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Hello everyone, 10 weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. aAter being referred for a bronchoscopy, it is believed some of the numbing agent got into my lungs and the procedure had to stop. I was then referred to A & E and spent two week in...
Was recovering well but last night started with bad indigestion which seems to have taken root. i’m taking lanseprozole and been having rennies and mint tea, but I am very burpy and keep getting hiccups. is this a side effect and any advice?
Hi. my eldest brother has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer after suffering from penial cancer last year. He has been told that he doesn't have long left and myself and our dad is the only family he has. He lives with our dad who is in his 80's...
I’m two weeks post op and all seems to be going well. I had follow up call from hospital couple of days ago and I asked when I would get results of histology on the tumour they removed and lymph nodes, was told would get it at my post op which isn’t for...
Hi All, I just wanted to chat to people who feel like I do . I had my op on 21st April , spent 10 days in hospital as I had an air leak. I have now been home 2 weeks, had a few bad times in them 2 weeks , almost all of my aching is gone now , but...
Diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic lung cancer December 21. I am on a trial of a targeted therapy tablet cancer has shrunk by 80 % total body and become stable. Last ct scan now shows all areas are stable except for a lesion I had on the spine which is...
My husband had an upper left lung lobectomy in January with removal of lymph nodes. About 2 mths later he noticed that his abdomen had become a little swollen on his left side, about 1 inch below where the drain tube had been, although it's not painful...
Hello and apologies if I’ve asked this question before. After 18 months of watching lung lesions, CT and Pet Scans and 2 bronchoscopies I was told I had numerous nodules, mostly cut glass but 3 were concerning as over the 18 months they’d grown. I was...
Hi - I'm new to this group. My Mum was diagnosed with stage 4 Lung Cancer while in hospital last August - she is almost 80 years old. She was really poorly and 'End of life' palliative care was offered. Mum went into a care home where she absolutely thrived...
Hi everyone I finished my radiotherapy for primary lung cancer the end of March I’ve getting an appointment today for a CT Thorax & abdo & pelvis with contrast why are they scanning my abdo & pelvis and what is it? I expected a lung scan to see if cancer...
