If you get non-small cell lung cancer, how do you feel?

You may feel normal!: Many people present with vague symptoms or none at all if the cancer is caught in an early stage as an incidental finding on a scan done for another reason. The common symptoms associated with something going on in the chest are chronic cough (that may be productive of some blood), shortness of breath, chest pain or discomfort with a deep breath, fatigue, weight loss.

It depends;: Unfortunately lung cancer is usually diagnosed in more advanced stages because it can be silent. Depending on the region it involves, symptoms could varry from cough, weight loss, shortness of breath, coughing up blood, affecting voice quality. If cancer is found incidentally in early stages( patient not symptomatic and cancer found incidentally), the cure rate can be excellent.

Depends: You could be asymptomatic-and the cancer was found accidentally during other routine work up for instance. In early stage, many times- it may not give you any significant problems. Symptom can include chronic cough, chest pain, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, weight loss, bony pain etc. Symptoms will be more in advanced stage.