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The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

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What does it mean ?

I'm going on to maintenance in four weeks I really don't know what it means anyone fill me in thx

I'm going on to maintenance in four weeks I really don't know what it means an...

•3 years ago

Flying with one lung

I have had my whole lung removed which has left me with the smallest one. I want to fly from Uk to the Caribbean next year but my surgeon advised me to get...

I have had my whole lung removed which has left me with the smallest one. I want...

•3 years ago

Chemotherapy Cycle 1 week3 (Mental health issues)

Well week 3 is almost finished and tomorrow I start Cycle 2. This week I am going to touch on a subject that some of us shy away from and hope I don't upset...

Well week 3 is almost finished and tomorrow I start Cycle 2. This week I am goin...

•3 years ago

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Update on my mum

Hi all I posted a while ago on my mums diagnosis of lung cancer stage 4 N1 M1 I just wanted to give an update on treatment to see if anyone has had similar...

Hi all I posted a while ago on my mums diagnosis of lung cancer stage 4 N1 M1 I...

•3 years ago

Second Anniversary

Hello Lung Cancer Survivors, I haven’t posted in a long time , but today I celebrate being NED after 2 years. Stage 3a. non small cell. Chemo radiation,...

Hello Lung Cancer Survivors, I haven’t posted in a long time , but today I celeb...

•3 years ago

Chemotherapy started Cycle 1 week 2

Hi as you know I said I would update weekly in the hope to help others on the same journey. So week 2 has come and gone the thrush cleared up with medication...

Hi as you know I said I would update weekly in the hope to help others on the sa...

•3 years ago

Dexamethasone

Morning all My dad has lung cancer, mets to brain and skin. He was doing well on dexamethasone. Hes been on them for about 3 months. They are now taking him...

Morning all My dad has lung cancer, mets to brain and skin. He was doing well on...

•3 years ago

Chemotherapy Started

Well thought I would let you know I started Pemetrexed and Carboplatin on 5th 1st cycle. The staff at the Jigsaw RBH were very supportive and explained...

Well thought I would let you know I started Pemetrexed and Carboplatin on 5th 1s...

•3 years ago

Was your treatment altered or delayed by covid-19?

Hello all We are currently receiving interest in and media requests about how the NHS's cancer services have been altered by the pandemic. Most recently we...

Hello all We are currently receiving interest in and media requests about how t...

Partner•3 years ago

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Oncologist Report -- Strange?

Finished 3 courses of Chemo, GemCarbo, & had scan last week. Oncologist phoned today, said result "Better than he had expected". I said "Has the tumor shrunk",...

Finished 3 courses of Chemo, GemCarbo, & had scan last week. Oncologist phoned t...

•3 years ago