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Not a good PET scan!!! Cancer has spread to sacrum
I have squamous lung cancer. I have already undergone radiation and chemotherapy in 2024 .
following that I got pneumonia, collapse lung, c diff, sepsis and a fib. somehow, I survived all that . I have been recovering from all of that since May .I had a pet scan done yesterday. The results are very upsetting the cancer in my hilar region has grown and new areas of concern are shown in my other lung. The big concern is I had an area in my sacrum, part of your spine,that was very concerning for metastasizing. my question is where do you say enough is enough as far as treatment goes?
I had lung cancer for the first time in 2014 and had a upper left lobectomy .Everything was fine until three years ago when they found another area of cancer in my right upper lung . I had radiation and chemo and immunotherapy done on that, but it returned in another area of of my bronchial intermedius. I had chemo and radiation done in 2024 again.
I am very proud of myself. I have thought a good fight, but I think it may be time to just enjoy the time I have left
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When my time comes, I hope that I can be as open, honest, and gracious as you are in posting this. You ask a question that only you can answer. You are the only one who can define what quality of life means for you.
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2 ReactionsI feel such anxiety when reading your post, I too am a lung cancer survivor twice now and recently my ct scan is showing a nodule in the right upper lung that’s starting to change. I admire your courage and strength to fight a very tough battle with this disease and you live to talk about it, that takes a strength that I don’t have anymore, I’m now 74 years old and very tired from the last five years, I truly believe that I will not survive these treatments, I’ve had two surgeries but no chemo or radiation and I never got my strength back anymore. I agree that it’s a decision only we can make because we’re going through this and every case is different, I hope that you find peace with your decision and I know that God is with you guiding you through this, good wishes, amen.🙏
I am so sorry I caused you anxiety!!!
No please don’t feel like that, I’m a very empathetic person and I just sense things, I also relate to you and what you’re doing, I wish you all the very best and pray for you to find peace in your life.
Something we all need to remember….healing may not come in this life but it is definitely in the next life.
I pray you find peace and joy in your life as well
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