Hello to everyone here.
I was diagnosed on 5th November having presented to my GP after coughing up a small amount of blood whilst in the shower about 8 weeks earlier. I always thought it couldn't happen to me with no family history of cancer. I had one doctor say that what they found on a CT scan "could be normal for you" and my GP said "Cancer doesn't look like this, I think you're going to be fine". When I went for my biopsy the surgeon asked me what I thought I was there for and I said; "to see if I've got cancer or if I'm going to be ok". After the biopsy was taken he came and sat with me and explained that in his opinion this was almost certainly cancer and even if it turns out not to be it is something very serious, he looked very grave when he told me and said he needed to "tee me up" for the results. I actually really appreciate that he did that. My lung cancer has spread to my Omentum, Liver and one of my Adrenal glands. It is not small cell cancer and I will be undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy in the next couple of weeks. I also need a head scan to see if it is in my brain and if it is I will have radiotherapy. I've been having what I call migraines since around March time and I am told this doesn't mean it is in my brain but it feels like a sign to me. My Oncologist, whilst explaining that nothing is certain, suspects we are looking at years and not months of good quality life and I'm thankful for that.
I sometimes feel like I'm dreaming all this as until very recently, apart from the migraines and coughing up blood episode that cleared up after 10 days on blood thinners I felt completely fine.
