In stage 4 the cancer has spread metastasized to both lungs the area around the lungs or distant organs.
What to say to someone who has stage 4 lung cancer. What to Say to a Cancer Patient. Respect the privacy of someone who has cancer. Symptoms of stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body may include.
For example someone living with stage 4 lung cancer doesnt want to hear someone with a stage 2 breast cancer say I understand how you feel Because they cant. If someone else asks you about it you can say something like Its not up to me to share this but Im sure ____ will appreciate your concern. I have stage 4 Adenocarcinoma and have been on the Keytruda - Alimta - Carboplatin combo starting in May 2017.
Mum got diagnosed 10th October with stage 4 lung cancer and brain metastasis as she lived alone me and my husband decided to move her in here so we could care for her she was fine the 1st month or so it was like theyre was nothing wrong she was up before us n our 2 kids n she wouldve done the tidying n shed be dancing around kitchen with music playing. You only need lungs to get lung cancer and suggesting anything otherwise can leave a survivor feeling ashamed and upset. Swollen lymph nodes such as those in the neck or above the collarbone.
Are you thinking about them. Mr Bedi received a diagnosis of stage four lung cancer in late 2019. To me it has definitely been worth it.
Weakness or numbness of extremities. Let them be the one to tell others. You are clear evidence that we cannot answer that question.
Symptom control treatment such as treatment to help you breathe more easily. Like Kim I have been living with a Stage 4 cancer for over two years now beating the odds but aware that I have so far been extremely lucky. It has spread to her lymph nodes under her arm and around her right lung then to her liver and now to her brain.