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Hi Not sure where to start my hubby was diagnosed 2 years ago with stage 4 lung cancer he has good days and bad but I will never accept what's to come
Thought I would say hi. I have 2 dad's both terminal, dad 1 has IPF rather than cancer, dad 2 has lung cancer, we are at the end, he has stopped eating, stopped drinking and almost sighs with every breath. He has had enough. By two disabled sons are struggling...
Just got back from oncologist.... They are still classifying me as stable even though the tumour has grown again from 5cm to 7cm ......and the leshion on the lining has grown from 2.1cm to 2.6cm. They have discussed me at MDT and staying with current...
yesterday our mum got diagnosed with stag 4 lung cancer don't know what type as all they told us is lung cancer we are very worried and scared at the next steps not curable but will start treatment in new year
Hi all, Following on from my post over the weekend, we got the results that my Dad now has a few small tumours in his head and he will start radiotherapy tomorrow as an outpatient and back to the hospital everyday for 5 days (barring the weekend). He...
Hi everyone i hope you are all keeping well. If someone cud tell me their thoughts on this please. My mum passed away from metastatic lung cancer 10 weeks ago. She had her 1st diagnosis march/april 2020. She had radiotherapy and got the news in dec of...
Hi folks I'm 46 and I've had Cancer now for 2 years I initially had anal cancer which spread to my left lung, which came as a complete shock, there was two treatments offered, surgery which I had taking out one of the tumors with a wedge section the other...
My mum has had a first dose of chemo and is experiencing a sore mouth, what treatment can people recommend?
Hi. I'm new here. Last Friday my oncologist told me my cancer has come back,this time in my left lung,2 nodules. This is the 5th time now as I was diganosed with breast cancer in dec 2015,had a masectomy in jan 2016. All going well until 2018 when I was...
Hi, I'm starting keytruda in a couple of weeks and just wondered who was on it and what to expect? Any info would be hugely appreciated xx
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