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Hi Everyone, I am new here but have been reading a few peoples journeys Here is my Journey so far... I went to the docs for heart issues and was sent for scan, it was whilst undergoing a CT scan that they found a mass in my lung. From then on...
Hi did any one get their results over the phone ? I had a dotatate scan last week , today is normally when they have meetings ! xx
Hi alL not posted for a while , just wondered if anyone has experienced the following I’m approx 18 months post upper r lobectomy for adenocarcinoma . I’m extremely grateful I did not need any chemo or radiotherapy as I had no lymph node involvement...
Hello , My mum has just completed her first week with the combined Chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatment for NSLC. 5 more weeks to go. We’re hoping for cure , I am just wondering if anyone has any positive feedback regarding this combined treatment...
Hello all hope everyone is feeling well just hoping someone on here can give me some information about taking . gabbapentin im worried as I feel it’s effecting my breathing please reply if anyone knows anything about it . i had two lung surgeries...
I am now over the 12 month mark since my operation ,last year on the 22nd july i had a lobectomy to remove a nodule which was 20% cancerous ,i was lucky they found it soon enough ,since then i have had CT scans and x.rays ,x.rays have been every 3 months...
Thankyou to everyone for your good wishes , had a lovely birthday sunny all day all the family called by (not all together) cake and bubble, such a difference to last year . looks like another sunny day today. Ellen xx
Well drains out and their kicking me out or that's what it feels like to me as I still feel like I've been kicked by a horse and get short winded easily. Staying at my daughter's but I dont think she really wants me to I think she feels sorry for me...
So, in January of this year I was informed that I had been born with a heart defect which had caused a big old aneurysm. In May I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve with a mechanical one and had the aortic root and ascending aorta replaced...
I was diagnosed with primary breast cancer then that the lung lumps were also primary. Palbociclib was keeping the 3 breast lumps in check so I had the lower lobe of my left lung removed and two rounds of chemo which was halted when I had to have an infected...
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