Hi Folks, Can anyone advise how long after Lung cancer biopsy happening you can expect to hear from medical team on treatment timelines and options? Asking this for a friend who is currently going through the process and is starting to get really...
Hello This is my first time posting so appreciate any support. I’m 52 and diagnosed with malignant tumour in December 2023 and had a right middle lobe removal on 24th January. My body is healing well. My mind slightly slower. The surgery to remove...
Hi, I have just joined the forum. My husband has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, and I was signposted by our surgery to McMillan forums. He starts his chemo/radiotherapy treatment next week, so we are both very anxious, fear of the unknown....
Needed to tell someone what’s happening to my wife and just share the experience… My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer may 2022 …. It’s also in her lymph nodes , spine , bone marrow , hip and lots of lumps …so straight away into palliative...
Hi I I have had a double unrelated cancer diagnosis I have a grade 3A lung cancer and active lymph nodes and a grade 3 breast cancer I have been advised that I will have immunochemotherapy 3 rounds over 9 weeks then surgery for the breast cancer I...
Hi my Dad has this awful cancer and is in hospital as i write this message, he had a blast of radiotherapy fri 2nd Feb 2024, and has been in and out of hospital since christmas, we found out about ts cancer in November 2023, but he has muscle spasms real...
Hello everyone, Nice to e-meet you (wish it was under different circumstances!) Last year, my mum was diagnosed with stage 4 nslc and has braf mutation and zero tumour burden. She has so far had her last general chemo. It's been incredibly hard. Does...
Hi everyone, My husband was diagnosed with stage 3a lung cancer at the beginning of December and he has been on a radical treatment programme of chemo and 30 day so of radiation on a daily basis. His side effects have been horrific to say the least...
Hi I developed a cough in August, after a few weeks i went to the doctor who prescribed antibiotics without any examination at all, i decided not to take them as i didn't think i had a chest infection, after another 3 weeks i got sent for a chest x-ray...
Hi all I had my surgery in June 2023 and started chemotherapy in August. I had really bad side effects from the chemo so I stopped it after 3 cycles. I have been suffering with my breathing ever since. Has anybody else experienced this your responses...
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