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Lung Cancer Support Group: Looking for support from others

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Mar 2 9:35am | Replies (47)
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@marshall8318

Sometimes I wonder if it is a good or bad that we get to read those reports. Good thing the oncologist interprets them for us.

I can’t remember how I came across the John Stoddard support group but I wanted to do one that was Zoom and they didn’t care I wasn’t a patient. I had read support groups improve survival so figured I better do it 😊

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jan 13, 2022

Yesterday I said, "oh, I can't unknow this!" But I sure used to feel the opposite years ago when we weren't allowed to know a lot. You might be too young to have experienced this. Our medical files were private, not for our eyes.

I think that it is a good thing that radiologists give very detailed reports so that doctors can tell us about our health. With the good can come details we didn't really want to hear. I hear you! I think that it's power, so I know what I have to deal with.

Thank you for your recommendation to John Stoddard. I will definitely check it out. Are you comfortable in this group?

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