Prior to your lung cancer diagnosis, ... - The Roy Castle Lu...
Prior to your lung cancer diagnosis, which symptom prompted you to visit your doctor?
Pluerel effusion
Thanks Caroline10
Pluerel effusion
My only symptoms were a slight night-time cough and wheeze. Nothing else.
Interesting to see that so far a persistent cough and a chest infection seem to be the most common symtoms.
Thanks for taking the poll and for all your comments.
Sinus problems also appear to be common and appear earlier than the coughing and other symptoms
Sorry, would also like to add that the coughing and wheezing, breathing difficulties in my experience appear to be the most memorable and obvious initial symptoms which unfortunately often occur at the more advanced stages of the disease, it would be great if people could try to remember some of their less obvious symptoms or feelings of being unwell prior to those symptoms as this may help to build a profile of the disease at an earlier more treatable stage. I find it interesting that of the 14 answers on here 3 had sinus problems, that on this poll, is just over 21% of these answers.
Feeling a bit breathless and then coughing up blood
Chest pain
Had x-ray because my platlet level dropped compared to an earlier test.
I was being treated for arterial peripheral disease.
x-ray showed abnormal and i was sent for a ct scan.
Couple months later had a lobectomy in 2004.
In 2007 treated for lymph node cancer ct scan this October shows NED
I had an odd pattern of vomiting at night. My doctor ordered an upper GI series, which included a chest x-ray, or "scout" film. It showed a shadow in my right upper lung.
I had what we thought was a sinus infection
I had a persistant cough along with a bad cold. I went to Dr. and was diagnosed with walking pneumonia. He ordered a chest xray and that's when a mass of some kind appeared in my right lung.
I use to get out of breathe going to rush for the tram and walking up slopes and I would get pain in my throat as if it was angina which was what my mother had so I went to see my doctor, thinking it was angina. I went to see my Doctor three times before she let me have a second opinion. The cardiologist said my heart was ok but they had spotted some shadows on my left lung and then I was referred to a chest physician and thats where my journey began with lung cancer.
A sore mole on the side of my parteners head
Mine seemed to be a sinus problem, that i just couldnt clear
Prior to the wheezing and coughing starting I had approximately 4 months before had for at least three months, unexplained vertigo which was then replaced by right sided sinus pain particularly in the right eye orbit and down the right side of my nasal passages, this facial pain has continued and interestingly my cancer is in my right lung
my only symptom upper back pain and shoulder blade pain
Sciatic pain after clearing out a garage! No cough or any other symptom. Never smoker. Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma was a bit of a surprise
a bad cough that just would not stop 6 visits to the gp defore one dr sent me for x-rays and then the resullts where nsclc.
frank
Annoying lump in throat that would come and go. No sore throat or any pain. Developed into burning sensation going down gullet and upper intestinal tract. Thought it might be acid reflux. But recently diagnosed Adenocarcinoma of the lung stage T2b N2 M1a and re classified stage 4. No one has explained why.
