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When I started on Osimertinib in March 2023 I did have side effects. Unfortunately they’re no longer working and the cancer has metastasised to my spine, liver and become ‘unstable’ in the original area. Obviously I was stopped taking it about 2 weeks...
My 86 year old mum has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, where the primary cancer is a tumour in the lung which has transferred to the lymph nodes and liver. This came totally out if the blue which has devastated us all as a family. She has decided...
I was diagnosed with lung cancer NSCLC on September that's incurable but treatable. After my first 3 months of immunotherapy on Osimertinb my scans show the tumours have reduced and hopefully will stay like this for a long time. To celebrate this...
Hi, Dad (62M) had a 3 month follow up CT scan on 14th Feb (4 weeks ago). This was after unresolving atelectasis after severe pneumonia back in September 2024. In December, doctors did bronchoscopy and did brushings/washings which showed no cancer...
Hi all, The letter from the consultant states that granddad's lesion is PD-L1 10-19%, is this a good/bad/neither thing? Thanks Kate
Hello , I started this journey on the 3rd January, with an xray and a ct scan , I knew then , something was wrong , how the nurse said before ct that I could go if xray clear, here I am . Anyway fast forward tests all completed. Spoke to consultant...
Hi everyone, My dad was diagnosed last feb 2021 with stage 3 lung cancer with one tumour in his right lung. They did a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy concurrently for one month. After this my dads scans showed that he was stable and they...
My husbands diagnosis Metastic adenocarcinoma lung primary T3 N2 M1c Stage IVB Reffered to Sutton Marsden Anyone on here had this diagnosis? What treament & does treatment side affects worsen quality of life. Only symptom now is lower back...
Hello everyone I am booked to have a lobectomy (upper right lobe) and they will be taking lymph nodes too. I am quite anxious about the operation, the level of pain and process to recovery. I’d be really interested to hear anyones experiences of this...
Had consultation yesterday for Secondary Lung Cancer that i was diagnosed with on 29th January, ive been told ill need another CT scan to check if cancer has spread anywhere else since last scans at start of January, also got told i will get surgery in...
