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An appointment with the MDT early next week. Surgeon, pulmonologist and a CNS I think will be present. Also possible is the radio ablation person. I have read the past 4 years lung function tests and note the gas exchange is low as is capacity and worsening...
Hi everyone, I am new here. I am about to begin radical chemoradiotherapy next week. Does anyone have experience of the combination chemotherapy Vinorelbine and Cisplatin? I am a 72 year old female living alone and am terrified of the side effects.
Anyone suffering with anxiety tests post cancer
Hello I’m hoping for anyone with a similar diagnosis or who’ve had anything similar with advice. On seeing my oncologist for lung scan results, which were fine, last December I mentioned a lump I’d had for some time (about 8months) on my forehead above...
My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, she’s recieved treatment of radiotherapy as she also has stage 4 kidney disease so couldn’t have chemo. Since having the treatment watching her decline has been awful. She’s currently house bound and bed...
Hi, My gran was told on 13th Nov she very probably had lung cancer. We have since been told she does have lung cancer and in two weeks it had spread from one lung to the other and is very aggressive. We’ve been told there is no treatment and that...
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Hi. Just to introduce myself. Still in a whirl and wondering how to cope and what the rest of my limited time holds. Been lots of diagnostic urgency, but little explanations so far, and I'm not even sure how much I want to know right now. Concentrating...
Hi all, it’s been a while since I last posted but thought I would give an update on how I’ve been doing and hopefully give someone a bit of hope, I was diagnosed with lung cancer in may 2025 and went in for a Pneumonectomy on June 3rd, all went well...
Hi everyone, I had a 'routine' lung screening CT scan 4 weeks ago as I'm an ex-smoker & got invited as they were in our area. 2 days later I got the call saying I had an enlarged lymph node next to my aorta and asked for me to attend the Rapid Diagnosis...
