My longtime neighbor just received a similar diagnosis, though he never smoked. The reason you rarely hear of stage 1, 2 or 3 is there are no symptoms in the early stages.
Urgent and sincere prayers for Rush, his entire family as well as for my neighbor, Paul, just diagnosed last week with the same.
I’m shocked as I assumed Rush would have had regular checkups, chest x-rays, etc, to watch after the things that afflict one in their 50s and 60s. Maybe not...maybe he lived life as it came and didn’t visit the doctor unless he noticed a problem. I sure hope that it’s not progressed to the point that treatment is ineffective. It’s been a great 30 years listening to Rush.
“The reason you rarely hear of stage 1, 2 or 3 is there are no symptoms in the early stages.”
The first symptom of lung cancer that my Dad noticed was numbness in his legs from the cancer that had metastasized to his lower spine.