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I’m 58 and recently been diagnosed with T2bN1MO. Adenocarsonma in right upper lobe of lung . neoadjuvant Therapy chemo and immunotherapy has been arrange for tomorrow followed by surgery lobectomy. As all this has been very fast could some body tell...
Only waited an additional few days to get into hospital and get the results to all the test I had done over May about the nasty they found in my lung earlier in the year. The little sod is still growing but at maybe 1mm a month so we're hardly in Alien...
Hello everyone.. My husband has ground glass nodules in his lungs after a lobectomy. I have been researching Dendritic cell vaccine therapy. Has anyone out there had this treatment please. Would be so grateful for feedback thank you Mrs Gar...
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Hi everyone, I have a CT scan in the next few days which is a 3 month follow up from previous CT scan which found ill defined patches foci of ground glass opacity in top right lung! I don’t even know what this is and it’s not been explained, I’m scared...
My dad is a non smoker with brain mets but he doesn't think he's been tested for any DNA markers. He's been given chemo and keytruda.
Hello, I have just recently had a surgical plural biopsy to see if my cancer has spread, the surgeon is confident it’s not spread and I’m looking at an upper right lobectomy. Is the procedure much more different to the biopsy is the pain more severe....
Hi, I have stage 4 lung cancer and am on palitive care. Has anyone had the side effects of hand & joint pain. Mine started about a month ago. My last immunotherapy treatment was in October. My hands feel like they are on fire, there is no swelling but...
My dad has lung cancer. He’s in his 80’s and has had all the palliative Radiotheraphy that he can have. There’s no other options left. He’s alert in the day but does nap on and off but he’s now gradually sleeping longer and longer on a nighttime. Last...
Hi, I thought I would reach out to this forum just to help me feel like we aren't alone. On Wednesday we got the dreaded news that my dad has stage 3 lung cancer. It is squamous type and is spread to the lymph nodes in his chest. He's only 60 years...
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