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Anyone out there living with stage 4 lung cancer?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 24, 2023 | Replies (143)

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@dutchw

Still having severe breathing issues after resumption of prednisone, 40 mg per day. It appeared to improve but all of a sudden went sideways on me, now I’m living at the end of air tubing and not handling it very well. The pulmonary and oncologist Dr’s are convinced it’s damage caused by the radiation treatments that were completed in mid January. A CT scan last week showed no malignancy and, according to the Dr’s, confirmed radiation pneumonitis. The possible side effects of the radiation treatments were never discussed or explained to me before hand, otherwise I may have explored other options. Can anyone shed some light on what I can anticipate in the future and/or how much longer this will last??.... Dutch..

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I had some inflammation after radiation and it did resolve on its own but it takes time months!!!