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Hello everyone, My husband is about to have his 2nd Immunotherapy treatment. So far so good, even if it’s early days. His breathlessness is getting worse though. We know from X-ray that he has fluid again and he’s had pleural effusion drained twice...
My 78 year old dad has only had symptoms for a few weeks but is deteriorating fast. First he saw a GP and was treated for a chest infection, then ended up in A and E, then referred to a specialist clinic (10 day wait) The specialist clinic two weeks ago...
My 87 year old FIL was diagnosed with the disease 7 months ago. He also has dementia and the prognosis was that the cancer was most likely in his spine, prostrate and he was give 6 to 12 months to live. He also has skin cancer. We moved him into a nursing...
Hi all, I really need some advice, as we have a meeting tomorrow in Guy’s about my husband’s treatment. My husband is at the three month point of immunotherapy. His oncologist wants to change his treatment to chemo. She’s based this on comparison of...
Hi, my hubby diagnosed with mesothelioma in Feb. Such a shock as they gave 1 to 2 years without treatment as he was alright at T3N1M0. Thankfully he had been accepted on a clinical trial in Manchester. Like so many of the comments I'm putting a brave...
I am in my 2 nd quarter out of 4 for my cancer it gets tough when you realise what you have to go thru . We have our bad days good days .it's harder when your partner doesn't accept situation. Trying to get help is sometimes impossible. I have joined...
Hi all, my husband had 3 months of immunotherapy but scan showed cancer progression. Now he’s started Chemo and will hopefully have his 2nd session next week. He has almost constant background pain, in the site of the cancer. Has anyone had chemo, even...
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone on here for helping me answer some difficult questions and go to scary places in my mind as we navigated mums mesothelioma. She passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on Wednesday. She got very suddenly ill...
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I write this, my amazing husband lost his fight to the dreadful disease that is Mesothelioma last Friday - he was diagnosed in the 9 June 2023 & passed on 31 January 2025. He fought so hard he had immunotherapy but...
My 73 year old mum has had mesothelioma for 2 years she has gradually gone down hill . Its been so hard to watch her health decline she was never told her stage as she decided not to be told which we respected. But the fatigue is getting very bad and...
