Lung cancer & fibrosis

[9favpeople]

I’ve just had stage 1 cancer removed. Has anyone had this along with fibrosis?

[RoyCastleHelpline Partner Ask the Nurse Roy Castle]

Hello 9favpeople

I am sorry to hear of your recent diagnosis of lung cancer, this must have been a great shock for you and will be a cause of anxiety as it is a leap into the unknown.

Our website contains various booklets which will give you information on each specific treatment,

This one managing you lung cancer diagnosis will be useful to you roycastle.org/app/uploads/2...

All our information booklets can be found on this link: roycastle.org/help-and-supp... these range from diagnosis, staging of lung cancer, treatments, living with lung cancer and managing your lung cancer diagnosis. They are available to view online, or you can request a paper copy to be posted.

Each patient with lung cancer will have an individual treatment regime, specific to the type of lung cancer, stage and spread.

There is a lung cancer pathway from NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), where it is presented as a flow chart and you can look up the type of cancer and see the recommended treatment options. When you click on the link, click on the icon that looks like a mobile phone and this open up to another page with the flow chart: nice.org.uk/guidance/condit...

Having Pulmonary Fibrosis may mean that post op recovery period might take longer for your lungs to recover. The charity Asthma and lung UK have lots of information on this condition including breathing exercises which can help with recovery, this is a link to their website asthmaandlung.org.uk/

I hope you hear from others in the forum who have a similar condition, if you would like to discuss anything or have a chat you can call the ask the nurse helpline on 0800 358 7200 Monday to Thursday 0900-1700 and Friday 0900-1600, or you can email us at [e-mail]

Kind regards

Ask the nurse support team

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation