Hi metalneck, my sister had a lobectomy performed on her in the middle of December 2019. She was a smoker for many many years. Her diagnosis was similar to yours, NSCSC (but,lower left), stage 2b. She started chemo (four sessions in all). She had two already (the third one this Friday) three weeks apart the one from the other and is coping as best as she can with the side effects which are mainly slight nausea, lack of energy and lack of hunger for the next 5 days after each chemo. She is a physician herself, pretty optimistic about her future trajectory and trusts her oncologist wholeheartedly. I am online for her because she lives in another country and does not speak English but, she is following with interest everything I send her from this site (which I translate for her).
I want to wish you as I wished her a complete remission as you deal with this stage of your life. Your having a positive attitude will be immensely helpful to you. I will follow your treatment as you report it on line. Take care.