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Hi everyone. Never thought I'd be posting here but here I am. Really encouraged to see the support that goes on and that this space exists for sharing information/ experiences through this wonderful platform. My story: I received a phone call from my...
Hi Everyone, I'm at my wits end at trying to keep on top of this pain. Nothing I try seems to last longer than two hours, and even then I don't get a full 2 hours relief. From the time I take the tablets, there is a very gradual reduction of pain...
Hi, Just thought I'd introduce myself, my mum was diagnosed last week with lung cancer, thats all we know at the moment we don't know what type, she hasn't had a biopsy etc etc. I've been lurking since then reading everyone's posts and experiences...
Hi Everyone.i had some xrays done recently because I thought I'd damaged my rotator cuff. My shoulder xray came back OK but they were concerned with something they could see at the edge of the xray. So wanted me to have a chest xray. I had the chest...
I'm a bit late to the party as I had a top right lobectomy in late January 2020. That was quickly followed by the Pandemic and full lockdown. I had one round of Chemotherapy, but then my white blood cell count bottomed and Chemo was stopped. All my care...
I had a phone call from the surgeon yesterday morning offering me a cancellation for a lobectomy on Monday. Of course I said yes. I have to go to the hospital today at 12.00 for a PCR test and all being well will be admitted for the procedure first thing...
I had my thirid scan last week on a lung nodule ,which was first spotted in may 2021 ,as it was small 9mm they suggest watch and wait ,i had a PET scan and was told as it did not light up it was not cancer ,i had another CT scan in september and it had...
Hello everyone.. i had a chest xray which showed a shadow on right lung.. then a ct scan and lung biopsy and now going for pet scan tomorrow..I am totally lost with this and cant understand how this in all happening..all this has happened in the last...
It's with great sadness that I find myself here writing this post. My dear mum sadly passed away on 30/4 aged just 52 after a very short 2.5month battle with metastatic stage 4 NSCLC. Leaving behind 3 kids, youngest age just 15 Its been the worst...
Hi my Dad has recently been given the prognosis of Lung cancer stage 4 metatstatic. The information and the vagueness of info is really stressful. Any tips on on how to handle this.
