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Interview LC21  

Interview LC21

Age at Interview: 79
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 76
Background: Personnel executive (retired), married, 1 child.
Brief outline:Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000, followed by the removal of part of lower lobe of the right lung (wedge resection).


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Suggests that patients keep their minds occupied on other things during treatment for lung cancer.

 



Is there anything else you want to tell people who've just been diagnosed with a lung problem like you have?

I'd say just keep yourself busy in any way at all. You know to keep your mind off it; you have to accept that you're going for x-rays, you're going for a blood test, you're going for a bronchoscopy, you're going for various other things. Treat them as they come along but for goodness sake have something to occupy your mind. I'm very lucky, I spent the last fifty five years of my life studying the stock market and handling matters at work, money matters at work and so I'm lucky in that respect that I've got things to occupy my mind. And I'd say to people yes for goodness sake do anything, crossword puzzles, watch television, do anything to keep your mind occupied.
Karol Sikora - Lung cancer
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