Hello,
In February 2021 I had developed a cough with some blood clots in it. Over course of 6 months after various scans (X-Ray, CT, Contrasting PET) and two unsuccessful biopsies, I was referred for surgery. on July 5th,21 I had a segmentectomy of the upper left lung and the lesion with lymph nodes has been removed. After 2 weeks the biopsy came in telling me that I had Large Cell Carcinoma (a rare type of lung cancer) which is highly aggressive and likes to spread. I was lucky and in spite of delays and waiting times on NHS I was able to get surgery and was diagnosed with Stage 1B N1M0. This was based on 4 months old PET scan so I am suspicious about M0 part in my staging. Since my lesion had grown quite rapidly in last 2 months.
Yesterday I met an oncologist and he suggested not to have chemo....due to low success rate (10-20%) and quite severe side effects (50%). I am looking for people with the similar type of cancer and their experience being on chemo. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Zara 24 welcome to the group, but sorry you find yourself here. I have a different type of lung cancer to you, so I cannot answer your question, but hopefully someone will be along soon to share their story with you.
If you need any help navigating your way around the site, please ask and I will see if I can help.
