Husband recently diagnosed non small cell adenocarcinoma stage 4, taken into hospital on Friday with complications, worried & emotional, can’t stop crying
my mum has been a heavy smoker for over 45 years now and smokes about 5-6 cigarettes a day. She always thought that her smoking won't do her harm but it's slowly causing her to have bad chest infections, high blood pressure, her tempter is very high,...
hello , im a 55 year old male. ive been a very heavy smoker since teens and have had severe chest infections and breathing probs for about 10 years ,i thinki have copd , i have not seen any doc,,ive now developed new symptons i have severe pains in my...
3 days into this after being told I have lung cancer. Still trying to wrap my head around it . Went for a routine chest x-ray for RA med change then a CT to being told .
Hi, am 53 year old female who has always been fit and healthy. A couple of months ago, by pure chance, a tumour was found on my lung. This week I've had an upper left lobectomy and will find out in the next 2 weeks if i need any further treatment. The...
Hi everyone - having struggled with breathlessness scans revealed a 6cm tumour in my lower left lung lobe. I also have a suspicious area in my left breast and behind my chest wall. Lots of scans and biopsy’s done and results awaited. I am trying to stay...
Hi all, I was diagnosed Feb, surgery April. I have been given the all clear. Back to work next week on restricted hours. so far so good. However, I am sure it is because of my cancer but everytime the news comes on, there is someone else suffering or...
Hi on Wednesday of this past week d iagnosed Non-small lung cancer squamous cell carcinoma, having PET SCAN on 8/10/21. If anybody out there with same condition, please say hi.
After 12 years of kidney cancer and some excellent surgeons i thought I had bear the thing at the cost of most of my kidneys and, of course, addisons disease. However im now told that I have small lesions on the lungs indicating Stage 4. This has rocked...
Hi all, I’m male age 59, married and a father of three, I have for the last year been losing weight but was unable to access my G.P. practice, going back some years I suffered some major brain trauma which left me with drug resistant epilepsy, last year...
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