Hi, I had chest X-rays on Thursday, having been referred a couple of months earlier due to a persistent cough. I assumed it was due to hay fever and a nasal drip, so was shocked when I had a phone call yesterday to say there were shadows on both lungs...
Hi all- new here For a few months I’ve been having recurrent chest infections, swelling above my rib cage and a horrific cough alongside finger clubbing that I’ve noticed today, breathlessness etc. Spoke to my doctor on Thursday who prescribed me an...
Hi on 1st April I had the results of my Contrast CT scan and was told I had a inoperable tumour in my right lung, this was after having X-rays and antibiotics for 4months after each X-ray I was told iI have fluid on my lung and possibly some pussy mucus...
Which means that I have multiple cysts on my lungs which is increasingly painful just thought I would describe my diagnosis and say hello to you all anyone else here who suffers with this ?
I’m a 40 year old single full time nanna to my 3year old grandson and have recently just been diagnosed with lung cancer. I am due to begin an aggressive course of chemo and radio therapy treatment for a period of 6weeks, the chemotherapy is once a week...
Hello. I’m nervous to write. My husband has just been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. We are so scared of what is going to happen next.
Hello. I’m new here. My mum was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in November 2020, she fought as much as she could but unfortunately she passed away in July 2021. I am still struggling to come to terms with the fact she’s not here anymore. It hurts...
Diagnosis 8 days ago
Hi all, appreciate we are all at different stages or outcomes at present so forgive me if I sound trivial. Had x-ray and called after a day to say GP red flagged a ct scan for shadow on right lung near heart. Tomorrow will be a week since ct scan and...
Greetings, I am a 72 year old male x-smoker with stage 3 non small cell lung cancer. I took a fall in November and thought I had broken a rib. Went to Urgent Care and an X-ray revealed no broken rib but I did have a mass in my left lower lung. CT with...
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