Radiotherapy

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Hi I have had immunotherapy which had caused liver damaged had chemo now on steriods and not having chemo as it might cause more damage on the plus side the chemo was at a stage just to maintain as my lung cancer at stage t4 uncruable but has srunk I am starting 12 sessions of radiotherapy a week on Monday anyone else had radiotherapy for lung cancer how did it go I'm sure I will be fine hope everyone OK

Indian over 3 years ago

Hi toniblade , so glad your tumour has shrunk. I’ve been very fortunate & am very grateful. Wishing you all the very best with your treatment, keep us updated. Take care x

Good morning lovely people.

2nd CT scan on 17 April this tear (R upper lobectomy Dec. 2022) recent scan has shown my middle lobe is compressed. Having bronchial lavage on the 23rd May. Letter to GP from consultant described it as possible middle lobe syndrome, GP unsure what this is. Regular chest infections but one in December this year & a few weeks ago really floored me. Throat is quite raw & my voice is quite hoarse. Anyone able to suggest any ideas on what's going on with me ?

Chantie over 3 years ago

Hi Toniblade,

I had 10 sessions of radiotherapy at 30 gy which is quite strong. The treatment itself was painless. I started to have probs eating right at the end as the oesophagus was burning and for couple of weeks couldn't eat or drink much. They gave me steroids which really helped so now 5 weeks after end of radiotherapy I am more or less OK. I had also a very sore skin in the back and chest and hydrocortisone cream really helped so do not fear the treatment but also do not suffer in silence as they can help

Good luck and. Let us know on this forum

Chantie

ToniB over 3 years ago in reply to Chantie

Thank you for your feed back d8d your hair thin ill prepare my mindset thanks you

Chantie over 3 years ago in reply to ToniB

Hi Toniblade

No hair thinning!

Chantie

Ronson22 over 3 years ago in reply to Chantie

Hi toni, im glad your tumor has shrunk, Hi chantie I have Stage iv Adenocarcinoma with mets to my right hip, l have completed a full cycle of carbo, Alimta/prem and Keytruda, l waited 5 months for my mutation EGFR + , and went straight onto tagrisso , after three months had 50% shrinkage of tumor and nodules in both lungs, Chantie are you still waiting on your mutation results and on chemo, i had little or no responce to chemo/Immunotherapy triplet,

ToniB over 3 years ago in reply to Ronson22

Hi great result when my cancer has struck I now feel pain never felt any before is this the same for you it feels a bit like I've pulled a muscle on my left side I'm OK controlling with liquid more

Take care xx

Chantie over 3 years ago in reply to Ronson22

Hi Ronson

I need to update my profile as I found out only this morning that I have no mutations. It took long time as initial sample from a needle biopsy wasn't good enough so had to try with a blood sample and it worked. So this means I am on same treatment that you had pembro Carbo and pemetrexed. Well I hope it will work better for menthan it did for you. I am still at the beginning and will have no 2 this coming Thursday.

Good luck on tagrisso and hope not too much side effects

Chantie

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