Hello, it seems strange to me that I'm actually writing a post on a cancer support group.  Cancer doesn't happen to me, it happens to everyone else.  After my pre-op assessment, the nurse recommended that I reach out to a support group.  My initial thought was,  'I don't have real cancer, I don't need that'...

So here I am.  I was wrecklessly called one Tuesday morning after a chest xray, not sure by whom, a doctor or receptionist? I was told that I needed further test as they have found an abnormality on my lung, which they think is lung cancer. That was my world crashing down around me and I have not been about to function normally for weeks.

After test  scans and more test, 4 weeks later I've been diagnosed with a what they think is a 5cm carcinoid tumour, located deep within my chest cavity making it impossible to carry out a biopsy.  Although they don't believe it is malignant, it still needs to come out because i could face further complications if it gets any bigger. Two weeks after this diagnoses I'm facing an operation to remove the growth and part of my lung with it.

 I'm normally fit and healthy, I like to swim, go to the gym and walk.  I feel like I'm about to jump of a cliff, and I'm scared.

Not sure what else to say, other than I'm very scared.  I'm trying to be strong but inside I'm struggling to come to terms with it all.