Hi All (especially Derek who has been so much help so far) I've kept a really positive attitude to this lung cancer lark, but a letter has really tested this. A quick update: non-smoker. In August, lung mass detected right lung during scans for another...
My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in November, he has had chemotherapy and immunotherapy. its now traveled to his brain and his treatment hasn’t worked and last week we were told that he has 3 to 4 months to live . i don’t know what...
Hi. I'm fairly new to this, so please bare with me. At end of August, my mum was told she had a 5cm mass on her right lung, which was found via xray due to recurrent "chest infections". She was sent straight to the hospital with suspected cancer, kept...
Hi I'm new here. I have just been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. The proposed treatment is concurrent chemo/ratiotherapy which I believe will take place 5 days a week for 5 or six weeks. The hospital I have to attend for treatment is over 30 miles...
Hi all Is it gremlins in my laptop, or has the format changed when looking for the latest posts? If it has, I prefer the old format. I have just had the results of my last CT scan and all is still stable with no progression seen. I had the usual anxiety...
my mum is 72 and was diagnosed with lung cancer last week. I was with her when she was told. I am finding it difficult to know what to say. She had her biopsy just on friday past and is waiting for her Pet scan.
Waiting on MDT outcome. In a week, I’ve been told my annual CT shows suspected progression of cancer, I’ve had a PET and lung function tests. Back in the horrible waiting period. I’d not been feeling great this year, similar to how I’d felt in 2023 so...
Hi I'm new to the group, I'm about to start chemo/immunotherapy treatment next week. When I I was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer I was adamant that my quality of life was really important to me and therefore resistant to chemo. I'm now...
Hi my best friend has been referred to a thoracic surgeon after scans revealed two small lesions in her right lung upper lobe. The term used for one was ground glass opacity. A wedge section was mentioned but she wants to be sure there are no other options...
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