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Hi peeps. Hope you're all coping in your own ways. I had adenocarcinoma a year ago with successful lobectomy. I was very lucky and didn't need any chemo etc and just had my one year scan which was clear. Now it looks like I've got pancreatic cancer...
Hi My Mum has lung cancer and COPD. Following an episode where she had to go into hospital in August when she needed some oxygen in hospital to stabilise her she has continued to struggle with her breathing and low oxygen levels in the mornings. I was...
Just can't believe I have been diagonised with this, just keep crying every day
I have been given the news that i have stage 4 lung cancer which has spread to my brain and adrenal glands. I have my second round of chemotherapy and immunotherapy this Friday. I was wondering if anyone felt disconnected and unable to take the diagnosis...
My husband was on keytruda for 6 months & was decided not working. It did shrink lymph nodes to start & cancer stable then 2nd 3 month scan scan showed lymph nodes & lumg mass fractionally growing, so was stopped. All the time he was on it felt ill, nausea...
I am 5 week post RLL lobectomy. Im so sore. When does it improve? Im taking gabapentin paracetamol. Went to doctors yesterday she give me napraxon to take aswell 2x a day. I thought i would of been further along.
I had my first immunotherapy session the end of August and for the past week I have been feeling absolutely shocking. Continual headache, dry mouth although drinking enough water to sink a battleship, fuzzy head, muscle aches, no energy and definitely...
I’ve just started getting mouth ulcers though.. I am prone to getting sores inside my mouth anyway if I eat crisps or spicy foods and I usually dab corsodyl on them and it seems to help. does anyone have any tried and tested solutions for this? thanks...
Hi all, bit of a story, aged 69, retired 2 years ago. Got recurrent breast cancer after 33 years in 2023, same breast, same place, no spread so had a mastectomy. Last year diagnosed with Lung cancer, a primary tumour unrelated to the breast. Found out...
I’ve just had my first round of chemo following lung surgery and honestly feel as if I’m experiencing an out of body experience and this isn’t happening to me .. I imagine this is quite normal in the early stages of treatment.. am I right? Also the nausea...
