Petra's lung cancer story

[@soniatsui]

I have stage 4 lung cancer. I have symptoms of dry cough for over two months. My primary physician was not concerned. He thought it’s a residual cough from a cold. I was prescribed with asthma inhaler. I used it for 30 days and my dry cough only got worse. Then I started having back shoulder pain. I thought it’s because I played tennis with my son recently. I haven’t played for many years. So I thought I must pulled a muscle. But the pain was not affected by swimming or other exercise. The pain became persistent and severe, my fingers started feeling numb. Then I had X-ray, CT scan of my chest , and also cervical spine MRI. By the time of diagnose, my lung cancer already spread to bone and brain.

[@denisepaulsenful]

Ohmigoodness me. So very sorry. My husband has several of these symptoms he went to the doctor and said perhaps he needs a massage. wtf 😳… these doctors look to slough off genuine concerns very easily without taking them seriously - so now he has to go back but I know he’s afraid and says oh maybe I should take that quack’s advise rather than press for a chest x-ray etc. but I am terribly sorry I hope you’re doing okay. Love from Toronto 🇨🇦