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Lung Cancer

Archives for April 2007

Lung Cancer
My mother died 1 wk ago today. After she died an autopsy was done and a large tumor was found in her lung. She was never diagnosed with lung cancer, but for about the past yr she had lost weight, complained of fatigue, and pain in her back. I keep wondering how much pain she had been in and how did she ever handle it. If…
SCLC
Hello, My mum has been diagnosed with extensive SCLS .She has been told it is inoperable. She is to start treatment with carboplatin and etopisode. Has anybody got any experience with these drugs? Also, is there any success stories regarding SCLC as I cant find any at the moment and the future looks very grim. I am just…
Restaged
Wll, afte the test that I was the least worried about, I found that my 1b NSLC has spread to the brain, 5 mets, so now I'm stage 4. My support group is great, but I don't know how to respond to some questions. No one on my medical team is talking about "cure", but they aren't sayin "only a year or so" either. How do you…
New Here 32y/o with nsclc stage IIIa HELLO!
Hi my name is Shelly, I am 32 and diagnosed with nsclc large cell in January. Im still here so I am doing great! I came here to find people to talk to who are going through the same thing. I recently finished my last of 36 radiation treatments, also completed two rounds of chemo mixed with cisplatin and etoposide. I will…
NSCLS - Stage 4 Loss of taste/foul smell
Can anyone offer any suggestions or remedies for a foul smell in nose &/or taste in mouth (perhaps a metallic taste but not real sure how to describe it). This actually began before chemo treatments & so not absolutely sure what is causing it. More than likely, the chemo (Paclitaxel & Carboplatin) are now adding to it as…
GETTING DESPERATE HELP!!!!!!
I need help in finding info on chest tubes given to pt. that have lung cancer.there is a pic of it on my page turtle68.He [my dad] is getting really sick and getting into depression.. wanting to give up the fight cause nobody seems to know what to do PLEASE take a moment to look at the photo !!
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new member to group would love to talk,learn,get info,and help
Prostate Surgery
Friend had prostate surgery 1 wk ago...was feeling great, now depressed & walking very very slowly...is this a side effect of the surgery?
Lung Cancer Chat
Lung Cancer Chat night will be Friday at 8:00pm Central Standard Time in Chat room #2. Go to your CSN start page and scroll down until you see chat rooms and come into #2. See you then!
FAO Ernrol
Hi Ernrol. I'm in the UK and have been searching for positive info since my dad (56), was diagnosed with NSCLC. Stage 3b/c. He was diagnosed on 30th March. We've been told the type he has is squamous cell. It is inoperable but he will be having chemo and radiotherapy starting in about 3 weeks. I was just wondering what…
Good News!
Last Wednesday, 4/11, I got the results of yet another good scan. This Friday will be 1 1/2 years since surgery (I was diagnosed 3a) and I've been NED since then! Just wanted to share the good news. God Bless! Cindy
Small cell lung cancer
My husband has small cell lung cancer and is in his fourth "round" of chemo. For him, a round is a five hour infusion of two cancer drugs - usually carboplatin and taxol, of late. This time his platelet count was too low, so they just gave him taxol. I've never seen him so low. He was diagnosed three years ago, in an early…
Moms story with many questions...
Mom is 64 years old, strong and was having problems breathing after bronchitis - was sent for a chest x-ray on March 23. I have been reading this site since I found out about a "shadow" on my Mom's chest xray on March 24. The past 2 1/2 weeks have been full of doctor visits, lung biopsy, waiting for answers, high stress…
Chat time
IS there anyone that would like to participate in a weekely support chat? IF so what would be a good time for everyone? My name is Deb and I think it would be great!
Need Positive feedback lung cancer 3b
My husband is at home right now after having his chest cavity next to his lung drained. He will be going into chemo treament next week. Your positive survivor stories help him tremendously.
Chandra P. Belani, M.D.
Has anyone ever heard of this doctor? My family and I are trying to figure out if we should keep our appointment with him or M.D. Anderson. We were recommended to him by a friend who works in cancer research. I'm sure they are all great doctors, but we want the best. My dad has advanced stage IV adenocarcinoma. It seems…
LUNG CANCER Relay\run walk blade
I just lost my my father to lung cancer and yes he did smoke...So What he quit 4 years before he was eventually diagnosed. Everything I see about this disease is geared towards smokers?????? There is no money put into early detection! Why!!!! This is ridiculous why are kids dying of this that have never smoked. We need to…
Help for Lung Cancer
Dear All Last two weeks, my 73-year-old mother was proved that she was suffering from non-small cell Lung Cancer at 3-4 level. There was no symptom. Doctor adviced that my mother should take X scan (PET) for checking more details first. (ie. to check where cancer spreads) After that, Targeted Therapy will be taken. At this…
Angiotensin shrinks tumors in Mice
So Im fairly new to looking into mice studies or really any studies for that matter, but this one seems really interesting. My dad has high blood pressure and he takes Diovan for it(I think). Ive been trying to convince him to switch over to an Ace inhibitor drug, and I think hes a bit weary because my sister told him a…
Do people still work fulltime during treatment for NSCLC Stage 4
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with NSCLC Stage 4 early 2006. I missed a lot of work while doing chemo (Gemzar/carbo) but I thought I could handle full-time work when I switched to Tarceva. I had a bad reaction to Tarceva and now I am on Taxol/Avastin. I went to a Wellness Center meeting for Lung Cancer to see if other…
SHIFTING OF HEART AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY
In Dec. 2004, I had my entire left lung removed. Since then, I have had regular checkups, CT Scans and X-rays. Yesterday, I had another X-ray and although the Doctor did not see any signs of recurrence, he did mention that my heart has been progressively shifting position. Has anyone ever heard of this or experienced a…

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