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Lung Cancer

Archives for April 2006

Mom Passed away and now I have to go home
At the end of Jan. I received the news my mom had cancer. It was terminal. My Aunt and Uncle helped me get out to Kentucky from Montana to see her. When I got here I had only expected to be here two weeks. We found out though that the place she was living in was in no condition for her to go home to so we had to rent a…
MAC and LUNG CANCER
Does anyone else have a dual diagnosis of MAC (mycobacterial avium complex) and lung cancer? Cannot find others and am experiencing a troubling difference among Dr.'s treatment plans? Advice please.
sign me up!!
I'd love to go to Celebs in Washington in September. Wow so many people from chat might be there. And the disucssion.... it could be really neat.
Update
As an update, I had a PET scan, and it came back clean. I ams cheduled for a lobectomy on Monday (three days from now). I would REALLY appreciate an honest reply as to what I can/should expect. Thanks!
Cancer Treatment Centers
Hi everyone! Anyone out there have any experience with Cancer Treatment Centers of America? Thinking of moving my treatment there and wanted some feedback from people who have gone there. Best wishes to all of us, Don.
Beating Cancer through Nutrition and Diet
Greetings everyone, I am new and looking for feedback, good websites, books, ideas etc... from people that are fighting cancer through an agressive diet plan. I'll try to keep this story short. Recently my Wife and I have relocated accross the counrty to help. Currently my Dad and my Sister both have lung cancer, my Dad…
Pnumonectomy - HELP!
My dad had a Pnumonectomy about 3 months ago. The lung they took filled up with fluid like it was supposed to. Well over the past few weeks, he has had some really bad spells where his SATS have dropped and he thought he was going to die. His last two rounds of x-rays showed that the fluid that filled up in that lung after…
Hello
Hi. I was just diagnosed with NSCLC. All I know at the moment is that it's 5 cm, and in the upper right lobe. I'm waiting for a PET scan to be scheduled, to determine the staging, but it's at least IB, from what I've read. I haven't told many people as yet, but the responses I've gotten have been kinda strange..…
ankle swelling?
My dad just had radio surgery for a recurrent leison of a LC metastisis in his brain. Drs. put him on dexamethazone which they are weaning him off now. He also started Tarceva. He feels ok except or the fact that his ankles and feet are extremely swollen (3x their normal size!) He is taking a water pill on and off , but…
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting a message here so please bare with me. I was diagnosed with SCLC (limited to my right lung) in October of 2004 and went through Chemo and radiation and have been cancer free now since my treatment ended in April of 2005, so for 1 year now. I would like to talk with or hear from…
Diet, stomach pain, shock
Hello, my father has had prostate cancer for 6 years. 1.5 yrs ago found that he has lung adenocarcinoma (not related to the prostate cancer) which metastized to the bones and liver. Since his last chemo regimen (which failed and ended three weeks ago) he has very bad stomach pain and daily vomitting- we think due to either…
Prognosis
I've searched and searched the literature. Can anyone give me a "guesstimated" prognosis (survival time) for an 87-year-old man with Stage IIIB lung cancer, who is receiving no other treatment than palliative care? He is otherwise in pretty poor health (40%-50% on Karnofsky Scale).
Mother - Tumor Removed
Hi I posted just over a week ago regarding my mother. She is a non-smoker, and a 2.5cm nodule was found in her upper right lobe in January. She opted to have the entire lobe removed through conventional methods, rather than VATS. She had the surgery last Wed and is still in the hospital recovering. She seems to be doing…
He is gone...
On March 26th at 6:45 in the morning my dad passed away...They say from organ failure. He got diagnosed with cancer in November of 05 and at his last full body scan they said the cancer was not visable. He had COPD a lung disorder and congestive heart failure. He seemed to be beating the cancer but his weak body couldnt…
PC metastasis question?
Dianosed in late 03 with psa of 24 and gleason of 9 I have been told the cancer has gone to probably my bone as my pas is now rising again. I have no insurance or job so I have not sought more treatment and and not sure I would if I had insurance. Anyway I have a sharp pain in the top side of my right lung area. Does…

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