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Hi, i am new here. I got told the news on Sat 20th Nov by my dad that he has been diagnosed with Lung Cancer. since then it has been non stop seeing consultants ect. Dad started his first treatment two weeks ago he had Immunotherapy they are not able...
Hi I'm Geoff and new here. Hello I'm 76yrs and widowed for two & a half years from my dear wife Anne. I saw her pass away with pancreatic cancer. We were married for 50yrs. During all this time my grief has rarely subsided and now Ive been diagnosed...
Hi all I'm posting on here in the hope to find someone who has been able to access a second course of immunotherapy treatment. My mum was diagnosed in 2015 with stage 4 lung cancer. She went straight onto chemotherapy which made her very poorly and...
Hi just wondering if anyone can help i started immunotherapy in September I have it every 3 weeks iv had 6 cycles up to now and I have not suffered any side effects until 5 days ago when I started with diarrhoea as the days have gone on I am going a lot...
So today it's confirmed I have small cell lung cancer and start chemo on Friday feeling quite numb at the moment. Breathlessness was the symptom that made me contact GP...slight cough too...dont think it's really sunk in yet
Hi, My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer over 2 years ago now. Had chemo and radio treatment and has been quite stable since. Cancer has sprea, still within the same lung, no secondaries that we know of. She went into Marie Curie Hospice...
I was diagnosed withe lung cancer May 2020. I needed someone to talk to but there was no one. I didn't know this existed! But I am pleased to know it does. I have lots of questions I would like to ask about my condition. Do we all meet up?
A lot has happened since Christmas day. I'm not sure I've processed everything yet. Just focusing on what to do in the moment is all I can manage right now. My son had to be taken to A&E on Boxing Day, he'd felt poorly the day before, headache and nausea...
Hi all got my appointment on Wednesday to see what my next plan of action is I have stage 4 middle of lung and spread to rib I suppose this is where the journey starts and hope the treatment shrinks the cancer I’m 55 have good days and bad days emotional...
i also have Non small cell lung cancer on pills treatment Rozlytrek 200mg. Anybody else on this treatment?
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