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My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer 4 weeks ago and secondary liver cancer which has also spread into a few nodes. He had his liver biopsy done on 3rd Feb and although they have been able to test it and tell us its stage 4, we are...
My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer, 2 mets into lower back & one small met into brain. He started his first immunotherapy on Friday, so far all good. He was due to start Zometa bone treatment & the doctor explained that Zometa would help with...
I have almost permanent nausea post immunotherapy 3 months ago Stage 4 lung cancer and no more treatment has been offered since developed colitis as result of immunotherapy. Had a course of steroids but that's finished. The pills I have for nausea make...
Hi, my fiance(40) has been diagnosed two weeks ago. Shoulder, back and arm pain for 6 months but misdiagnosed with muscle injuries. Finally finding out through a mri we was sent to the specialists who's done a pet scan, sent for a biopsy however the sedative...
Cancer of lung caused by asbestos
My husband was diagnosed last November with lung cancer and after Christmas delays started immunotherapy in January . We’ve been told it’s not curable and have been having 6 weekly cycles . He’s just had a CT scan to determine effectiveness but won’t...
Hi just wondering if anyone has suffered shivers and shakes, a cough after eating and drinking, 2 weeks post radiotherapy finishing for lung cancer, tia Elaine
Hi everyone I hope you’re all doing well. I just wanted a quick vent. It sounds a bit silly but I’ve been totally upbeat about things so far, well as much as I can be under the circumstances but apparently I’m more sensitive than I thought. I had...
Hi all I hope everyone is doing ok out there and you’re all as well as you can be. Quick update…I was diagnosed with NSCLC with mets to spine and lymph nodes (T4 N3 M1c) on 9/01/25! I also have lymphangitis. (Inflammation of the lymph vessels) caused...
Hello, I had a cat scan last week on chest,abdomen and neck…I have secondary lung cancer and was given ct scan to make sure no spread before surgery, I noticed I have a swollen lymph node and got my neck included in scan….i got results yesterday telling...
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