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Hi So yesterday after CT, PET CT and Biopsy over the last few months we got a diagnosis of NSCLC stage 4 that has spread to groin and possibly other area’s we have a appointment with the oncologist in 2 weeks to get more detail and discuss options....
Just a quick post to flag up a mistake I made - in case others do the same. I was on adjuvent chemo, cistaplin and vinorelbine, planned for 4 cycles, 21 days each. For two or three weeks I had a tightness in the chest and was increasingly more out...
Hi everyone Thought I’d pop an update up, also gives me the chance to get it off my mind. After a long 8 hour wait in the hospital yesterday I finally had the EBUS. Because I was having it under GA I hadn’t eaten since the night before so all I did...
A few weeks ago, my mom (71) was diagnosed with sclc following weight loss over the Summer. She feels well and had no signs beyond weight loss and the occasional energy dip. She was immediately put on a treatment plan of chemo and radiation. I believe...
Hi everyone so I got my treatment plan at last …. Combined chemo ( carboplatin and paclitaxel )once a week / radio every day mom to fri for 6 weeks followed if I’ve got the appropriate markers with immunotherapy as follow on … they said it was a brutal...
I have been on pemetrexed and pembrolizumab for nine months (with carboplatin the first 4 treatments). At first the tumor was shrinking and there was no spread, but the past three months I have had infections after every treatment, and have been feeling...
Hi all, never belonged to this group before, only came on in the past to pass on news about friends who are no longer with us! But now it’s my turn to belong. Received a diagnosis of lung cancer 2 weeks ago, toddy I was told the date of my operation....
Well after 10 months of mithering Gp about symptoms , to getting my initial ct scan end of august , 8 weeks of tests and unbearable waiting that I’m sure you all understand , finally I have my oncologist appmt tomorrow at the Christie to discuss treatment...
I am having no help from my GPs practice. They have allocate me a trainee GP whose English is so poor I cannot make her understand me. Any suggestions please. I have tried complaining it gets me nowhere.
Well good morning to you all. I would first like to say a big thank you to everyone who posts here, i have been reading your stories as i recover from my recent surgery, and its a big comfort to learn we are not unique in our diagnosis, and that others...
