My last post, We got the official Dx. Since then we have been busy.
Hubby cannot have surgery, due to the results of his lung function test.
Cancer has spread to hubby's chest wall, lymph nodes.
There is also a 3mm area in his lower rt lung that did not light up on pet scan, a very small area on his hip that did light up and a small pleural effusion. The last two could mean a change of stage 3b to a stage 4 lung cancer. Treatment will be the same for both; Chemo
We have just got done doing 3 days of targeted radiation, this was done because the lung cancer destroyed a rib. The doctors felt he could benefit from 3 days of high radiation treatments to help with the major pain he is in. The chest area where the cancer has spread is to large for radiation.
After Christmas he will be going to the medical oncologist, more scans He will also be starting palliative care. He has also started oxygen.
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