Hi,
I am sorry to hear of your friends medical and social problems.
The first thing to do is to ascertain the diagnosis (biopsy or FNAC will determine this). If cancer is confirmed, the next step is to determine the type of cancer (lung cancers are broadly classified into small cell and non-small cell types), the stage of the disease, and if it is at all operable or not. A whole body PET-CT is one way of quickly staging the disease.
After these parameters are determined, the patient and care givers should discuss all options, prognosis etc with the team of treating doctors to decide the best course of action.
Please continue to reinforce to your friend the importance of abstaining from smoking. Also, please organize all possible medical and social support for your friends daughter.
Please feel free to ask additional questions if you need more information or advice.
All the best, and God Bless.
Hi,
Please read this article called "Smoking and Lupus: A Double Whammy" available at:
http://www.lupus.org/education/articles/smoking.html
Quitting smoking also reduces chances of stroke and other cardiac and respiratory diseases.
Association of smoking with lung cancer is of course well known.
Has the spiculated mass been biopsied? If so, what was the result?
All the best!
Thankyou for your reply. I was wondering if you could give me more information on why she should abstain from smoking. I know this seems obvious to you and me, but she has been reading alot on the internet and is feeling like there is no hope. Her comment to me was; What does it matter? I'd like to give her more information that just stop smoking considering her state of mind.