I just wanted to say how sorry I am that your husband died x

Thank you so much.  It's feeling so raw at the moment and I feel if it wasn't for the dogs I would be going around the twist .

I am so sorry for your loss. x

Thank you x

So sorry to hear  of your loss. It makes me realise theres always someone worse off than yourself.. i am 49 my brother died of throat cancer of 27th of oct. They diagnosed me on 28th oct with stage 3 lung cancer in my right lung. That had spread onto more than 3 lymph nodes. I have 2 gorjus kids 5 & 8 who are my life. They have offered me immuno. But that scaring me more than the chemo for some reason. Im on here trying to find someone who has had dealings with imfinzi or durvalumab an its made by astrazenica.. im scared you said your husband had a bad reaction to immuno.? Im trying to find as much info as poss. To help make this decision as it feels like theyre almost pushing me or trying to get me to make a decision before im ready. She wasnt happy cos i said i wanted 2 weeks to think about it. Her face said it all. And still not seen my oncologist. Must not be important enough for him that day. Lol so sorry to hear about your sad news. Im sure your lovely husband wouldnt want you to just sit back and let the world go by. Time is a great healer. Ive not had a chance to greive for my brother as got told next day had tumour and my head hasnt stopped spinning since.. id love to know what happened with immunotherapy and your husband i hope you dont mind me asking? Or if its too raw then i understand and im sorry for pestering you thank you 

Hi.  I'm so sorry to hear of your condition and understand your worries about the treatment.

Firstly Garry my husband had NSCLC

T3N2M0 squamous cell lung cancer in his left lung which caused the lung to collapse. It also he had it in a couple of nodes. He was offered palliative care and started treatment Jan20 of chemotherapy and immunotherapy at the same time.  Chemo was Paclitaxel and carboplatin (taxol/carbo ).  The immunotherapy was called Pembrolizumwb (keytruda). 
ive heard great things about the immunotherapy so we just went for it.  He had 4 sessions of both and then started on just the immunotherapy every 6 weeks.  He had two sessions of this and had an adverse reaction called pneumonis.  He had steroids for 6 weeks and they decided not to risk him having anymore immunotherapy.  His experience with the immunotherapy was not got.  Pain all his joints which could be quite extreme, this went on till his death.  On reflection it affected his life in a very negative way and did not prolong it .  I'm sorry to be so honest and please bear in mind that for some people it is a wonder drug and prolongs there life with no side effects.  It's a relatively new drug especially for treating lung cancer and I did research it but you never know what to do for the best, it's just a gamble.  I really feel for you having to make a decision like this . I pray you have a good outcome and send my love to you. Wendy

My thoughts are with you x  I hope that time has offered some healing although nothing will remove the pain.  My husband has been offered pembro and he has delayed the treatment but his oncologist seems keen that he starts asap.  Very difficult decison when the truth is that it can do more harm but agree that for some it has offered them hope. x