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The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

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All posts for April 2012

proud but a little upset.

So proud, my son has just appeared on the local news due to him carrying the olympic torch in June and even if I do say so myself he did us all proud. My head...

So proud, my son has just appeared on the local news due to him carrying the oly...

•12 years ago

Really worried about my fiancé has he got cancer?

He started of by having a really bad cough before christmas it didn't go for at least 2 months. he dosent smoke and he's always been fit and healthy I'm a...

He started of by having a really bad cough before christmas it didn't go for at...

•12 years ago

my dad finished chemo 12 months ago and his latest scan show changes from last time which was last summer, terrified

he is seeing consultant this week, is it always bad news

he is seeing consultant this week, is it always bad news

•12 years ago

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Smoking

My mum has recently been diagnosed and hasn't yet started any treatment,she is 87 and has smoked all her life.She hasn't smoked for a couple of months but is...

My mum has recently been diagnosed and hasn't yet started any treatment,she is 8...

•12 years ago

My Mum - an amazing day!

Well, mum is still in hospital, hoping she will get out sometime next week. However, we had a family party today for Piper's 3rd birthday and mum was allowed...

Well, mum is still in hospital, hoping she will get out sometime next week. How...

•12 years ago

Good News : )

just a little update, again : ) The lump I had removed turned out to be nothing more than a benign growth. I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or fling my...

just a little update, again : ) The lump I had removed turned out to be nothing...

•12 years ago

Chemotherapy after Surgery

Two weeks ago my husband had a right upper lobectomy and lymph node sampling. He was discharged last week but to our suprise was given an appointment to attend...

Two weeks ago my husband had a right upper lobectomy and lymph node sampling. He...

•12 years ago

LUNGevity's Hope Summit WashingtonDC 5th and 6th of May 2012

Good Afternoon Everyone, First of all I would like to congratulate Mark Harland and all his team responsible for...

Good Afternoon Everyone, First of al...

•12 years ago

Radiotherapy versus chemotherapy

Hello All My Mum is 87 and in good health apart from the recent diagnosis of lung cancer. The Oncologist has only offered radiotherapy and not chemotherapy....

Hello All My Mum is 87 and in good health apart from the recent diagnosis of ...

•12 years ago

Living a nightmare

My Husband was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2010 age 50 on a regular check up last November a tumour was found on his left lung and he...

My Husband was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2010 age 50 on a ...

•12 years ago

Dont give up

Hello, i just want you all to never give up stay posotive. i was diagnosed with none small cell lung cancer aged 40 in 2006.. my stage was T4 N1 M0, at...

Hello, i just want you all to never give up stay posotive. i was diagnosed wi...

•12 years ago

Whole brain radiation?

Hi My father had lung cancer suspected 3 weeks ago from a radiograph, and things have moved quickly to confirm the suspicion. An adenocarcinoma has been...

Hi My father had lung cancer suspected 3 weeks ago from a radiograph, and thing...

•12 years ago

biopsy

hi everyone, all went well on Friday with the biopsy, just feeling extremely tired and at the moment not sleeping too well due to backache (the woes of...

hi everyone, all went well on Friday with the biopsy, just feeling extremely ti...

•12 years ago

My Mum - Update

Thank you for your responses to my previous blog, it helps to read other peoples experiences and to hear from people who really understand what we as a family...

Thank you for your responses to my previous blog, it helps to read other peoples...

•12 years ago

My Mum - not good news

My Mum went into hospital today to have fluid drained from around her lung. We all thought this would be the 1st step to getting her back on her feet...

My Mum went into hospital today to have fluid drained from around her lung. We ...

•12 years ago

Inspiring article from Daily Telegraph writer Cassandra Jardine on returning to work after radical treatment

I just came across this article from our Lung Cancer Journalist of the Year, Cassandra Jardine....

I just came across this article from our Lung Cancer Journalist of the Year, Cas...

•12 years ago

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My Mum - Lots of Pain

Hi, my Mum seems to be in almost constant pain, which she is having trouble controlling. Is this normal in someone with NSCLC, with deposits elsewhere? She...

Hi, my Mum seems to be in almost constant pain, which she is having trouble cont...

•12 years ago

My Mum - an update

My mum has non small cell adino carcinoma, she was diagnosed in November, which was a massive shock and has left us all reeling. She's had a rough time since,...

My mum has non small cell adino carcinoma, she was diagnosed in November, which ...

•12 years ago

Order Your Free Copy Of Our New Lung Cancer Magazine

Inspire Lung Cancer Magazine is a new information resource for people living with lung cancer. The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is proud to launch...

Inspire Lung Cancer Magazine is a new information resource for people living wit...

•12 years ago

Lung Cancer treatments

What is the very best way to find out about every type of treatment available ? My husband has been offered chemotherapy again - but he's not strong enough yet...

What is the very best way to find out about every type of treatment available ? ...

•12 years ago

a little update.

Just a little update on whats been happening with me since January. I am so excited, our local pcso nominated my 14yr old son to be an olympic torchbearer and...

Just a little update on whats been happening with me since January. I am so exc...

•12 years ago