Reoccurrence of lung cancer

Hi Kingston , like you I had a few years of clear of  cancer then on my annual check up something flagged up , had a PET scan and it lit up , as it was too small , 1.7mm to do a biopsy I had 4 weeks radiotherapy . Having the radiotherapy was ok though because of where they were aiming it did affect my throat , a couple of weeks on a soft diet plus meds from hospital and it was fine , but typical me I had bad reaction to radiotherapy and it has caused me to be rather breathless as also like you my lung function wasn't great to start off with , I also have COPD and emphysema ( lucky white Heather) so that doesn't help but not everyone has a bad reaction.  The cream i got from the nurses doing radiotherapy was called ZEROBASE , I didn't burn but it felt hot as if it was so that's why nurse gave me the cream You may feel more tired but this passes .

Even though this is my 3rd time of having cancer,  I had breast cancer 11 yrs ago , I have never had or been offered chemo , nor have I had brain scan , just my usual 6 monthly ct scan of my chest & abdomen , in fact I am at present awaiting results of my latest scan .

I hope this is of some help but everyone is different in how they cope with treatments . These are my hard facts but you could be totally different .

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year x 

Thank you so much for your experience It’s always good to know different people’s reactions especially yours as I have cold and emphysema  .this was my worry. I think the brain mri was to make sure it has not travelled to the brain .My information was radiotherapy to kill it and chemo to kill off anything that may escape although nothing showing on PET scan  Should start after Christmas so let’s see .Thanks again for taking the time to share Enjoy your christmas