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Aged 51-60
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Interview LC43
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Discusses his pain control and nursing care after his extra-pleural pneumonectomy.
Diagnosed with mesothelioma in April 2003, followed by left extra-pleural pneumonectomy (left lung removed, together with chest lining, diaphragm, and lining round the heart, and replaced with Gore-Tex).
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Aged 61-70
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Interview LC19
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Describes the physiotherapy he had after surgery and shows his scar.
Diagnosed with cancer of the right bronchus in 1999, followed by pneumonectomy (right lung removed).
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aged 40-50
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Interview LC10
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Describes the scar from his pneumonectomy and shows it on film.
Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer 2002, left lobectomy (lobe of left lung removed), and thyroplasty implant (designed to treat disabilities associated with vocal cord paralysis) 2002.
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Aged 51-60
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Interview LC15
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Describes the pain, worry, breathing difficulties and numbness around the scar that he experienced after his lobectomy.
Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 1989, followed by lobectomy (removal of lobe of left lung).
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