Good morning to you all. This is my first post regarding my Dad who has Lung cancer. will tell you very briefly our story so far. My Dad is 84yrs old & we now live in Devon. We moved down from London about 3yrs ago with my Mum & husband. I feel I’m very...
After a persistent chesty cough and three lots of antibiotics my mum has been diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer. The consultant said that some would say there’s nothing they can do but he’s willingly to try. Physically my mum isn’t in the best of...
Hi all itcjas only been two weeks since my private MRI scan and….. I am waiting for the final results from histology, etc but it is 99% certain the primary is lung. It has spread extensively to my bones - the pain in my spine is unbearable due to...
Mum is being treated as lung cancer patient.. mass in one lung bedore xmas and second xray shows mass in other lung… this has been going on for around 8 months, doctors gave mum several courses of antibiotics before doing xray. I fear its been too long...
Hi all, I am 32 and a mum of two boys (8 and 3yrs old). My dad turns 70 in March, but a week before Christmas was rushed to A&E with severe chest pains. We assumed the worst was going to be cardiac arrest... They did an x-ray and then a CT scan and revealed...
Afternoon all ,a question for anyone that has had chemo radiation for their lung cancer …. I finished my treatment in December and have since started immunotherapy but I’m experiencing lower rib pain (both sides) not just the lung that was treated …....
Hi everyone, I am new to the group and am writing to gain a realistic perspective for my mum who is in a really bad way at the moment. She was diagnosed with NSCLC with EGFR mutations in early Nov 2022. She was immediately given 2 steroids to take...
Hi all, I’m Jo and whilst not new (unfortunately) to MacMillan forums I am a newbie to the Lung group. I’m a 53 year old wife and mother of two grown up daughters. I was diagnosed and successfully treated for aggressive triple Neg breast cancer in 2015...
My husband has a Pancoast tumour in his lung. he has had 6 weeks of radiotherapy and is on his 3 cycle of chemotherapy. Consultant has offered immunotherapy starting beginning of February. any advice gratefully received please.
Hi all new been given bad new Thursday, still in shock , going see cancer team on Wednesday hopefully get more information, A bit scared, more worried about my wife she is a strong woman but this has hit her hard! Not sure what to do ,am trying to act...
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