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My husband is about to undergo his 4th cycle of immunotherapy. He had a blood test on monday and they said that his hormone levels are low and his pottasium levels are high. Is this normal ?
Hi everyone, does anyone out there have any experience or advice about delaying or postponing a combined treatment cycle? My husband who has inoperable stage 4 lung cancer is due a cycle on 2nd December which we weren’t expecting and we have booked a...
As above! I know he’s upset, bit of support would be nice. He’s like a big wean (kid). Omg. He’s the one that’s in total denial.
Hello all Hear I am over a year after being diagnosed with stage 4 NSCLC . Today I had the result of my latest scan. A very up beat oncologist passed on the news that not only was my immunotherapy keeping things at bay it was actively shrinking things...
Hi all hope yous are well here is my story i had b.cell non hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015 had it removed didnt have treatment because it grew outside the skin i was on watch and wait for 5yrs just got signed of last year now i have rapid small cell lung...
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...
I have found an app that helps keep tabs on tablets etc, I've found this useful for day to day notes and is the best ive found out there, Does medicine and moods and a journal to write notes in and the best bit is that it's free. The app is called...
Hi all, mum started tagrisso today. Has anyone got any experiences on this that I could share with her. Thanks
Hello everyone, I hope you don't mind me dropping in here today, in case you don't already know me, I'm Steph from the Community team. I just wanted to let you all know that the lung cancer forum was featured in a recent Community News Blog. We have...
Hi am feeling a bit down today due 2nd chemo and immunotherapy on 1st Dec but have felt awful for the last two weeks not sure if I want to go ahead as it is incurable anyway
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