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Hi I have recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour that is a benign meningioma. I have now contracted a very bad sore throat that I am trying to ease with all the usual remedies. Do you know if my Dr needs advising of this please?? Many thanks...
Hi, my hubby as just had the dreaded fone call from gp’s to say his biopsy is a cancerous mass in his right lymph node. We were all ill at Christmas and he developed a cough, foned docs and they gave him antibiotics, it seemed to clear, over the new...
Hi, have had my PET scan and also my EBUS, feeling a bit worse for wear after the EBUS, taking samples of lymph nodes, they are reacting to being disterberd. Had a phone call from the Lung nurse, saying that the lymph nodes have gone from the left to...
Hi im new ive got lung/liver cancer,and im really scaredi really am worried about what my treatment will be like?and what's going to happen?
Hi,im new here i was diagnosed with nsclc end of September ive had a full lobectomy still struggling with pain and numbness its been 4 months since surgery still cant bear bathing and drying as its like raw skin to touch,is anyone else going through this...
Hi, have literally just joined and not really sure what type of things are posted. We are still waiting for a prognosis but have been told that I have a large mass on my lung and on my vertebrae. They believe that the mass on the vertebrae is second degree...
Hi I am new to forum, Dave. In October 2020 I took my wife to hospital as she had been suffering with pain in her side and back, after 12 long hours she was diagnosed with lung cancer, hospital was going to do biopsy but due to danger's caused by her...
Hi my mums been diagnosed with lung cancer few weeks ago ... unfortunately I av very little info ... we live so far apart ... but it can't be operated on its pushing against her chest n nerves ...she ad to see a consultant yesterday...has to take steroids...
Morning everyone, I had a right lower lobectomy in May 2020, followed by chemo, there was a minute lymph node involvement below my windpipe. chest X-rays in Dec 2021 clear. I have had a lump above my right collarbone for 6 weeks, hard and 3cm by...
Hello, my partner has lung cancer surgery scheduled for this week and is now hesitant to do so. He has a tumour in left lung that has doubled in size in last month but they are unable to do biopsy due to location so have recommended removal of tumour...
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