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Lung Cancer

Archives for June 2006

Discussion groups and support
This is a great place to go for support and understanding about the beast known as lung cancer. I'm wondering if any of you have found other discussion sites which are helpful for small cell lung cancer.
metastatic paraganglioma
Need information to help my husband. Diagnosed a year and a half ago afer the cancer had already spread to his lungs. Nodules removed surgically. Now more nodules have been found in his lungs. . This type of cancer does not respond to traditional therapies. Can anyone send me information about treatment or research that…
Please help my family
My Dad has just been diagnosed with possible Lung Cancer. He has a large mass in his left lung and and smaller lesions in his right. It has spead to his spinal cord, media stinum, and liver. We are assuming this is StageIV (he is just seeing the doctor today)This just happened so fast and he has given up hope. My family…
Best Friend w/ Stage IV NSLC
In October 2005, My best friend (42)lost her voice and found lump on her neck (was told it was a swollen gland)her doctor treated her with antibiotics (twice) no change. Dec.2005 went to hopsital for severe Pain in legs. Diagnosed with a pulled muscle after MRI . Jan. 2006 could barely walk went back to the hospital was…
Confused- questions
I guess I am still in shock. My mother (73) was diagnosed with lung cancer 5/17/06. On 5/23/06 she started radiation. I think the whole family is in shock and we are piecing together bits of information. We found out there was cancer was also in the liver and in her back. She is losing weight rapidly. She has no appetite.…
Question about inconclusive test results
I am my husbands caregiver who has CRC so I usually go straight to the CRC discussions, wel I have a question for Lung Cancer Patients, my mother in law is going through many tests, she has had 2-regular x-rays, 1-CT Scan, Bronchoscopy (sp) and a needle biopsy, she is also scheduled for a PET Scan next week. WEll all tests…
me again
hello all i just thought i would update you on my mother-in-laws condition the dr's have told her she has a mass in her upper lung, tumor at the base of the skull, in her jaw, along with on the liver spleen & adrenalin gland she also has lupus which means she can't do much treatments i do live across the street from her so…
Ommaya Reservoir
Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of something called an "ommaya reservoir" which apparently is a device attached to the brain for the delivery of chemo? My father has stage IV lung cancer and while his tumors have shrinked with chemo/radiation, we just learned that they have spread to his brain. A…
Need Advice-New Drug
Hi everyone, I am usually in the colorectal forum and have never posted here before. However, I have a friend who has colon cancer that metastized to her liver and lungs. She was given all the necessary chemo to shrink the tumors in the lung only to find out that it did not work and two new tumors grew. She went to Sloan…
Please read! - Lung to Brain
April 05 is the last time i was here..my father was diagnosed with lung cancer-we heard sclc then nsclc-finally we were told the tumor in his lung 'was mixed. he responed to chemo/radiation amazingly-3 months ago the CT scans show no sign of cancer. 2 weeks ago my father started walking funny-feeling tired-slurring his…
help us !
hi, dady has diognesed with stage IV adenocarsinom with multiple bone metastz. we are living in turkey , istanbul and every phsycian we have talked told us there is nothing to do to cure the disease ,they told us everythin they do ( taking raditherapy right now ) is to comfort him . but according to some sources , survival…
Surgery after chemo & radiation
My father was diagnosed with nsclc 4/06. The doctor said they were not sure what kind of non-small cell, but it didn't matter because treatment was the same for them all. He also has lymph node involvement. Pet scan showed increased activity of the nodes in left hilum, subcarinal region, AP window, mediastinum and…
Gemzar for Lung Cancer
Hi, My mother has lung cancer (BAC). She was on Irresa, then Tarceva. She went thr 1st cycle chemo with Alimta 3 weeks ago but her 24-hour urine clarance test did not pass so the Dr said to stop using Alimta and consider to switch to Gemzar. She had surgery in Nov 2003. She is doing well except some fatique. Does anyone…
SCLC and LEMS
I have just been dxed with SCLC. I am almost done with 3 weeks of twice a day radiation and two times of 3 week cemo. The reason they found the lung cancer was that I had muscle weakness in my legs. Two doctors could not find anything wrong so I went to a nuerologist. He Thought I had Myasthenia gravis. He Ordered a cat…
help i'm new to all of this
i my mother-in-law has just been told she can lung cancer i dont know what to say or what to do where do i start on this journey when all i want to do is sit and cry there is so much i want to say and do for her im so lost is this feeling normal???
my mother died from BAC and now I'm worried
My mother was diagnosed and passed away from Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma at the age of 49. She was a tobacco smoker for about 10-15 years and she also worked near a chemical plant where she was exposed to dust particles for 2 years. The doctors from City of Hope said it was not related to smoking. My question is, Im 23…
kidney,lung and brain tumor survivor
I've had cancer for 11 years although we didn't find out about it till 2004.First with renal cell cancer of the kidney.HAD IT REMOVED AND ALL LOOKED GREAT TILL 2004 WHEN A CT-SCAN SHOWED SPOTS ON MY LUNGS.SPENT ALL SUMMER GETTING INTERLEUKEN TREATMENTS.ON GOOD FRIDAY OF 2005 THEY TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF BEING…
14 MONTH LUNG CANCER SURVIVOR
HI there, My name is Sharon and I am 55 years young. I was in college and I had two months left for graduation. I went to the hospital with a bad cold, couch and I thought I either had pneumonia or my lung collapsed because my chest hurt so bad. I was told I had pneumonia but that I also had lung cancer. I had 2/3 of my…
Lung, now brain. I'm back again :(
Hi all. I'm back again as my Dad is having a few setbacks at the moment. We just found out that he has a tumour on his brain (1.5cm). He had lung cancer but had been in the 'all clear' for 5months, of course we were all ecstatic. I'm just wondering if any of you have any stories (positive) that might help me (to help him).…

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