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Stage 4 nsclc, pneumonia advice please

My brother, 39, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer with mets to brain in Nov. he has had radiotherapy and 2 cycles of chemo but had to stop due to...

My brother, 39, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer with mets to brain in Nov...

•11 years ago

Tomo theraphy

Hi jI have just joined , my mum has been diagnosed with what they says look like cancer on the right lung. still need to have a bronscopy to confirm. Seems...

Hi jI have just joined , my mum has been diagnosed with what they says look like...

•11 years ago

New information pack for people affected by lung cancer

The free pack was officially launched at the British Thoracic Oncology Group conference in Dublin. It includes a series of booklets on living with lung cancer...

The free pack was officially launched at the British Thoracic Oncology Group con...

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Months not years

Hi there.I am a 52 year old dad with 2 children aged 23 and 35. I went to see a locum doctor as my doctor was on holiday about 1.5 years ago. I had been...

Hi there.I am a 52 year old dad with 2 children aged 23 and 35. I went to see a ...

•11 years ago

Lung cancer

Hello, I never thought I'd be writing a post on a cancer site, but my dad passed away just shy of 4 weeks ago from stage 4 lung cancer. From diagnosis to the...

Hello, I never thought I'd be writing a post on a cancer site, but my dad passed...

•11 years ago

Attendance Allowance

Yesterday, my Lung Specialist Nurse said she would be raising a Form DS1500 for me to claim Attendance Allowance. However, when I downloaded the claim form and...

Yesterday, my Lung Specialist Nurse said she would be raising a Form DS1500 for ...

•11 years ago

Knowing you have an incurable cancer

OK, so the lung people have diagnosed my enlarged lymph node in the chest and armpits as cancerous and the ebus has come back stating the mestasis are from a...

OK, so the lung people have diagnosed my enlarged lymph node in the chest and ar...

•11 years ago

Good News from Bonnie Scotland.

In Scotland following radical treatments,lung cancer patients are followed up by 6 monthly checkups for five years,this morning was my last check up,my...

In Scotland following radical treatments,lung cancer patients are followed up by...

•11 years ago

I have just started taking Tarceva and desparately want a holiday. Anyone travelled taking this medication?

Any tips of relieving side effects of dry itchy red skin on face

Any tips of relieving side effects of dry itchy red skin on face

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i have had a constant pain in my left lung for 5 weeks and in my left shoulder im feeling very tierd and down

i also have pains down my arm am very wheezy all the time have been on antibiotics for lung infection since christmas im not coughing up anything abnormal...

i also have pains down my arm am very wheezy all the time have been on antibiot...

•11 years ago

Stage 4 lung cancer, pneumonia advice

Hi my brother has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, mets to the brain. He is asthmatic, has the start of emphysema and has now got pneumonia.... Would...

Hi my brother has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, mets to the brain. He...

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I'm 40, smoke 40 a day, I've had pneumonia twice and pleurisy. I have constant pain in the left side of my chest & a permanent cough.

The pain in my chest feels like something is hitting my rib cage when i breath in.I have a temp of around 37.8 and have night sweats. My chest xrays have shown...

The pain in my chest feels like something is hitting my rib cage when i breath i...

•11 years ago

Tarceva to be stopped

Just read this on-line on Daily Mail site. Has anyone else seen this article. I sent it to my lung specialist nurse who doesn't know anything about it. This...

Just read this on-line on Daily Mail site. Has anyone else seen this article. I...

•11 years ago