I agree with Lawrence. I had a stage 1 had no surgery but had 5 radiations. I year later went to stage 3A as it went to 2 lymph nodes. went to Moffitt 30 radiations 3 chemo and 1 year of immunotherapy have a cat scan Dec 26th. It is not terminal. Not all stage 4 is terminal. Research has come a long way.

My cancer started on left lung lymph nodes stage 3-4. Chemotherapy and immunotherapy has shrunken cells and metastasis isn't detected. When I had biopsy in October then diagnosed in November it had spread to the brain. I had Gamma knife surgery in December to remove 7 small nodules. That was successful and continued chemo to date. No, with the right treatments things are not terminal. You got this, bless you to remain positive and keep up the fight. Our journey goes on.

Not at all. Often the lymph nodes in your chest can be inflamed due to the cancer or an infection and they glow on the PET scan. My PET scan showed a nodule in my upper left lobe that was about 1.5 inches in size and a mediastinal lymph node that was 2.5” x 1.5”. I immediately began high dose (100g) vitamin C IVs weekly and started chemo & radiation treatment a month later. A month after my treatment I had a CT scan and there was nothing on the lymph node and my tumor was about 1/2”. I continued with the vitamin C IVs for another 9 months and recently reduced the frequency to every 3-4 weeks. I have had CT scans every 3 months since April 2022 and there is still a 1/2” something that shows up on the scan. The doctor says it may just be scar tissue. The only way to know if it is cancer is to do a biopsy which they don’t recommend. They suggest just monitoring with CT scans and if something changes then perhaps do a biopsy and maybe cyberknife. Will have another scan in a couple of weeks. Keeping my fingers crossed. Anyway, I have never experienced any noticeable symptoms and have felt fine since my diagnosis and even when going through chemo and radiation treatment. I am convinced the Vitamin C plays a role.

No not at all ! I have lung cancer in lung all my lymph nodes In the lung was on my brain and is in my spine . I am stable for last 2 years on Keytruda my doctor says I am NOT terminal and I am stage 4
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Gwen P

No Fredie, If the cancer has spread to your lymph nodes it just means it's considered advanced, meaning it would be probably be staged at a 2 or a 3. Still definitely treatable. Mine had spread to the lymph nodes in the center of my chest when I was diagnosed and because it was found in the lymph node on the opposite side of the lung where where the tumor was located it was staged 3b. After treatment I'm currently cancer free, so no, it's not terminal.