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Well today is the day - Mum has turned bright bloody yellow with the Jaundice, eyes, ears, back and whole face. Right all the way down to her toes. Urine is as dark as tea. Time is now tight, important. How long?
62 female having surgery to remove mass from my right upper lung. Looks like I will have the surgery that cuts into my back to remove the 2 lobes...So scared as to what to expect for recovery.
Good morning, I've recently been diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer and the plan of treatment is to have a Lobectomy and then Chemotherapy. I'm in my early 60's and relatively fit as my favourite past time is walking my dog. My operation is booked for...
Hello I am new here and so so scared. I have just been diagnosed after about two months of tests and have been in so much pain. My GP has prescribed lots of morphine and just keeps telling me to increase the dose. This is done on the phone. I have seen...
My 58 partner was diagnosed with s c lung cancer 6 weeks ago. We both know it's not curable. We seem to be at different stages of acceptance. I am very low and an only function in a faulsety. I feel really useless and and angry at the same time. He has...
Hi, HAving had my partner is a hospice for the last 3 weeks the decision is now to discharge him even though i am in fear of what will happen next.He went in as he was very unwell and i wasnt coping The physio will come to the house next week to asses...
Sorry for opening this new thread. If it's not OK then I can delete it again. But I am a bit lost. Since my appointment with the lung specialist last week and xray I read a lot in this forum and tried to figure out the main symptoms of lung cancer...
Hi all. I am 6 days post op from a lower lobectomy . I just wanted to say, to anyone who has this op in store it wasn't as bad as I anticipated . I had 4 hays in high dependency after the op because both my blood sugars and blood pressure were too low...
Hi. My partner is currently in a hospice , has been for 3 weeks as he was really ill and would not eat drink or take meds, i became worried,anxiuous and was not coping at all due to the excessive worry of it all.We had discussed him going into a hospice...
Hi, looking to reach out to anyone who has been or knows someone has been diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer. in two weeks the cancer has spread from one lung to the other and is also in the fluid around the lungs.The oncologists appt has...
