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Hi all I'm sorry to ask all these questions but I'm driving myself insane. Dad had a pet scan that highlighted activity in lymph nodes in middle of chest following what they thought to early stage cancer. Does this mean 1) it's spread to his lymph...
Hi all, Granddad finished radiotherapy 1st May and is still struggling with fatigue/tiredness, it is improving but is still there, the specialist nurses have reassured us this is normal. He's also having quite disturbed sleep, he's been sleep walking...
Hello, this maybe sounds bit silly…..I am really struggling to take my tablets, been feeling very nauseous , taking anti sickness tablets but not really helping much, I have 5 Capecitabine tablets to take twice a day, as soon as I even look at them I...
Hi everyone Just looking for some advice if anyone can help me please? My soon to be 83 year old dad who has metastatic prostate cancer and COPD had a bout of pneumonia in early April and from that needed a CT scan. Scan ruled out the first nodule...
Hi everyone, I'm about to start a new treatment Docetaxel and nintedanib, has anyone else had this treatment and what sideffects did you get and when it started. I recently learnt that my cancer has now gone to my liver, I'm still trying to get the pain...
Hi , my husband has been diagnosed with lung cancer , he was initially going to have a lobectomy but this had to be abandoned after he had a bad reaction to the anaesthetic, he has now commenced a course of radiotherapy ( SABR ) , I have read about this...
My hubbys oncologist rung this morn to update on his brain MRI after the cyberknife radiotherapy he had in April. Shes very pleased to say all thats left is a "dot" barely visable. No more treatment needed on the brain & shes very pleased how quickly...
Someone very close to me has stage 4 lung cancer, and I need someone to talk to about their mental health and how I can help them I feel useless.
Hi All, I am new to the group. My mother is 75 years old, who was extremely active and had never suffered with poor health. We have recently been informed that she has a growth on her left lung, which has caused it to partially collapse, there are 4...
Hi,this is probably a strange request,but wondering if anyone out there has any ideas. My partner has terminal lung cancer and is now having palliative care at home. The biggest problem that we are having atm is that he won’t/can’t eat anything solid...
