... it to me being of shape and told me to exercise more. It was so bad just bending would make me pant. Then in October I coughed up three blood clots. Went to ER. Lung xray was clear they checked for sinus polyps and TB. All were inconclusive. After reading these boards I requested a lung CT Scan. ... (0 replies)
... In June, he was having shortness of breath problems, they did a biopsy and said it was small cell lung cancer. They said it was one of the lungs only. ... (0 replies)
... so that is what they kept saying her pain was from. On Sept 4th my mom was admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath, coughing, etc and put in ICU with pneumonia. ... (2 replies)
... No one on here can tell you if you have lung cancer, however it to me does sound like an infection. I have lost my mother, father and grandmother to lung cancer and neither of them experienced chest pain. That is why lung cancer is so deadly, no symptoms other then shortness of breath maybe. ... (4 replies)
... I wanted to say, that he too, has shortness of breath, especially when bending over, etc. ... (2 replies)
... Hi everyone. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in February of 08. She will be 70 next month. Here is what we are most stumped about right now. She has received radiation and is currently undergoing chemo. ... (2 replies)
... No one here can give you a diagnosis of lung cancer, but I can tell you it might be worth calling your doctor about. ... (2 replies)
... stage of her journey with cancer. My mother was diagnosed at the beginning of October 2007 with small cell lung cancer and also refused any treatment. She has been going very slowly downhill since that time and has also rallied several times during her journey. ... (7 replies)
... i was worried about was having diabetes.. i suspected this because my mother has diabetes.. and my brother had started to show signs of it.. A week ago.. i had shortness of breath.. which bothered me enough to just stop smoking cold turkey.. its been about 8 days now since i've smoked.. ... (4 replies)
... diac work up and everything was normal so they next did a Cat Scan to see if she maybe had a pulmonary embolism..well that scan came back clean as a whistle. The shortness of breath continued she was not wheezey just felt short of breath . ... (7 replies)
... Most people have no symptoms until lung cancer is in the advanced stages. Then the symptoms really vary depending on where the actual tumor is located and if there are mets in other areas. ... (3 replies)
... shown a tumor but the pleural fluid came back with cancer cells in it and the hunt for a primary tumor began , The CT found a large tumor in her right middle lobe of her lung. ... (16 replies)
... My Dad has been undergoing tests for a number of weeks for suspected lung cancer. ... (5 replies)
... Misty don't waste time thinking if your mom had had symptoms things would be better as I posted earlier, my mom did have a vague short of breath feeling 4 years prior and all tests including a CT showed nothing and here she is 4 short years later satge IV NCSLC. ... (15 replies)
... I would agree that there are no symptoms for lung cancer. ... (15 replies)
... Looking back now it was shortness of breath when I was driving also and most likely a symptom of lung cancer. It got to where I was having flu like symptoms several times through out the year after previously always being healthy. ... (15 replies)
... I can not say that I agree that there are no symptoms of lung cancer until the late stages as rather I think there can be vague symptoms that do not seem to be seen as symptoms yet. ... (15 replies)
... My parents doctors told me the same, there are no diagnosing symptoms for lung cancer. Coughing, shortness of breath, pain in chest are not usually present until stage III or later. ... (15 replies)
... Small Cell lung Cancer is so frightening. There is hardly anything positive out there about it. My sister was diagnosed 8 months ago, her symptoms were shortness of breath and weazing. At the time they said it was limited. She went thru radiation and chemo and her symptoms dissappeared. ... (11 replies)
... The chances of you having lung cancer from your smoking, as I mentioned to you before, are almost ZERO. The vast majority of people who get lung cancer from smoking have a MINIMUM 10 packyear smoking history. ... (8 replies)
