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I ll let you know how I get on .Any advice welcome .Wish me luck in getting through it .I am lucky in the sense that it has not spread anywhere so that’s why the chemo . Soooo many appointments.
Hi all, newbie here. My mum (79) has recently been diagnosed, we have a meeting next week for staging/a plan. While I am thankful for the speed, it's all happened so quickly, from suspected bowel cancer which was clear, lung cancer was picked up, it...
I had my 6 monthly ct scan on 3rd of December for my recurrant lung cancer , I know it's been the holiday season but I thought I might have had an appointment to see consultant for results but 5 weeks almost now and I've heard nothing , i did phone her...
Hello my son gave my husband and I the link to these forums. His wife Jilly died in February from a Glioblastoma brain tumour. She lived for 20 months from the diagnosis and he nursed her at home all the way through her illness with the help of my grandsons...
52 yo. Male. Non-smoker. Had bloods, then x-ray, then CT and was contacted by hospital today and they want me to go for a PET/breathing test. All triggered by a pain in my back; fatigue and an irritating cough I initially experienced back in early November...
Stage four lung cancer diagnosed sep 22....I had previously had neck and throat may 2020 for which I had chemo and 30 radiation sessions....so I've been on pembrolizumab 6 week cycles for treatment hat was given to me with a maximum of 20 treatments....
We’ve just back from the hospital and I’m struggling to help my husband stay positive. I know it’s ok not to always be positive but it’s so sad to see, and I’m now questioning how hopeful I should be. It’s a Squamous Cell Carcinoma, exact type is not...
I'm being admitted tomorrow for lung lobotomy (right lung, top lobe) on Saturday. Had bowel surgery in July, still unsure as to secondary or separate cancer, could not perform biopsy. Anyone else here in similar situation?
I did a CT scan last August as a normal routine and was found a 5mm spiculated lung nodule in the posterior basal segment of the left lung and multiple calcified pleural plaques on the left. They booked me another CT in a year and should meet a respiratory...
Hi, my husband has had 7 rounds of monthly durvalumab after 6 weeks of chemo/radiotherapy. He was ok after the first 5 sessions, but then started going downhill, getting memory loss, confusion, appetite loss and severe anxiety attacks. He has had blood...
