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I thought the pain under my left brest was a broken rib. Good old Dr google. Anyway after 4 weeks of the pain not going away I went to my GP on Monday who sent me to hospital as he was concerned it may be a pulmonary embolism. An xray showed an area of...
Hi all i’m new here but I’ve just endured the worst year of my life. I’m 46 with 3 children…… age 19, 16 and 6. To cut a long story short, my partner (also father of my then 5 year old son) literally dropped dead from a cardiac arrest last year, right...
Hi, I am new here and had a third of my right lung removed 5 months ago. I am still feeling breathless carrying out household tasks, I find it difficult to exercise as I have arthritis. Does anyone know how long it takes to recover from the operation...
Just joined and saying hello. My dad, who has previously beaten cancer elsewhere twice, now has a 'suspicious mass' in his lung. He has had an xray and ct scan and will now be having a PET scan early next week.
Omg.where do I start, got the confirmation today that my husband has got lung cancer. Whole world dropped from my feet, he is only 54. Been telling him for years to go to the gp but he refused. Got more tests tomorrow and Monday to see if surgery is an...
my dad was given the horrible news that he has stage 4 lung cancer, he is 70 and lives on his own so me and and my sister will be his carers when needed but he was incredibly independent before the diagnosis and also still grieving his mum I don’t think...
Looking for advice, Had lung cancer 3 yrs ago,but cancer scan has shown a nodule so I'm extremely anxious because I'm waiting for another scanbto see if nodules grew
I just don't know where to start. Mum has NSCLC stage 4. She went into hospital over a week n half ago due to an infection in her lung and blood clot, whilst In hospital having antibiotics for the infection she contracted covid as the hospital didn...
I must have phoned at least 10 travel companies and all refused me. I have SCLC + high cholesterol. A couple of them gave me stupid prices for 2 weeks in Greece £1679 but right at the end they said sorry you have been declined. So my last port of call...
Hi Everyone, Looking to get and give support. I am 47 with a 3 year old and lung cancer as well as COPD. I also have lifelong disabilities with hearing and a substantially impaired forearm due to childhood mumps and bad accident. I have just had...
