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Pain after lobectomy (lung cancer) surgery: When will it go away?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: May 29 1:58pm | Replies (139)Comment receiving replies
Scary dreams? Interesting. I seem okay with it. It seems to minimize my rib pain. But who knows, sometimes I wonder about the placebo effect. Is that why I have less pain?
I started an ALk inhibitor (alectinib ), I have all sorts of weird side effects. But I check in with the oncologist on Monday. I have been on it for 2 weeks.
Talking about it with others going through similar cancer journeys helps me. This is a rough ride and others don't quite get the impact on our lives. They think, "oh you had chemo, surgery, fill in the blank_______" so you must be all done, feeling good-
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I know it’s sometimes hard for other people to understand, unless they go through with themselves. I hope you’re doing well. It sounds like you are I opted out of chemo. I decided to juice carrots, celery, ginger, and lemon and thank God. I’m doing good I’m following this guy his name is Chris. Wark. He developed stage three colon cancer at the age of 26. He had surgery he decided not to do chemo he decided to go on a plant based diet. His doctor had told him in six months he’ll be dead. He’s 47 now doing great.