My mum is a fit 76 years old and until 5 weeks ago, was a size 12. She doesn't drink, and gave up smoking 40 years ago. She walked 4 miles a day. She is now a size 6-8. Lost 2 stone in 3 weeks and 7Ibs in week 4 and 4ibs this week. She has had a...
Hi i am new .last may 2021 i was diagnosed with a 9mm lung nodule had ct scans and eventually a pet scan .was told it was benign .and they would do watch and wait .last seprember it had not grown .but this may they did another scan and it has grown it...
Hi all.I have just found this fab forum and hoping someone can relate to me.At 47 I was diagnosed in 2016 with non symptomatic IV lung cancer with mets to lymph nodes.Had cisplatin and radio that was really successful. Then in 2020 cancer returned,axillary...
morning , my daddy had a burning pain under arm into chest so i phoned doctor as there not seeing people unless phone chat first .He got appointment doctor got him to do stretchs which he could but was referred for mri , got that 2 weeks later , 2 days...
Immunotherapy treatment- how does it feel after first treatment? My husband has his first treatment on 31 May
Hi there! ‍♀️ My first post as I only joined today.I’m in week three of my second chemo cycle and still feeling utterly fatigued. Worse than the first. I can do something for about an hour max, and then feel dreadful and have to lie down for a few...
Hello, I had a lung resection and lobectomy in January and I am now on Chemo. Happy to talk.
Hi everyone. I am 55 and a newbie. I have had a chest X-ray that shows growth in a shadow previously identified. So I am waiting on a CT scan. I feel a bit of imposter syndrome as I don’t have a diagnosis yet. However, I don’t want to tell anyone IRL...
Hi, I was diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 lung cancer in February this year - this is treatable but not curable. This came as a massive shock to us all as I’d thought I had severe sciatica, and also I hadn’t displayed any symptoms like coughing up blood...
Hi,first time on here. I was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer June 2020,had lobectomy sept same year. Had 2 rounds of chemo,but had to stop as my body could not take it. I have been told I have non active terminal lung cancer ( squamas),it will end...
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