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CT Scan result time?

Hi All, My mum is having a CT scan today to find out what is causing her change in cough for the last 4-5 months. She's a smoker. Giving up in the new year...

Hi All, My mum is having a CT scan today to find out what is causing her change ...

Jodie1995

•8 years ago

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Feeling slightly worried now

Had to see a Radiologist this morning after my CT scans on head abdomen and chest - !st time I've ever seen on my journey with lung cancers. They saw something...

Had to see a Radiologist this morning after my CT scans on head abdomen and ches...

topgun

•8 years ago

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Something else to worry about?

Had to see a Radiologist this morning after my CT scans on head abdomen and chest - !st time I've ever seen on my journey with lung cancers. They saw something...

Had to see a Radiologist this morning after my CT scans on head abdomen and ches...

topgun

•8 years ago

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How long for pet scan results??

Hi My mum had a pet scan over 2 weeks ago for possible lung cancer and hasn't heard anything from the hospital since. she doesn't even have an appointment with...

Hi My mum had a pet scan over 2 weeks ago for possible lung cancer and hasn't he...

MissyD1

•8 years ago

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Immunotherapy

Hi I'm new here. My husband has just been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and waiting to have the treatment. It will either be Chemotherapy or...

Hi I'm new here. My husband has just been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer a...

NTu21

•8 years ago

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Np

I am having oral nucosites. Can smoneasily advisè memail. Thankyou,very much. NP Ver

I am having oral nucosites. Can smoneasily advisè memail. Thankyou,very much. NP...

Npsinghi01

•8 years ago

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Petrified - Lung Cancer - x ray wait

Hi All I am new to this forum and just need some advice. I have been a heavy smoker for many years. Last Sunday the 18th I coughed up blood. I have been...

Hi All I am new to this forum and just need some advice. I have been a heavy sm...

Brimay

•8 years ago

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What to expect?

Hi all, My mum has had a cough for 4-5 months, sometimes productive, sometimes not. Normally the colour is white, but it is occasionally green. She had a chest...

Hi all, My mum has had a cough for 4-5 months, sometimes productive, sometimes n...

Jodie1995

•8 years ago

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Would you like to become a patient or carer advocate for Roy Castle

You don't just have to fundraise to support Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. If you are a lung cancer patient, have had lung cancer in the past or have cared...

You don't just have to fundraise to support Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. I...

DavidRCLCF

•8 years ago

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Updated booklet: "Targeted therapies for lung cancer"

I am pleased to announce that we now have this updated booklet hot off the press. "Targeted therapies for lung cancer" introduces targeted therapy, how it...

I am pleased to announce that we now have this updated booklet hot off the press...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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New booklet: "Travelling, going on holiday and lung cancer"

I am pleased to announce that we now have this much-awaited booklet hot off the press. "Travelling, going on holiday and lung cancer" gives ideas about where...

I am pleased to announce that we now have this much-awaited booklet hot off the ...

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•8 years ago

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Positive Response to chemo while having heart problems as well as diabetes

Hi my mum is 72 she had the middle lobe of her right lung removed in February this year and was all clear, then in June this year she deleloped 2 lumps at the...

Hi my mum is 72 she had the middle lobe of her right lung removed in February th...

Aussiegal1967

•8 years ago

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Help!!

Hi my mum had radiotherapy for lung cancer which was successful got the gd news bk in Oct. But now has a brain tumor which is not looking gd. Any info advice...

Hi my mum had radiotherapy for lung cancer which was successful got the gd news ...

Dash67

•8 years ago

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Sharp pain across chest.

Hi everyone. I've just come across this site so I thought I'd ask a question.I had upper right lung lobectomy recently due to cancer. Also, as many lymph nodes...

Hi everyone. I've just come across this site so I thought I'd ask a question.I h...

Belly55

•8 years ago

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MRI brain scan? HOw often during first 2 years?

STage Ib nsclc - lobectomy in September - no chemo or radiation. 3 month CT with injection scan all clear at major cancer centre in U.K. THey also did an...

STage Ib nsclc - lobectomy in September - no chemo or radiation. 3 month CT with...

Hopeforthebest

•8 years ago

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Could It still be cancer?

Hi Everyone, I'm 51 & a smoker. I've had a cough roughly for 5 months, I'm a smoker, I would normally cough in the morning, then a slight few throughout the...

Hi Everyone, I'm 51 & a smoker. I've had a cough roughly for 5 months, I'm a s...

NeedingAdvice1965

•8 years ago

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New Immunotherapy Drug

My husbands cancer is terminal its not responded to chemo its continued to grow with new tumors appearing. Today we have received a call to say from our...

My husbands cancer is terminal its not responded to chemo its continued to grow...

Aiden2014

•8 years ago

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If Cancer has spread what next?

Hello I've posted before but my mum had a lobectomy last Jan due to stage 4 non small cell, cancer came back so Chemo for 3 months over summer scan showed...

Hello I've posted before but my mum had a lobectomy last Jan due to stage 4 non...

BusyBee75

•8 years ago

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Happy Christmas

I just wanted to wish everyone on this site a happy Christmas, not easy for some I know. It is ten months since my lovely husband Rab Valentine died. He...

I just wanted to wish everyone on this site a happy Christmas, not easy for some...

Balquhain

•8 years ago

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New & Worrying

This is my first post. Just found out today my elderly dad definitely got lung cancer. It's a tumour in his lung. We have been to a respiratory clinic, they...

This is my first post. Just found out today my elderly dad definitely got lung c...

footballchaser

•8 years ago

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Sharing good news - stage IIIB NSCLC

I thought I would share some good news. My recent scans (MRI & CT) came back all clear! I was diagnosed June 2014 with stage IIIB NSCLC and have had chemo,...

I thought I would share some good news. My recent scans (MRI & CT) came back al...

Janey_H

•8 years ago

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Xray results

Cough for 4 month. Went for an xray yesterday told me it would be 2 wks for results. Doctor phone tonight while I was out. Should I be worried?

Cough for 4 month. Went for an xray yesterday told me it would be 2 wks for r...

Westiemax2

•8 years ago

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Xray results in a day.

Cough for 4 month. Been for an xray yesterday . Said it would be 2 wks for results. Doctors phoned tonight bit I was out. Should I be worried?

Cough for 4 month. Been for an xray yesterday . Said it would be 2 wks for resul...

Westiemax2

•8 years ago

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Advice for strange symptoms

Hi, I am looking for advice. In Dec 2014 I felt so tired I went to my gp. I discovered that I had lost weight. In fact I had lost muscle and gained some fat. I...

Hi, I am looking for advice. In Dec 2014 I felt so tired I went to my gp. I disc...

Stevewhite81a

•8 years ago

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Bronchoscopy after blood clot on lung and pneumonia

Hi, My aunt is usually very active and outgoing, however, in October she was admitted to hospital with pneumonia, she seemed to recover and then had a blood...

Hi, My aunt is usually very active and outgoing, however, in October she was ad...

Worried2016

•8 years ago

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Vinorelbine

My consultant is going to start me on this once every seven days has anyone had any experience is it easy to handle or a real ass kicker?

My consultant is going to start me on this once every seven days has anyone had ...

Giblets9

•8 years ago

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Possible lung cancer diagnosis- looking for advice

Hi. I am looking for advice - my mum had an abnormal chest X-ray around 3 weeks ago which showed a single "mass" in her upper right lung. She had a fast track...

Hi. I am looking for advice - my mum had an abnormal chest X-ray around 3 weeks ...

MissyD1

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Posts - The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation | HealthUnlocked

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

All posts for December 2016

CT Scan result time?

Feeling slightly worried now

Something else to worry about?

How long for pet scan results??

Immunotherapy

Np

Petrified - Lung Cancer - x ray wait

What to expect?

Would you like to become a patient or carer advocate for Roy Castle

Updated booklet: "Targeted therapies for lung cancer"

New booklet: "Travelling, going on holiday and lung cancer"

Positive Response to chemo while having heart problems as well as diabetes

Help!!

Sharp pain across chest.

MRI brain scan? HOw often during first 2 years?

Could It still be cancer?

New Immunotherapy Drug

If Cancer has spread what next?

Happy Christmas

New & Worrying

Sharing good news - stage IIIB NSCLC

Xray results

Xray results in a day.

Advice for strange symptoms

Bronchoscopy after blood clot on lung and pneumonia

Vinorelbine

Possible lung cancer diagnosis- looking for advice

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