Advanced lung cancer

Any advise as I move towards chemotherapy? What  can I expect ?

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  • Hello Tunefil,

    wondering how you are doing on your chemo?   I hope it’s not being too hard.  I am due to start my combined chemo/radio therapy and also have been told I will go onto targeted therapy of Osimertinib afterwards. I am stage 3b.

    Be good to hear back from you.

    all the very best

    sylv

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  • Hello Tunefil,

    wondering how you are doing on your chemo?   I hope it’s not being too hard.  I am due to start my combined chemo/radio therapy and also have been told I will go onto targeted therapy of Osimertinib afterwards. I am stage 3b.

    Be good to hear back from you.

    all the very best

    sylv

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  • Hi sylv

    not doing too badly on the tagresso. No real side effects except fatigue which I would expect anyway. My problem is pleural effusion in the right lung which builds up and makes movement difficult bacause of breathlessness. Im having my third lung drain tomorrow and hope to see if a more permanent solution can be found. Fingers crossed!

    Good luck with your ongoing treatment x

  • Hi sylv

    not too bad. No real side effects with osimertinib at the moment except fatigue. My main discomfort is pleural effusion in my right lung. I’m having it drained tomorrow for the third time and hope something more permant can be put in place. Fingers crossed. 
    hope all is well with you and your treatment x