I was diagnosed with right lung cancer a year ago. The doctor told me I had been lucky as I had developed the cancer at least three to four years before they told me. I'm told it is a slow growing cancer but that is all. Does it have a name how does it progress is there symptoms that I can look out for that will indicate how quick or slow does it keep on growing.
I was told that as I have ischaemic heart disease and coronary heart disease that the tumors are too close to my heart to have surgery or even a biopsy and for those reasons chemo is also unsuitable so I have had a course if I think radical radiotherapy at the beginning of the year. The treatment has damaged my oesophegos and it has left a lot of scaring on my lung so they were waiting for time to pass till my next mri scan to see if there has been any improvement. Had one face to face visit to see the oncologist and now expecting a phone call appointment in December. So I think it's been hard trying to work things out as to what if anything I can do to improve my quality of life. I also look after my husband who has Parkinson's Disease and an older sister with Alzheimer's. So sometimes life is hard. Anyway that's it for now my best wishes to you all.
