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Hello! I will begin by noting that I do have a considerable amount of anxiety, specifically health anxiety. I recently lost a parent to lung cancer and my other parent passed away a decade ago of lung cancer. So cancer definitely causes me to have anxiety...
Hello fellow travellers, hope you're all keeping sane? Had my CT, consultation, Brock score, Lung function test, PET/CT scan all within 2 weeks. Been told by the lovely Macmillan nurse(who attended my MDTM) I'm right in thinking it's most likely cancer...
Hello I'm new here, I have been referred on the 2ww pathway by my GP for a CT scan for suspected lung cancer which I had 2 weeks ago. This was following a normal chest xray result and normal bloods but because I have had symptoms for nearly a year (left...
So here I am.. I’ve im med and Ahhhed about joining a forum but here I am. my mum was diagnosed with cancer lung spread to nodes last oct she was given a few months. Then suddenly in nov she had a crisis and at the time we were told by the rapid response...
My aunt was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal lung cancer on 24th Jan 2024. The cancer is mainly in her right lung, spread to her left and nodes around it. Treatment was not an option due to the severetiy plus her overall health. She has since had 2 lung...
Hello Again Everyone, Having been diagnosed with incureable lung cancer in December 2023, and given a life expectancy of 6-9 months in early January 2024, I can now feel myself going downhill, slowly but surely. My chest pains are inconsistent and seem...
Hi everyone, update on my husband. He finished his combined chemo/radiotherapy last Friday. Had some horrible side effects on the way, but the nurses were wonderful and gave him medication to treat everything. Worse thing was swollen gums. He couldn't...
Hi all, we had a review today with the oncologist. Dad has had 3 cycles of chemo- one cistplatin and vinorelbine and 2 carboplatin and pemetrexed. The oncologist has said from the recent CT scan that the cancer hasn’t responded to chemo and the tumour...
Anyone got any tips to help with itchy skin? I have creams from doctors, I use all the right products to bathe etc .... It's 2.30am and I am sat with porridge oats on my arms trying to stop the itching, been going on for weeks now
My husband has very recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, awaiting biopsy results for more info re type/treatment . Feeling lost
