Hi, I am new here and had a third of my right lung removed 5 months ago. I am still feeling breathless carrying out household tasks, I find it difficult to exercise as I have arthritis. Does anyone know how long it takes to recover from the operation...
Just joined and saying hello. My dad, who has previously beaten cancer elsewhere twice, now has a 'suspicious mass' in his lung. He has had an xray and ct scan and will now be having a PET scan early next week.
Omg.where do I start, got the confirmation today that my husband has got lung cancer. Whole world dropped from my feet, he is only 54. Been telling him for years to go to the gp but he refused. Got more tests tomorrow and Monday to see if surgery is an...
Looking for advice, Had lung cancer 3 yrs ago,but cancer scan has shown a nodule so I'm extremely anxious because I'm waiting for another scanbto see if nodules grew
Dear All i am new to here looking for help and advice , my husband was diagnosed with Myeloma and had spinal surgery in December, Radiation in January , then after that diagnosed with Lung cancer, had a Labectomy in Feb to remove cancer and a lymph node...
On Monday I was given the words we all dread. I have been given around 2 years to live. You can imagine how I feel - I’m 55 with 2 tiny granddaughters and another due soon, a beautiful family and so much to live for. Since 2018 when I was diagnosed...
Hi there, 3 days ago I got the devastating news that I had a mass in my lung that had spread to lymph nodes in my chest and a suspicious lesion on my liver. I am 58, normally fit and well and the only symptoms I had were a diagnosis of reflux at Christmas...
Hi, I've just joined this group. My stepdad has advanced lung cancer so we have difficult times ahead. My Mum is his main carer at the moment, in addition to the doctor, community nurse and Macmillan nurses going in weekly. I lost my own Dad to Oesophageal...
Hi i have been very breathless since Christmas and finally saw my oncologist three weeks ago. A contract dye CT scan showed fluid around my right lung. I had a litre drained two weeks ago and yesterday it was confirmed that they found cancerous cells...
In the space of 8 weeks I have been diagnosed NSCLC, I count myself lucky in some ways, as I had a Pacemaker fitted last year, and exactly a year later, one of the wires of my pacemaker broke and went into hospital for a wire repair. Before I left the...
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