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I am 75 and have carcinoid tumors NET in lungs

Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) | Last Active: Apr 24 11:26am | Replies (13)
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I wish you the best. Please keep us posted. It helps me a lot knowing there are others. I never smoked and letting friends know I had lung cancer was difficult. Thank you

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Zebra | @californiazebra | Apr 23 5:59pm

Typical carcinoids and DIPNECH are not associated with smoking. The majority of cases are non-smokers and for those that smoked it’s unrelated. Terrible that we feel we need to defend ourselves from judgement. My brother had the most common type of lung cancer (NSCLC) and never smoked a day in his life, never drank, always exercised. He was fit and healthy. Died at 48. Same with my colleague who died at 50. Even for those who did get some type of cancer from smoking, heart disease from poor health habits, etc., we shouldn’t think they deserve it. We’ve all made some bad choices along the way. Mine is catering to my sweet tooth.

Luckily for us, typical carcinoids and DIPNECH are both very, very slow growing and treatable. We may outlive our doctors!

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