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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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I was very surprised as I had no symptoms I was having a test for a hernia and when I stood in front of the X-ray machine the radiologist said are you feeling okay an I said yes then he went on to tell me I had a large mass! I had stopped smoking 12 years before but I also lived in second hand smoke all of my childhood life. So I was surprised but I accepted the diagnosis and wanted to get get it out of my body. Still do but my tumors are fairly small. Adenocarcinoma is the type I have and my PDL1 was 80% so I had Keytruda until I had the stroke and arthritis so awful I couldn’t live like that either so here I’m on the fence not knowing or wanting anymore treatments.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | May 5, 2021

What a tough decision to make. But I get you, sometimes it's much better to have a good quality of life than suffer like you were. You have an unusual chance here that not many people do and that is to direct what kind of life you want to live until you can't. You have the chance to change things in your life that you don't want and be the decision-maker and architect of the "rest of your life.' Not many people get to do that.

My tumor was found by accident too, I thought that I had a broken rib.

Is your arthritis under control and have you recovered from your stroke? Tel me how I can help you, Ok?

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