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Lung Cancer

Archives for August 2001

Dolores in Sunny South Africa
Hi guys thanx a stack for your replys,I am about to embark on an unknown journey,I need to find out so much,I dont want to be a puppet in some phsyco's show I need to get well and have my life back as it was.Please help me,Dolores just passed a comment to me that at the moment this all feels like a dream to her......people…
THANK U SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO VERYMUCH .WE THAT IS DOLORES & MATRIN NEED ALL YOUR HELP,IN TURN OUR HELP WILL BE DOUBLE.lOVE YOU. dhopps@freemail.absa.co.za mhopps@freemail.absa.co.za
THANK U SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO VERYMUCH .WE THAT IS DOLORES & MATRIN NEED ALL YOUR HELP,IN TURN OUR HELP WILL BE DOUBLE.lOVE YOU. dhopps@freemail.absa.co.za mhopps@freemail.absa.co.za
You Guys Are The Greatest
Guys I once again have faith in the human race u ae all so wonderfull,all I want to do is eliviate suffering and yo actually CARE ALSO my wife Dolores has come out of surgery with a very bad prognosis but she is one hell of a fighter.......PLEASE E-MAIL HER DIRECT AT dhopps@freemail.absa.co.za she needs to talk to you…
LUNG CANCER SPREAD TO THE LYMPH NODES
HI I NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS HOPE ONCE LUNG CANCER HAS SPREAD TO THE LYMPH NODES AND IF ANYONE KNOWS THE FOLLOW UP TREATMENTS. MY HUSBAND HAD 2/3 OF HIS RIGHT LUNG REMOVED 2 WEEKS AGO AND WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR HIM TO RECOVER FROM THE SURGERY BEFORE WE SEE THE ONCOLOGIST AGAIN. WE ARE VERY NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING RADIATION…
The dr.'s have given up on my daddy!!
Hello, this is Legina and I have told you all about my daddy having small cell carcinoma. Well, it has been 18 months and 1 week since he was diagnosed and now the dr.'s tell us that it is over, that my daddy will die and they aren't doing anymore treatments or anything to help him. They have called in Hospice to take care…
New Member Here -- Strange Smell a Chemo Result?
Hi everyone - my 65 year old husband was diagnosed in early July with non small cell lung cancer, left lung, right in the middle of his chest -- about the size of a baseball, completely blocking his airway into the left lung. The cancer has not spread anywhere else. He started treatment two weeks ago, 7 total weeks of…
New to this and would like some help
Hi there my wife has just come out of surgery,her lower left lung was to be removed but the didnt because the cancer had spread all over the diagnosis at present is Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Left Lung,I want to talk to people who know what this is and to hear of ALL possible treatments available.Dolores is only 34…
Mother's daughter outcome
Praise the lord there are miracles happening every day! My Mom was able to have the lung tumor removed and an involved lymph node. There is one other possible lymph node but nothing so far. After recovery from surgery she will begin some chemo. I am so thankful to all of you for your support and kind words. This is journey…
Site for Iressa
Not sure if any of you have found this site. http://www.lungcancerclaims.com/iressa2htm Hope this helps.
non-small cell and surgery
Hi out there. I had surgery to remove a 6cm tumor from the right lung. Had 2/3 of the lung and parts of ribs removed also 1 positive node close to the tumor. It's been about 8 weeks and the pain has eased up somewhat. The decision from oncologists...no radiation or chemo. Anyone go through something simular? Some concern…
new to the group
My dad is 57 years old. He was diagnosed with NSCLC IV in October 2001. In November he had to have a pin put in his left leg. He took chemo and radiation. In May 2001 he had to have his rotor cup down to the elbow replaced with a steel shoulder and rod. He is now doing radiation on his shoulder and arm. He had scans ran…
Information on Iressa
Has anyone undergone treatment with Iressa, the experimental cancer drug? If so, I'd like to hear from you. Specifically, I'd like to know how you are responding to the drug and whether you have any side effects. I need this information for my mother in law who was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC in April 2001, with mets to…
Need to explain name Pisser
I do not want to offend anyone with my log on name. This is a nickname my Husband gave me 17 years ago. This is special to me so I decided to use it. I hope this list gets a little more active once again I see Lung Cancer needs more coverage. There is very little support for any Cancer in my area except for Breast Cancer.…
Effects of Chemo
I am a 54 year old female. I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in March of 2001.I was a heavy smoker but quit the day they found the tumor. I was very lucky they found it early. I had xrays for pneumonia. I went through 33 radiation treatments along with Chemo. After radiation they changed my dosage of Cisplatnum…
confusion
I guess now that I know how my future will turn out to be, I am not sure that I have the motivation to anyhting. I miss being able to do sports adn everything. I am still seventeen and so much has already happened. My parents don`t know about the fact that I am sick. I couldn`t have the guts to tell them in the first…
re: my father my best friend
hello, this is julie. I received disappointing news for my dad this past wednesday. his chemo treatments and radiation did not seem to work. his cancer has grown more. I will not give up hope for my daddy. as i hope you won't. i am trying all my resources to find out what it takes to get my dad on iressa. at this point he…
My Mother's Daughter update
I'm so sad tonight as I sit in my home far away from my mother who is afraid and waiting for the next bit of news about this ugly menace cancer! I'm so angry about this whole thing and I pray to God she will be "relieved" in heaven of her suffering...and I know she will be. Praise God amen. Friday am Mom is going into the…

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