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Hi , my mum was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer 3 weeks ago and is starting her chemo next week. Has anyone had any successful experiences with this type of chemo ? ( pemetrexed and carboplatin ) The consultant advised that some people make 2 years...
Hi everyone, I came across these forum just for some reassurance more than anything and in some ways to help me feel less alone. my mum recently got diagnosed with lung cancer just before Christmas after finding a tumour through the CT scan. Only yesterday...
Morning everyone , so having completed my 6 week chemo radiation I’m now about to embark on immunotherapy ( durvalmab ) once a month for 13 sessions …. I’m very anxious and apprehensive and of course this isn’t helped by the fact they have to go through...
Had a phone call with my partners oncologist this morning . He was haveing chemo only on cycle 5 along with immunotherapy . The immunotherapy treatment made his liver poorly along with other side effects . He is currently on a break from chemo he...
Anyone any experience of East Asian genetics and LC. I look White British. I have East Asian ancestry. My Great- Great Grandmother. You wouldn't know to look at me or my blonde 5 yr old. Is it worth mentioning to the consultant?* My nodule is peripheral...
hi everyone I’m not normally a angry person but I am feeling so angry? I’m just snapping at everyone and everything especially my poor hubby Steve I was diagnosed with lung cancer on the 19th December and I had my brain scan today with contrast. I had...
Good afternoon everyone. Mum has 4cm lung lesion had a biopsy it is cancer but when we arrived at appt yesterday the consultant said they didn’t have full results as they are still being tested for EGFR mutation. She had mentioned we need these results...
I was diagnosed with NSCLC in mid August. The tumour was 7cm in the middle to top lobes of my right lung. After various screenings there was No evidence of any spread. my consultant decided with all the checks and balances that i could have surgery and...
Hi my mum is 73 yrs Diagnosed with lung cancer summer 2021. August 2022 scan showed 2 metastatic in brain. Her condition has declined dramatically since Christmas eve, yesterday she was admitted into hospital and the scan showed a bleed on the brain...
Hello, I am 73yo married and have a lovely suportive family. I would appreciate any help, advice, tips please. Yesterday I got the results from my Bronchoscopy I have a mass, some elevated lymph nodes and a collapsed lung they said it is small-cell...
