Hello lung and breast cancer found at same time terrified

You are among friends on here ziggy. We have all more or less been through what you are going through., it's tough. The only comfort I can offer you is that quite a lot of us have survived. I had a big 80mm taken out of my bowel in 03, then last October some more taken out of my lung. I'm feeling o/k and more or less myself and back to normal. Once you get through it there's no reason why you shouldn't be the same. 

It's bloody annoying but here we are. Others on here will be along shortly to help you. We are all friends

Thankyou jagman im in floods of tears here. my husband keeps saying they have caught it early it will be ok. just cant seem to find the light at the end of the tunnel.im terrified. i hope i find your strenght. im glad your keeping well.

Hi ziggyzed welcome to the group, but sorry you have reason to join us here. I am not surprised that you are feeling overwhelmed by this news. Your husband is right, it sounds like this has been caught early. You are in the worst position at the moment, in limbo not knowing what the treatment will be, but hopefully you will find out soon. There are so many treatment options available for lung cancer and far more people are living longer lives with a lung cancer diagnoses than ever. The thing to remember is that everything that you are feeling at the moment is normal. This fear you are feeling will pass once you start your treatment and you will feel like you are taking back control of the situation. Good luck with the next appointment, please let us know how you get on. 

Hi Ziggyzed, I'm so sorry to hear that you have this double diagnosis and yes, it must be terrifying - not one, but two cancers.  I had something a little similar in 2017,when I was diagnosed with a 7 cm tumour in the upper lobe of my right lung - they said it was Stage 2B.  I was sent for a PET scan before surgery, and there was an area in my bowel (saecum) that lit up showing something was growing there too.  They wanted to do a colonoscopy before the planned lobectomy on my lung, and I didn't know what to have done first, but one of the wise doctors said to me there's a heirarchy to these things: 1) heart, 2) lungs and then 3) everything else.  So I managed to delay the bowel investigation until after I'd had the important surgery to remove the tumour on my lung, and re-scheduled the colonoscopy for later (I actually had it 3 weeks later...) Four colonoscopies later they removed a benign adenoma, and I've refused further investigations on that....   But here I am 8 years later having put my lung first!  Long story short, I've had surgery, chemo, radiation and immunotherapy, but last year I was discharged from care because there was no evidence of recurrence of the lung cancer.  Maybe you could take advice from the team who diagnosed the lung cancer?  Weighing the odds I would think that treating that, and yes, with surgery, would take first priority because it's only Stage 1 which gives you a very good chance of fixing it!  Then you can deal with the breast which, in terms of percentages, has a much higher survival rate.  Good luck to you, I can well imagine your shock and fear.  Two cancers at the same time is really unfair!  I found that the way to cope was to look everything square in the face, absorb the news, and then take as much grace as you can from each day because each day is a gift.  Be strong!   

hello everyone,thankyou for your replys. my lung operation is next tuesday. both lung and breast doctors dont think both cancers are linked. they are both stage 1 so lung first then breast operation 6 to 8 weeks after. my head is all over the place. had a panic attack in asda other day. now i dont want to go out. ive never felt overwhelmed and scared,its doing my head in.x