newly diagnosed lung cancer

justawmn

please. i need someone to talk to. i just found out that i have lung cancer. im scheduled for a pet scan on 11/7/24. to determine what phase. am i dying?

eDivebuddy

Well no one can know yet. But even the bleakest of prognosisisn't a death sentence. I was diagnosed stage 4b with brain and liver metastasis. Gotta second head and neck cancer then a skin metastasis. Told average was 4 months after a skin metastasis. That was over 4 years ago. It's not been the smoothest of rides, but I survived and am doing quite well.

Don't be afraid to seek professional help. Your Cancer center can set you up.

justawmn

thank you. my mind is going crazy and i’m either crying or on the verge of crying. i’m scared too death. this was such a shock.

eDivebuddy

It's definitely okay to cry. Heck crying and sleeping helped me get through the shock and initial treatments.

Treatments have come further in the last 15 years than the entire history before. What do you know so far?

justawmn

all i know is that its 3mm on the edge of my lung the online summary says suspicious TTF1. dic said might they may be able to operate. they will know more after pet scan. my mom died of small cell carcinoma at 69. i keep thinking that my life is over

eDivebuddy

Don't write yourself off so soon. 3mm is tiny. too tiny for a biopsy. Sure it'snot 3cm? or did you have a liquid biopsy? Even if it's 3cm it's still smwll and possibly stage 1 , .lwhich as far as lung cancer goes has a very survival prognosis.

Not a physician but TTF1 positive is generally adenocarcinoma not small cell. Which would come from a biopsy. So if that's the case you need to find out what kind of lung cancer it is.

justawmn

omgsh did i need to hear this. thank you for the light you just brought into my day. i have a bronchoscopy. that’s how they took a sample. since the nodule was so close to the edge it caused a lung collapse. i have been out of the hospital for a week when the results came in. when i googled TTF1 us brought up small cell carcinoma. maybe i should stay off google.

can you share your experience with cancer

eDivebuddy

A bronchoscopy points even more to 3cm. But like I said 3cm is still pretty small. 3mm is still possible given a perfect location.

synaptophysin( SYN) and chromogranin A(CgA) are generally used to confirm the histological interpretation of small cell. While ttf1 is generally used to confirm adenocarcinoma of the lung.

The size of the tumor is important for staging. Also lymph node involvement and spread are also important for staging.

The stage, type of cancer, Immunohistochemistry markers And genetic biomarkers Are all used to guide treatments. The biomarkers being the most important. Your humor should be getting tested already if there was enough tissue.

Here's most of my cancer story. I've been slowly recreating it after I left another cancer board over their use of an AI chat bot masquerading as a human.

forums.lungevity.org/topic/53203-the-real-new-normal/

lenachase

I’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and it’s completely understandable to feel overwhelmed right now. Finding out what stage your cancer is in can help doctors develop a personalized treatment plan, and many forms of lung cancer can be treated effectively, especially with today’s advances in medical imaging and therapies. PET scans, like the one you’re scheduled for, provide critical information to guide treatment options.

justawmn

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1718651#Comment_1718651

hi. thx. my way of thinking has changed. i feel like i have no future so im not interested in things i used to be. i’m so afraid of the pet. but also looking forward to it. im a mess lol

lenachase

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1718652#Comment_1718652

ok