People of any background, gender identity or sexual orientation etc can be diagnosed with cancer. Please be welcoming and supportive when talking to others.
We keep this a safe space for everyone. To find out more, take a look at our Community Guidelines.
Hi there, I'm crap with technology so not sure what I'm doing. A week ago I received a diagnosis of lung cancer which has spread to my windpipe and lymph nodes. Devastating news
Hi All, I just wondered if there was anyone here with SCLC and currently receiving Immunotherapy? My Dad has Stage 4 SCLC and currently started Atezolizumab on its own. He’s currently had 4 chemo sessions with the Immunotherapy but is now having the...
Hello, i am 76 years old and I have just undergone a right lower lobe lobectomy on 17th November 2021 and came home on 19th November and I am now recovering very well.
I have just had the results of my pet scan and have been told it is 3cm and I will be having an op, I'm absolutely scared stiff and feel stupid for admitting it, I don't know how to handle it and my family just keep saying don't worry it's probably nothing...
Hi all my husband is about to start cemiplimab alot of these posts are a few years old... we feel like we need some light at the end of the tunnel... is this treatment or has this treatment worked for people in the long term , we are about to start a...
I have a lung nodule which has grown 3mm in 6 months. Was originally 9mm now 12mm. Cannot fault the treatment I have received from pulmonologist or cardio thoracic surgeon. Going for pre assessment 6/12/21 prior to wedge resection & possibly lobectomy...
I’m 55 retired in August started with a tight chest September then a cough in October. Had a X-ray November 8th, CT scan just after, Pet scan, a pulmonary function test and finally a Ebus test. Current radiological stage T1c, N2 MO. Waiting on my phone...
Hi guys, I need some advice because I feel my dads oncologist is putting my dad on some weird steriod rollercoaster. My dad was diagnosed stage 4 lung cancer spread to bones in May. 3 rounds of chemo shrunk tumour he's now just on immunatherapy every...
Hi All another new one hear my first hit at treatment is on Thursday
Still in shock even though the build up has been leading to lung cancer diagnosis. Going from an early cancer potentially curable to yesterday being told its treatable only not curable. Every time I visit the hospital the news gets worse. It does not...
