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Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in March and since then I’ve been to and from hospitals having scans etc and I’ve just completed my fourth and final (in this session) chemotherapy treatment. I’ve got a CT scan booked in a week or...
As anyone had the cough side effect and lung pain from radiotherapy? please , If so how did you deal with it . ? I am finding it difficult to control the cough other than total rest, then it feels like I have chest congestion. I have been diagnosed with...
Hi I am caring for my husband, who has been diagnosed with lung and adrenal cancer this summer. He had experienced back ache at the beginning of the year and finally agreed to see his GP, who noted a tumour near his kidney. A referral to the hospital...
Well apparently my oncologist loves the word remission because my lung health nurse says I'm not in remission I'm in what they call holding and if I hold for 5 yrs then I'll be in remission. Been feeling a bit crap lately because of my breathing and still...
Hi, I had a rigid bronchoscopy 2 weeks ago, and met with the respiratory doctor today to get my results, the results show i have lung cancer, which started in my left bronchi but it hasn’t spread, my heads all over the place and I can’t remember the name...
Hi At the end of April I had a bilobectomy via open thoracotomy to successfully remove a carcinoid tumour. I’m keen to hear about your experiences of recovery. I think I’ve been recovering well. I rarely take pain relief now and if I do, it’s only...
Hi I'm 51 , I lost my voice in April after months of antibiotics I started getting a pain in my chest when I took a deep breath I just happened to mention this to the dock so she sent me for chest x , ray then CT scan then the other thing that's a bit...
Hi everyone apologies for the long post but I need to get this off my chest! i suffer badly with anxiety & this year has been particularly difficult. I was diagnosed in September 2022 with treatment starting in November 2022. My first few scan showed...
Hello all. I wonder if anybody may be going through something similar. I have lung cancer. A tumour has broken through the skin, underneath the breast , in the crease (sorry to be graphic, I dont mean to offend) Ive had radiotherapy in that...
Hello all, I've just joined. Last week my mum got her diagnosis of advanced lung cancer with brain mets. All a bit of a shock and wondering what comes next. Mum has experienced significant weight loss (reason why I pushed her to see the GP) but waiting...
