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A persistent Cough.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 9:43 am
by WelshGin
I have a warning to others...

A friend has a persistent cough, been with him since he had covid September/October last year. After he had been nagged a few times he visited the doctors. Mainly because it was pointed out to him that the weight loss he had been trying to achieve in an effort to be healthier he was now achieving (which was not usual).

His doctor eventually sent him for a scan. Lung Cancer.


Persistent Cough, weight loss......GET IT INVESTIGATED!!!

Re: A persistent Cough.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:31 pm
by Mash
Good shout.

Tbh I have no faith in GP's whatsoever. They seem to have become prescription pedlars little else.

Re: A persistent Cough.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 7:29 pm
by Moss
The NHS up here run a lung cancer screening platform. We have both been invited to take part

Re: A persistent Cough.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 7:56 pm
by Copperhead road
Hopefully they caught your friends cancer in its early stages WelshGin

Was he a heavy smoker?

Re: A persistent Cough.

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2026 10:40 am
by WelshGin
He did smoke, he was in the army. He stopped smoking 10-15 years ago. He assumes the smoking and then covid triggered the cancer.