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Hi I'm a 61 year old lady married with 2 children and 5 adorable grandchildren who I admit are my world , I own a lady's boutique but the last couple of years I have struggled to work in there myself but have fun ordering the stock and spending the profits...
It’s nice to know there’s a support group, I’ve found the MacMillan website very helpful. it’s a bit of an isolating experience and very daunting. I’m 56 and I’m 5 weeks post surgery to remove a third of right lung. Onot caught incidentally after having...
Hello everyone I’m not entirely sure what to write! My mum was diagnosed with lung cancer on Monday. Very quick. Had a CT scan at 12pm and when I collected her at 4pm she told me she had lung cancer. So it’s all very new and we’re trying to process...
Hi all I've just rung around for travel insurance cover. Almost fell of my chair. I had a lobectomy on my upper right lung using key hole surgery in June this year. I need no further treatment, just anual scans for 5 years. I've been quoted almost...
Hello. Diagnosis last week I have inoperable cancer. Waiting for biopsy and then chemotherapy. I’m still in shock. Is biopsy in neck painful.
We have just found out that my husband has lung cancer stage 4 he doesn't want to go to hospital and wants to stay at home i don't know what to expect and I'm scared as to how this progress and how will i cope
11 months ago my mum was diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell lung, lymph nodes and throat too. We've received pretty much limited info and help and have just been getting through on info we've found online. Over the past 2 months she's gone down hill...
Hi there, my mum has recently been diagnosed with incurable lung cancer. She had a chest X-ray where they noticed a mass. She then went for a CT scan and bloods taken. We’ve since found out that there is fluid taking up space where half her left lung...
Hello all Posting on behalf of my mum, she’s stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma NSLC. She’s 57, never smoked, healthy weight. We’ve no idea of possible cause. It has spread to the bones (in her hips, pelvis and spine with vertebrae collapse), liver,...
My partner has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It's spread to lymph nodes in his neck and compromised his rib cage and is very aggresive and left untreated he has between 6-12 months left. We've been told by oncologist that because he is young...
