Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 3 non small cell lung cancer in April 2021. It was in my left lung upper lobe. It had grown from 7mm to 66 x 47mm between Dec 2020 & April 2021. Surgery wasn't an option as it had attached itself to my chest wall. By June I began treatment which was 2 high doses of chemo & 6 week of radiotherapy. The radiotherapy isn't painful itself but about 5 weeks into treatment it was painful and sore to swallow that lasted for about 4 weeks. I was sick a bit. It's very scary when you are diagnosed not just for yourself but I felt it for my husband and children too and natural to think the worst but I found it best to stay positive. It's horrible to go through but you will get through it. That treatment ended early august, late august I began treatment on a clinical trial to stop it returning. I have just had my 8th dose of 13. I have ct scans every 8 weeks. The tumour after chemo/radio shrunk approx 40% which is fantastic. The rest of it is dead tissue. My outlook on life has obviously changed. I took part in the race for life in October with 8 of my friends & raised £3800. I'm off to Vegas soon, it was something for me to look forward to & definitely a motivator to get through it. I'm 53 petrified of heights but am going on a zip wire that's 11 storeys high, doing the skywalk in the Grand Canyon & a day trip to LA. When it's over my best advice is just to live your life by looking forward. Sending positive thoughts & wishes x
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 3 non small cell lung cancer in April 2021. It was in my left lung upper lobe. It had grown from 7mm to 66 x 47mm between Dec 2020 & April 2021. Surgery wasn't an option as it had attached itself to my chest wall. By June I began treatment which was 2 high doses of chemo & 6 week of radiotherapy. The radiotherapy isn't painful itself but about 5 weeks into treatment it was painful and sore to swallow that lasted for about 4 weeks. I was sick a bit. It's very scary when you are diagnosed not just for yourself but I felt it for my husband and children too and natural to think the worst but I found it best to stay positive. It's horrible to go through but you will get through it. That treatment ended early august, late august I began treatment on a clinical trial to stop it returning. I have just had my 8th dose of 13. I have ct scans every 8 weeks. The tumour after chemo/radio shrunk approx 40% which is fantastic. The rest of it is dead tissue. My outlook on life has obviously changed. I took part in the race for life in October with 8 of my friends & raised £3800. I'm off to Vegas soon, it was something for me to look forward to & definitely a motivator to get through it. I'm 53 petrified of heights but am going on a zip wire that's 11 storeys high, doing the skywalk in the Grand Canyon & a day trip to LA. When it's over my best advice is just to live your life by looking forward. Sending positive thoughts & wishes x
