josie1961

Thank you MaryR.  Congrats on your recovery!  I hope your margins were clear and your are now a Lung Cancer Survivor!  Please let me know. I would love to heart about your experience, diagnosis to surgery! 
I actually had my surgery last Tuesday, so I am one week post-op.  My experience was very much the same as yours.  However, I did not have an entire lobe removed but a wedge resection of the lower portion of the upper right lobe.   I have three incisions and went home after two nights.  I have had pain but nothing Tylenol and Ibuprofen can't handle at this point.  The pain was considerably less once the chest tube was removed on Thursday after Tuesday's surgery.  I do understand about bending over and now squat now instead!  Today is the first day that I have really felt almost back to normal but still have discomfort with lack of energy.  The mornings are the most difficult and most uncomfortable to get deep breaths.  However, after I do my breathing exercises, I feel better.  I compare it to stretching a muscle, it hurts when you are stretching but feels so much better after.  I am considered a lung cancer survivor!!  and I am so relieved and thrilled and feel so blessed!  
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me!  I hope Lung cancer is in your past!  
Have a great evening and continue to improve! 

Thank you MaryR.  Congrats on your recovery!  I hope your margins were clear and your are now a Lung Cancer Survivor!  Please let me know. I would love to heart about your experience, diagnosis to surgery! 
I actually had my surgery last Tuesday, so I am one week post-op.  My experience was very much the same as yours.  However, I did not have an entire lobe removed but a wedge resection of the lower portion of the upper right lobe.   I have three incisions and went home after two nights.  I have had pain but nothing Tylenol and Ibuprofen can't handle at this point.  The pain was considerably less once the chest tube was removed on Thursday after Tuesday's surgery.  I do understand about bending over and now squat now instead!  Today is the first day that I have really felt almost back to normal but still have discomfort with lack of energy.  The mornings are the most difficult and most uncomfortable to get deep breaths.  However, after I do my breathing exercises, I feel better.  I compare it to stretching a muscle, it hurts when you are stretching but feels so much better after.  I am considered a lung cancer survivor!!  and I am so relieved and thrilled and feel so blessed!  
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me!  I hope Lung cancer is in your past!  
Have a great evening and continue to improve! 

Hi Josie. I am also a newcomer.  I had the upper right lung removed in August using the VATS method.  I only spent 2 nights in hospital and went home without oxygen. I had 3 incisions where bandages were changed daily, and I had pain in particular the first week or so.  I could not bend over for at least 2-3 weeks.  My husband fixed food, I wasn't eating much initially, and then I'd go back to bed. My daughter helped me in the shower because my balance was unsteady for the first week.
Recovery takes time.  I started feeling more like myself around week 4 post surgery. 
Hope this helps.
MaryR11

Wow, Tom, sounds like you have really been through it.  I am sorry for your complications but so happy you are disease free!  My mom had squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in 2006.  Her tumor was in operable. She received Chemo and radiation that bought her time but she died 8 months post diagnosis.  It is a scary time.  I try not to think about it all the time but it is hard not too.  I want to be informed and that requires research!  I did speak to an oncologist today and I think in my situation as we understand it today, chemo and radiation is not the standard of care for my stage of cancer.  I hope that hold true after surgery, I think, I certainly want to reduce the chance of reoccurrence if possible.
I really appreciate you sharing your experience and information.  Thank you for sharing the link, I will continue my research there!  
Thank you again.  I will hope for your continued NED state!    

Wow, Tom, sounds like you have really been through it.  I am sorry for your complications but so happy you are disease free!  My mom had squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in 2006.  Her tumor was in operable. She received Chemo and radiation that bought her time but she died 8 months post diagnosis.  It is a scary time.  I try not to think about it all the time but it is hard not too.  I want to be informed and that requires research!  I did speak to an oncologist today and I think in my situation as we understand it today, chemo and radiation is not the standard of care for my stage of cancer.  I hope that hold true after surgery, I think, I certainly want to reduce the chance of reoccurrence if possible.
I really appreciate you sharing your experience and information.  Thank you for sharing the link, I will continue my research there!  
Thank you again.  I will hope for your continued NED state!    

Hello, Baker,
Welcome to LCSC! I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis.Thank you for sharing your story.While no two journeys with cancer are the same, I hope that you connect with someone on LCSC who has similar experiences. If you'd like, I will do some research and see if we can connect you with anyone who has been on the same treatments.
In the meantime, please keep us posted! There are many of us on this site who will be supporting you and following your journey. Please feel free to continue posting on the discussion boards and reading the blogs. If you're interested, you can start your own blog on this site as well. Know that we are here for you!
Lauren
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Digital Community Manager
LUNGevity Foundation

Sorry, it's been ages since I signed on posted here. We are aware how we treat scans, has been 8 years since I started this journey and still hanging in there. Last scan Was July 27th and result were stable, I praise the Lord every night for he holds my hand as I walk through life. I have been in chemo now over three years straight, but again I look at the other side. I want to thanks all those who were there for me from the start. Good luck to each and everyone who is walking our walk.

Great news yesterday re: CT scan. Following a scare last month on my routine scan which showed that my lung had collapsed again (which bought me another bronchoscopy & biopsy, which were good), my scan done on Monday revealed absolutely no abnormalities plus my lung is almost entirely re-inflated! Three months of freedom!  Yay!!!