Jackie,

I was diagnosed with lung cancer in December of 2016 so its going on two now. When first diagnosed I was in shock, confused and angry so I understand how he feels. How an individual handles the treatments is dependent on what chemo drugs are used and the general health of the patient. The radiation treatments I received in 2017 were not difficult but chemo therapy made me nauseous form 7 to 9 days after each treatment (I had 30 rounds of radiation and 4 chemo treatments). The cancer returned this year in my right humerus which caused a lot of pain, when I returned to Mayo I got 5 rounds of radiation and I am currently on immuno therapy. Being that the cancer was now in my shoulder I was given higher amounts of radiation than I did when it was in my lung where there was a concern for my heart. This made me slightly nauseous maybe 3 times but not nearly as bad as with the chemo and the feeling did not last long. One of my close friends from college also had lung cancer, he lost one of his lungs and is doing very well ( its been 5 years for him so he is in remission).

The size of his tumor could be the reason for his collapsing lung, my tumor was an inch long so I did not experience any affects to my lung. My friends tumor was the size of a baseball so he had issues and had to remove the lung.