Lung cancer

I was diagnosed with stage 2 but only had surgery. What you are offered will depend on where the cancer is sited, how large it is etc. I suggest you do what yo7 can to have a good diet and stay fit. I was offered the chance to to be called should there be a cancellation, which I did. To be honest I felt much better when I had a treatment plan. I was also given a dedicated cancer nurse who I could call for any help or advice. You could also contact the MacMillan nurses on this site to talk through your worries and concerns. That can be very helpful as well.

Please keep talking. It’s much better than bottling up your worries. I wish you all the best

love Daisy

Hello  Amps,

It is very difficult to come to terms with diagnosis but it should become easier to deal with given a little more time.

I see your treatment plan involves surgery and chemotherapy and I just wanted to offer a little reassurance to you at this early stage of your journey. I also had surgery (my right lung was removed) followed by chemo (cisplatin and vinorelbine). I had surgery 10 years ago now (my "anniversary" was on 10th June this year) and I have been fortunate enough to have been completely clear since then. So, although you find yourself in the unfortunate position of being diagnosed the prospects for recovery and a cure are very good.

I hope everything goes well for you. If you have any questions at all regarding treatment just ask and I'll do my best to answer.

Derek.

Hi ecavator, im so glad to hear of your success and big HUGGSS.

Thankyou for replying to my post and i do have a lot of questions what was your chemo treatment like, its side affects, how long between each chemo treatment as they want to use chemo to reduce the cancer as much as they can and then have the lung surgery.

Hi Daisychain, thankyou for your words of encouragement, help and support. May i ask why you only had the surgery please? My cancer is at the low end of stage 2 with an A2 local and non small cell cancer whatever that means. Which is why they want me to have severl lots of chemo first to shrink the cancer and then surgery. I walk for a good 2 gours a day with my dog and i only eat homemade traditional english fare pretty much a meat and 3 veg person every day any advice on all would be good please?

If I remember correctly, each cycle was 3 weeks - first week cisplatin which took all day, second week vinorelbine which took about 2 hours and third week off (but included a visit to hospital for tests before the next cycle was authorised). My treatment was after surgery because when pathology looked at the removed lung suspect cells were found in tissue adjacent to the tumour so chemo was advised to reduce the chance of recurrence.

My side effects comprised mainly constipation (docs prescribed Movicol to resolve), mouth ulcers (prescribed mouthwash to resolve), increasing tiredness as cycles progressed, loss of appetite and weight loss, hair thinning, periperal neuropathy in feet and hands which resolved in the months following treatment. 

On the whole it was not pleasant but I found it doable.

I don't know if you're having the same chemo or something different?

Hi Amps. 
Firstly, frightening though it is, one thing to hold on to is that Stage 2 is very treatable. 
I was originally thought to be Stage 1 but my lobectomy (top right) showed the tumour had burst through into the pleural covering of the lung. So I moved to Stage 2 and was told I should have chemo.

Op was in July last year. had four rounds of chemo .. carboplatin and pemetrexed .. three weeks apart, ending in November. Since then three monthly CT or PET scans to check for recurrence. . So far so good. 
Do you know what chemo they are planning to give you? What surgery? It would make it easier to pass on experiences. 

Morning lovely warriors and great to meet you all,unfortunately mine was found too late and is stage 4,treatable but not curable and akk lol so in Lymph node and up above in head,I can say that I’m content now with my life but in no way given up I’m a fighter I hope yous are coming to terms as it can be a hard time for families and sufferers,I think With Sir Chris Hoy speaking out has helped promote this horrible disease and maybe quicken up the process a bit quicker Robert