Lung cancer

We all understand how frightening this is. My husband was diagnosed in April with stage 3b nsc lung cancer. He underwent 6 weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy concurrently. He had a break for a month and has had 1 course of immunotherapy and is having his second tomorrow. His cancer was inoperable. Just had great news this morning-his tumour has had a significant reduction in size. It has reduced from 46mm to 29mm and that was from the CT scan in August, we are very hopeful it has reduced even more now. Throughout the treatment his only real side effect has been fatigue and no energy. The radiotherapy affected his swallow and taste but that’s all improving and his energy is coming back again. It’s been a hard 6 months but we have stayed strong and positive by taking it a day at a time!

I too was out of breath for a while sometimes I’d wake up feeling like I was being suffocated (very scary., then couldn’t get back to sleep for the rest of the night. I had a chest infection so had to have an xray and it showed a lump after further investigation it was a 8mm cancerous lump which, I had removed in may this yr. 3 months after my op I got a telephone call to say the cancer had gone ?, I worried for the next couple of months wondering how can they tell me I’m clear without blood tests or a scan ?. Apparently they are good at wot they do now and know it’s all gone after doing surgery. I have my first scan in my 2026 12 months after my surgery all I can think about is the cancer coming back but I know there is nothing I can do about that I’ll just go along as best I can till my first scan. Can I just ask does anybody feel more tired after having cancer or is it just me ?.

Hello lovely I've just posted for the first time today I am only at ct scan rite now showing 5cm on my right lung at the top and between 1 and 2cm on the left am now waiting for a pet scan but terrified, I'm a single mum with 3 children aged between almost 19 and 5 I'm so scared about what happens to them if the worst happens, ppl keep telling me how many treatments there are now but u hear a lot of bad stuff too 

Hi' Mar78. Yes the problem of hearing bad news. There are lots of us who have come through it having various treatments, no reason why you shouldn't do the same. I had surgery for 80mm bowel one removed in 03. Then another one in my lung last year. I'm feeling fine and more or less back to my normal self. Stay positive.