Hi I'm 65 yrs old I'm due for surgery in mid Feb and absolutely terrified. I try to remain positive but when alone I'm crumbling inside. I do consider myself extremely lucky that they can remove it and tell myself I'm better off than most as it's stage one and found early. I'm an ex smoker who gave up I had a few chest xrays due to an ongoing lung infection in 2024 that didn't clear until March 2025, three different antibiotics later. Final xray picked up a 17mm nodule with gg. appearance PET scan showed hotspots in colon and throat thankfully throat was reflux and polyps in my colon with one being precancerous after investigation. My surgeon told me my lung cancer is slow growing and thinks I've probably had it for about 4 yrs! Just glad it was spotted when it was, I think they only found it because I'd given up cigs and my lungs had cleared enough for them to spot it. Just wondering if my facial skin rash is connected to the lung cancer as I've had regular flare ups of dry itchy skin for the last four years too. Anyone have any tips, docs just keep giving me different creams to try which stop working after a while. Much love to all.
