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Every 3 weeks, for the day before treatment, during treatment and one day after treatment with pemetrexed and pembromizulab, I obediently take my steroids. All along I was under the impression that they were necessary because, I reasoned, the chemo...
The time has come for me to say goodbye to all you beautiful and wonderful friends that I have made through this page. Mum passed away peacefully at home surrounded with all her family on Saturday 28th Jan at 8.30pm. We spent a couple of hours just after...
Hi All, my partner had his 3 monthly scan results yesterday from oncologist, well there is good and bad news, the good news is that the immunotherapy is still keeping his bone cancer stable and the bad news is that the primary lung cancer has grown from...
I've completed 4 combined chemo/immunotherapy sessions and have had one immuno session for my lung cancer with bone metastases. I've had mixed results so far - no new metastases, but existing ones have grown. From my blood markers, my oncologist thinks...
Hi all, I am 32 and a mum of two boys (8 and 3yrs old). My dad turns 70 in March, but a week before Christmas was rushed to A&E with severe chest pains. We assumed the worst was going to be cardiac arrest... They did an x-ray and then a CT scan and revealed...
Afternoon all ,a question for anyone that has had chemo radiation for their lung cancer …. I finished my treatment in December and have since started immunotherapy but I’m experiencing lower rib pain (both sides) not just the lung that was treated …....
Hi everyone, I am new to the group and am writing to gain a realistic perspective for my mum who is in a really bad way at the moment. She was diagnosed with NSCLC with EGFR mutations in early Nov 2022. She was immediately given 2 steroids to take...
Hi everyone, I’ve not updated here in a while. My dad was diagnosed with extensive SCLC with brain mets nearly one year ago now (one year next week) He’s really starting to struggle now He can’t lie completely flat down because he can’t breathe properly...
My dad 75 years old was diagnosed in November with stage 4 NSCLC. He started chemo and radiotherapy in Jan and was told although not curative they could help manage and prolong his life. We felt positive as it was two singular tumours, although fairly...
Hi everyone. I started my chemotherapy and radiotherapy yesterday and this morning my fasting blood glucose has shot up to 11.5. It’s normally well controlled and under 7. Has anyone else that is T2D experienced this ?
