Hi, I'm new here. My partner was diagnosed with lung cancer in July. Since then we've been living a nightmare... Initially we were told it was incurable, then the surgeon on the team said he would do the surgery, as it would be necessary to remove his entire left lung. We were scheduled for surgery on September 11th but 3-4 days before we got a call and were told that surgery was no longer possible because the tumor had advanced and now it needs to be shrunk first and then we can have surgery. Finally we were scheduled to start chemotherapy with immunotherapy on September 23rd (4 sessions every three weeks). Before starting the treatment we were told it was for cure. So everything is very confusing now....We had the first session, next week the next one is scheduled. Unfortunately, he started to feel worse...if before he only had a cough, now he started to have pain and insomnia and a pretty bad general condition. I don't know if we are heading in the right direction and no matter how much I want to be positive it is very difficult for me. Is there anyone who could give me some advice on how I could understand everything that is happening. Thank you.
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