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Lung cancer with joints and muscles sore.
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jun 22, 2020 | Replies (93)Comment receiving replies
I am also have joint pain and sore joints... however, oncologist sluffs it off and tells me to contact my family doctor and when I mentioned it again to his nurse.. she says that it is not related to cancer or cancer treatments... I don't believe this as I did not start getting this joint pain till several months after immunotherapy started. I was on nivolumab up till two months ago ... I had 6 infusions to that date... infusions cancelled due to a high rise in covid patients at our local hospital ... the oncologist says it it not the risk of going to the hospital .. he told me I would have 0% chance of survival if I get the virus... not sure why he feels that way.. yes.. I do have stage 4 lung cancer but have no breathing issues and am usually active.. no shortness of breath.. etc.. just had a CAT scan on May 22nd of the Chest.. will get results on June 3rd.. hoping that not getting my infusions did not bring me back to square one with my cancer 🙁
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Hello again @janlanderz- This must be so hard for you. I too, as you know, have stage 4 lung cancer and if I get COVID-19 I will most certainly not survive it. All lung cancers damage lung tissues. Also, you have had some serious chemicals that probably damaged some too. Cancer patients have weakened immune systems so that is why he said what he did about you not surviving the virus. And according to most medical reports people who are put on respirators easily succumb.
It's amazing that you have stage 4 lung cancer and do not have any shortness of breath. I know that you have struggled to secure trusting doctors and treatments in the past. Since your present oncologist and his nurse seem to be poopooing your symptoms and contradicting what you've heard about COVID-19 and hospitals I am wondering if you think that it's time to seek other channels for your treatments and sanity. Is this something that you might consider?