My husband was recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and has been told he only has weeks. I cant begin to imagine what is going through his head. He has went downhill very fast but the worst is watching him every night fighting sleep he is exhausted...
Hi all, My Grandad who is 70 recently got diagnosed with lung cancer and it has spread to his brain, just over two year's ago we lost my Nanny to secondary breast cancer... since finding out about Grandad, I can't cry but I feel numb, Is this normal?...
My lovely husband has just been diagnosed with nsc lung cancer.4cm in the bottom of his right lobe and a 9mm something in his right which they haven’t investigated yet.He’s had all the scans and tests.After a recent pet scan it showed more activity in...
Hello, I’m new to the group but wondered if anyone else has similar experiences; our lovely fit, healthy (a bit crazy!) mum was diagnosed with lung cancer about 3 weeks ago and we are all devastated because it is inoperable with a prognosis of 6-12 months...
Hi thereI’m Kerry, my beautiful moma has just been diagnosed with lung cancer with has spread to her lymph nodes and I feel broken hearted. Just wanted to say Hi and introduce myself x
My oncologist is recommending PCI I am very nervous about potential side effects .Has anyone been through this treatment
Hi thanks for the add I was diagnosed last week and have my first face to face appointment with the surgeon to discuss what is going to happen with surgery being in 2-3 weeks… this has all come as a complete surprise as I originally complained of breathlessness...
Hi, I'm new to the forum. My husband was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in his salivary gland 15 years ago which was then found in his lungs 12 years ago. After surgery and radiotherapy he has had a relatively good quality of life for 12 years...
Hi guys, I have difficulty breathing for about 10 years now, some days is worse than others. It's very tight and heavy chest at all times, feels like breathing through the straw and like I need to keep getting satisfying deep breath. I don't have cough...
Hello my name is Anne, I was diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer on 6th January this year, I've had 4 rounds of chemo which reduced the tumour significantly; Unfortunately 2 months later my tumour had grown back significantly bigger , so 2 weeks...
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