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My mum has recently been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma. She has been so tired, losing weight and little appetite. She has still to get PET and MRI scan but I am really worried about her. She sleeps a lot. she has been given a steroid which has given...
Hi everyone, My beautiful 69 year old mum has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. The cancer has also spread to parts of her neck and head. In the main she is doing ok and starting radiotherapy tomorrow which if successful will lead to...
Hello all. I have a 1cm nodule in my left lung. I am 73,& a carer for my wife. I am reasonably fit. I have been offered surgery or radiotherapy. I think the team favour radiotherapy, but I can't decide. I would appreciate thoughts from anyone in similar...
My husband is still waiting. So far it’s been over five weeks since diagnosis although we’re still waiting for the biopsy results. It’s so frustrating and upsetting. He’s in huge amounts of pain (with many different painkillers it still gets to an 7...
If this isn’t the right place to post, many apologies! A close relative of mine has had advanced terminal lung cancer for nearly a year, explored chemo, radiotherapy and immunotherapy - all of which haven’t worked as desired. Trying new chemo as of yesterday...
Hi my mum recently got diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma. She is now going for a PET and MRI scan. Sadly they are unable to operate due to the location. It’s in the right lung but too close to blood vessels? I am so scared. The consultant is talking about...
Hello, my mum has recently gone through all the scans for a mass in her lung. She is having a lobectomy next week and I just wondered if anyone could offer any practical tips of things that helped/ comforted them after the procedure so that I can help...
hi from matts,i am 75 and having lung cancer surgery soon.anyone on here to tell me what its going to be like ,ie procedure actual surgery and after efects thanks,
Hi everyone been fighting lung cancer since 2022 started a new cell treatment trail 9 weeks ago had ct results yesterday at the christees it hasn't spread and I've had a 8 percent reduction feeling great at the moment and now looking forward to an amazing...
My husband became quite ill a few weeks ago with what we thought was a chest infection but they sent him for a blood clot check just to be sure and whilst there they did a chest xray. At this point we were took in a hospital corridor not even a room...
