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Hi All My sister in law was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2021 with apread in her liver. She had one round of chemo then developed a lung infection resulting in admission to hospital. Discharged and now home but following a appointment with...
hi all i'm afraid to say i've just joined your club i have non small cell cancer also in one of my lymph nodes will be told on monday when i will start treatment i'm high risk so have opted to take radiotherapy & chemotherapy so would appreciate other...
Hi everyone, It's great to find an online community dedicated to this. I appreciate any advice/help I get from people with relevant knowledge and experience because it's stressful not knowing where to go or what to do and it's an emotional problem...
Hi All, I live with my mum and in October 2020 she was admitted to hospital with what was thought to be a cellulitis of her knee, long story short no cellulitis but a diagnosis of delirium and NSCLC in her left upper lobe, met with the respiratory team...
Hi and hello to you all my daughter 32 has been diagnosed with lung cancer and is currently going through Radiotherapy treatment she was diagnosed in 2018 with bowl cancer and after chemo /Radiotherapy and operations we are now stable with the Bowl...
Hi everyone, i have recently been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and wanted to ask if anyone could recommend the best company to get travel insurance through under the circumstances ? any advise would be much appreciated thanks
Hello - this is my first post. My husband has lung cancer and has completed his chemotherapy and is due to have radiotherapy, starting on Monday 28th Feb. The CT scan that he had after the chemo was encouraging and he was told that he could choose between...
Hi all I have been on my treatment for a 14 months and last September my veins started to play up not giving blood down to scar tissues, i had a picc line fitted it kept blocking then migrated so they fitted a portcath in my chest and thats blocked 4...
Hello everyone, I have recently found this forum. I am a stage 4 lung cancer survivor and diagonised with EGFR positive non small cell adenocarcinoma. Currently on my second line treatment of oral TKI therapy. Not sure what will happen next with my options...
since the start of my cancer journey Ive got heavier and heavier with general bloating. My feet and legs are the worst. Anyone else had this and anything that help?
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