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Hi there, my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 SCLC in 2018, it’s been a hard journey, but he has done really well, although on his last bought of chemo had sepsis, so has been advised not the have this again. His cancer has remained “stable” Recently...
Hello everyone... I am new. I had a lobectomy. then chemo... and now I have got such bad neuropathy in my feet.... 3 months last chemo and it is still so painful... cannot walk. anyone had this? would welcome some advice and hope... Gary
I was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2021. I have had excellent treatment from the NHS. 6 doses of chemo and 30 radiotherapy, completed in March 2022. Since then I have had three CT scans, and each one showed that the tumour was shrinking. At...
Hi Everyone... It is Gary's wife.. my husband had a lobectomy in December 21 followed by 6 cycles of chemo and immunotherapy. No side effects at the time... but now severe nerve pain in the feet affecting his mobility. So depressing as he is an athlete...
Hi, anyone out there using Tagrisso.? Would love to chat
Hi my husband has stage 3 lung cancer, he has had 6weeks of chem/radiopharpy which he coped with ok, he has has a scan and told that the tumour has shrung from 3.7cm to 2.5cm he was all set to go on a skyscraper trail for immunotherapy but was told...
Good News, my husband has just seen Consultant re his lung cancer, his third 3 month scan, which showed that there is only speckling left in his lung, which is either scarring from radiation or dead cancer cells. No progression or recurrence so Consultant...
Hello everyone. I am a never smoker who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer a year ago. Turns out I’m ALK+ which in turn means the cancer has metastasized in my brain. it has been a difficult year to say the least. Just wondering how other people...
Hi there I was diagnosed with recurrent, incurable lung cancer in November last year. The biopsy showed that I have a quite rare mutation - EGFR exon 20. Apparently this type doesn't respond to the targeted treatments that are prescribed for other EGFR...
Hi to everybody from Croatia! I am writing this in behalf of my father, 79 years, non smoker. He had heart infarct 12 years ago and since then he is OK wtih the help of medications. In one RTG after heart attack there was noticed one smal lung nodule...
