My husband finished his radical radio/chemo treatment in March, the results of which were his 3a T4 was reduced from over 7cm down to 2cm, they said this was as close to cancer free as he was gonna t, they said his survival was about 20% chance of surviving 5 years. His chest pain has never really gone away and now he’s getting pain on the left side (his cancer was/is in the right lung) he’s n due to see oncologist till September but he’s started with new symptoms, including dizziness, nausea and occasional vomiting, headache most days and he’s been complaining that when he looks down heets pins and needles in his whole body from head to toe, can we get in touch with the oncologist early or do we have to go through his gp? I’m so worried that the cancer is back with a vengeance andas spread to his brain, he says he feels like he’s got the worst hangover in a morning and he keeps saying he don’t know how much more he can take and he wishes it would all hurry up and be over wit
Hi so sorry To hear wat u r both going thro .I personally would phone oncologist or nurse involved in hubby's recovery. X
Soo sad my thoughts are with you both but definitely call and ease your mind xx
Thankyou, I’ve rang this morning and they are going to try and get him in for ct scan today, I’m gutted I didn’t get in touch with them earlier rather than going through the gp xxx
I thought that I couldn’t get in touch with his lung cancer nurse as his oncologist put him back into the care of his gp so thought I had to go through gp, how wrong was I, thankyou so much for yourencouragement ️
I would just like to add that he’s not a usual complainer of pain, he’s not the ‘man flu’ type so I know he’s really suffering to be saying he don’t know how much more he can take and that he can’t it till it’s all over, he’s been an absolute warrior and I can see why they call cancer a battle, I have so much inspiration from all of you who are suffering and battling on like true soldiers, I’mo weak in comparison, I feel guilty for falling apart at times when he is suffering so much, he can’t deal with me crying so I have to go out of the way, my anxiety is through the roof, I’m sure allhese feelings are normal for a carer, I’m sorry for making this about me I just needed to say it, I feel so helpless because in reality there’s nothing I can do to ease this for him or take it away…
I am the one with stage 4 lung cancer and forget I am the patient, I am always asking my hubby how he is as I know the carer is the forgotten one. I work in care so I see and feel the both sides. You are doing the best you can do speak your feelings on here , it's the only way we all cope. Take care Diana x
He had chest X-ray and brain scan yesterday, they got him straight in, praise God the cancer hasn’t spread to his brain neither is there any change in his lungs other than an area of infection that he’s been treated with antibiotics for, this is a massive weight off our minds, they said his chest pain could be angina so they’ve given him a spray and he’s got to have a treadmill test.
That's soo good to hear , big weight of your shoulders , x
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