can half as brave xxx

Good luck for today.  Hope you get some answers and your plan asap xx

Confirmed it's Adenocarcinoma -  pet scan report put me at T3 N2 M0 (I understand what this means but not sure how that translates to staging?) so they have to wait for actual images before deciding treatment, should know after next week's meeting if I'm off to see a surgeon or oncologist and have an MRI booked for Tuesday to check brain!

It's good you know something's but there always seems to be more questions than answers in these clinic appointments it seems to me! Xx

For the staging Varmint I use the cancer research translation of stages from the TNM as I find this is the best one to understand. You I believe are a stage 3 but I'll post the page here for you to look at too.

lung cancer stages if you click on the underlined green writing it will take you there. Once you go on click on stage 3 scrowl down and it will give you a list of the TNM and tell you if it is a stage 3a 3b or 3c. 

I hope that helps.

Thank you Gina, that's how I read it too

Looks like it's not quite as straightforward has I'd thought now lymph nodes are involved, I've got have a bronchoscopy now to check out one particular node apparently.

Still positive, need to rebook my New York trip next year!!!

hi 

I'm off to the breast clinic today to see what they come up with there. 

I have an appointment for bronchoscopy next Thursday (really not looking forward to that ), sorry to hear yours is not as straight forward as you first thought. 

good luck with your tests and I'll let you know how I get on today later

Hi Varmint

Sorry to hear that it is not straight forward. I hope the bronchoscopy goes smoothly. I wonder why they are doing this however. I had 2 and a questionable third lymph node and they did mention about taking biopsies but changed their mind thankfully. (I was in agony and just wanted treatment to start). I did have a PET have you had one? Maybe to decide if they will offer surgery? Or if not likely chemoradiotherapy.

Absolutely get that trip booked. 

Kacirh - Good luck as the breast clinic today, I hope you get some answers. Best of luck for the bronchoscopy next week.