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Hi everyone My lovely mum is newly diagnosed stage 4 NSCLC, brain metastases. So far, we are coping the best we can after a long hospital admission. We are struggling with the neurological symptoms - dark thoughts/ paranoia that are so troubling for...
In one breath they say it hasn't spread far, in the next, it's too far to do anything. Who do I believe? They won't operate, no radiotherapy, and claim I'm too 'frail' for chemo or immunotherapy. So do they expect me just to do the decent thing? How do...
Hi everyone this Thursday I’ve got an appointment for a ct sc scan with contrast the problem is I don’t know what to do as last week I was so poorly I had a dreadful rash on my arm I went to my doctors and she said it’s shingles this is the 3rd time I...
Hi all, My husband has been unwell with what the GP thought was a chest infection, then after an x-ray advised was pneumonia, for about 6 weeks now. After two lots of antibiotics he still wasn't any better so they sent him for a CT scan last Tuesday...
I am so lucky, after 4 chemo sessions there's no sign of the tumour on my lung. But having stopped smoking over 6 months ago I am now really struggling to stay stopped. I live alone, this was out of choice but not anymore. I'm 70, active, but feeling...
Can I ask, following diagnosis, how long did people have to wait for their treatment to start.
It’s likely I have lung cancer which has spread to a lymph node in my neck. I felt fine until 2 days ago she my dentist noticed a lump in my neck and suggested I get I it checked which I did and now awaiting a biopsy and a scan. I was wondering if anyone...
Hi everyone my dad is starting chemo and immunotherapy tomorrow he will be having 3 rounds of chemo once every 3 weeks . Then 6 weeks later they will scan him , then they will book for surgery . has anyone had a similar treatment plan ? How did they...
Hello everyone, please bear with me! my mum was dignosed with stage 4 lung cancer that’s spread to both lungs liver and lymph nodes in chest and neck! Mum just turned 58 so young!!! we saw the oncologist today who explained they would try 4 rounds...
My mother's partner had lung cancer and it was taken out about three years ago. He has been having scans every six months (where he has to swallow the dye) and been given all clear. Now been told after his next six monthly he will be moving to yearly...
