New member and a bit lost.

You have reached a very lovely group, where none of us want to be members, but are grateful for the support of others who understand a little of what we're facing.  You certainly have a very difficult time to get through, if you're going through a divorce as well as facing a new diagnosis of lung cancer.  This is very sad and challenging for you, so you're allowed to be floored.  Please feel free to ask us anything - there are some clever people here who can explain things we don't understand.  I think the worst time in the cancer journey, as it were, is before a definite treatment plan has been developed for you by your doctors.  All the tests, and all the procedures .... it can feel like you're on a factory conveyor belt, or a merry go round where you can't get off.  I found that googling each long word or medical term helped me a lot.  Personally, the more I learned the easier it was for me to accept where I was and face it squarely.  Lovely that you have a supportive family - it's good if you can lean on them, find ears to listen, and remember to try and actively enjoy the small things in your life while you wait for treatment - each day is a gift. <3 

I am sorry that you are going through so much at the same time. It's like the old saying "it never rains but it pours". I have had a few of those type of years over time.  I had a divorce, my mum died, then my dog died, and then to top it all I had glandular fever which floored me for four months....all in the space of a year. 35 year's ago I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer which had spread into my axillary lymph nodes, I spent the best part of a year going through surgery, radiotherapy and recovery. 

I, like you, went to my GP with a nagging cough, it was more like needing to clear my throat all the time back in August 2023. GP referred me for and X-ray which showed an abnormality, hence I was referred to a consultant respiratory surgeon. Like you, as with all lung cancer patients, I had tons of tests before diagnosis and treatment. Thankfully it was caught early. I was offered surgery, which involved removal of left upper lobe, but I refused as I found it too invasive and did not want a long recovery time, so I requested radiotherapy instead. I had eight treatments over two and a half weeks, and it appears to have done the trick.

Good luck with your biopsy results.

Best wishes.

Ann