So very sorry that you have cause to join this group. It is very natural to feel scared following a cancer diagnosis.
Do you mean Small Call Lung cancer (SCLC)? Great strides have been made in all lung cancer treatments and it is no longer the death sentence it once was 20-30 years ago.
What happens next? Well brace yourself as you will be going through lots of tests including; x-rays, scans, bloods, lung function etc. All these tests are absolutely necessary .so that your cancer team can determine the best treatment options for you. Please do not worry about the time it takes to undergo all these tests as it will not have a negative impact on your cancer. I found the testing process quite re-assuring as I knew it was hopefully leading up to my treatment plan
.I was diagnosed with SCLC back in August 2011 and had 3-4 months of treatment. As you can see I am still here to tell the tale,
I hope this helps a little bit to calm your worries.
Kegsy x
"If you are going through hell, keep going" ; Sir Winston Churchill
" Cancer may take my life; however it will not become my life" Kegsy August 2011
So glad you are still here Kegsy. I went through all this in 2011 for breast cancer. Idid not findvhaving the biopsy dissimilar. I don't yet know what type of Lung cancer I have although when discussing treatment they did say it is not related although more or less in the same place.I guess it might make it easier to remove that part of the lung without a breast in the way! I seem to have been through most tests now. Some continuing checks going on in parallel with them booking me in for surgery to remove the top right third. So I have an mri brain scan on the 25th and a pre op assessment at the QE Biriningham on the 26th. Just had a thorax ultrasound scan too. Gone is any chance of our Glacier Express rail trip early October. There did not seem to be any alternatives to surgery which gives a chance to remove it all if it hasn't spread and I cant help worrying about that or what if anything I can do to stop it whilst I wait so we went for a good walk today and trying to live as normally as possible.. The operation will take place in the next 2 to 3 weeks. The Registrar I spoke to said he would phone me within 2 weeks. I might have details of what I am fighting then and who out of the plethora of doctors I have seen will be performing the operation. All 3 of my grown up children are a great support. Just as well as I know itcwill/is knocking my husband about. Also want to protect the grandchildren especially young Tommie who is autistic and has been learning to cope with his condition so well but it may knock him sideways.Just hope my daughter can guide him through it without sucoming herself.
