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My husband had his CT & MRI scans nearly 3 wks & this waiting as now got to the point, hes not sleeping. I just walked into the lounge & hes crying. I just dont get why they make patients suffer this wait, they were quick enough with the diagnosis....
Hello all. This is first time I have posted on any forum, so fingers crossed. I was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer (adenocarcinoma of the right upper lobe of lung) in early February and started curative radical chemoradiotherapy treatment in mid...
Hello everyone I was diagnosed with lung cancer yesterday there are secondaries on the liver and adrenal glands I will be having a biopsy followed by a discussion with an oncologist to decide whether or not it`s too late for treatment My only symptom...
Hi I just like to know if am not the only one who has days of on and off crying then feeling angry then feeling guilty because I have a great team of doctors that are helping me stay and beable to have more time with my family I end up saying to my self...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell 5 weeks ago. Lung cancer was never on my radar as I had a chest x ray 13 months ago and everything was clear, and stopped smoking 15 years ago although I did slip up 5 years ago and was having...
Hi everyone, Well the 6 week wait is finally up and granddad had his appointment following his CT scan back in July today, after radiotherapy treatment for a 1.3cm lesion, T1b N0 M0. The consultant said she was highly delighted it has "completely...
Hi just got back from clinic and had scan results for my husbands stage 4 Nsclc not great turns out the Premexted and Keytruda have not worked did initially now going to try Doxatacel and Nirivimab just wondered if anybody has had experience with...
My hubby has been diagnosed with lung cancer and mscc he has had 5 lots of radiotherapy and now is unable to move from his chesr down. Has anyone else suffered this
Hi, I am part of a small sub group of EGFR members who are on 3 year adjuvant Osimertnib therapy. Myself and fellow members of this community have been looking at available statistics around the ADAURA 3 year trial. All of us are/were on adjuvant...
Mine has now spread seeing an oncologist in a couple of weeks what sort of treatment and what is it like I'm really worried about more procedures
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