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Mar 23, 2004 - 4:14 pm
Hi - we are very new to this. My brother has just been diagnosed with stage IIIA lung CA. He starts massive treatments in a few days...then maybe surgery, maybe. I want to get him to talk to someone...possibly here in this message group..any suggestions? I never asked a prognosis because I didn't want him to hear like 20% or something. Trying to keep his spirits up. He's 50, 3 kids, divorced with ex going through chemo for MS. |
Joined: Apr 2002
Hi, I am a lung cancer survivor. I also had stage 3A. I had a lobectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiation. A pet scan showed some "hot" spots, thats why I had the chemo and radiation. That was all 5 years ago!!! I am 61 now and in good health with absolutely no sign of a recurrence. Please tell your brother. I know how important it was to me to hear survivor stories. If he would like, he can e-mail me at karenlee3sons@aol.com and I would be happy to talk with him
Joined: Mar 2004
Karen thank you so much for answering me. My brother starts Tuesday chemo/rad first then to see if they can shrink it enough to operate. His tumor is 9X4! He has some lymph node involvement in his medistium but nothing elsewhere. I will give him your email address and hopefully he will contact you because he will be home. He does need to hear stories, I've been telling him but I don't think he quite understands all that's out there - this is so new to him. But thank you from the bottom of my heart and God bless you!