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On atezolizumab imunatherpy and started getting night sweats first it was only once every two weeks then two nights now they are lasting 4 and five nights had tests but no news yet only that my results are within normal ranges anybody else having them...
So after having a right upper lobectomy through keyhole surgery, i had a pulmonary artery bleed and so a full thoracotomy was then performed. I returned home yesterday five days post surgery, but I am still in so much pain even on the strongest of painkillers...
I have completed all the tests and chemo and have had a planning appointment. I start radiotherapy Monday 25th March for Four five day weeks. The tumour is in the middle of my left lung and is non small cell which my oncologist said has shrunk significantly...
Good morning! I’m having a PET CT scan today and I’m quite nervous about it. Well, not nervous about the scan but nervous about the results. How long does it normally take for the results to come back? I wish I could go back 3 weeks when I thought I just...
Hi, This is my second time in the group in less than 2 years. Lost my dad to lung cancer and brain mets in July 22 and now here we are again, with my mum. She has been diagnosed with squamous non small cell lung cancer. Does this sound right? I was...
Hi there my dad is currently on his third cycle of chemo. First cycle was cistplatin and vinorelbine and second and third cycle was switched to carboplatin and pemetrexed. It seems to be since he had the steroids for the second cycle it’s triggered...
So had Ct, Pet scan, Ebus and Biopsy, and got my diagnosis confitmed last week, Stage 3A waiting on Head Mri before starting Chemo/immunotherapy possibly within the next 10 days
Hi, my mum has incurable lung cancer, about to have chemo and immunotherapy, I’m supporting her whilst juggling full time job and 3 teens…any tips or advice gratefully received
Hi all, my mum has been diagnosed with SCLC in Nov 23. Since then we have really struggled to obtain any information from the doctors. We were unaware of stage, name and how bad it was for 3 months. They had originally told my mum when her sodium levels...
I have the above cancer and have been treated with 2 different TKI's targeted therapy. I am aware this is a rare cancer and would like to hear from anyone else who also has this.
