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Lung Cancer

Archives for August 2009

Jager Update
Hi there. My life got twisted back in just a few days, 11 days ago I started with fever, spasm in muscles and started to cough rotten fluids in really high quantity. For the first time since diagnosed I was not able to go to work and had to go to hospital, stayed there for the last 10 days, I may say, the worst days of my…
Dad just diagnosed with stage 3b-4 lung cancer given 3-6 months to live
We were just told Friday that my dad has stage 3b-4 cancer that has travel to his lung from an unknown origin. He has been batteling blood clots for over a year now and in the past month has been hospitalized three times for fluid on his lung. He had a PET scan two weeks ago that showed nothing and in around the beginning…
side effect of chemo.
My mom had tingling and pain down left arm. She went to hospital and she ended up having angioplasty done to her heart, in which they put a stent in where they found a blockage that was causing her left arm to have effects. I am really scared now. He heart was fine before her surgery and start of chemo. I know one side…
When dad seems like he's finished with it all
My dad was a smoker for as long as I can remember, because I was born a second hand smoker and I am fifty now. He was 26 when I came to the planet. About 4 months ago, I made him go to the doctor for what I thought was a respiratory infection, turns out he had Squamous Cell Carcinoma in his left lung. Primary care doctor…
my daddy passed from SCLC on 12*16*08
Hello everyone. This is my first time really speaking of my daddy's death, I can honestly without doubt say that this is the hardest thing I have ever been through....so I will spill my story... ...On 10*29*08 my dad went for a "check-up" (that's what he told me) because he was coughing up a little blood here and there,…
Heart issues with chemotherapy??
My mom's in Germany just had surgery stage 3 non small june 25, Rt mid lobectomy. She just completed day 1 and day 8 last friday of chemotherapy. She was rushed to the hospital due to cramping and pain in left arm. They told her there looks like there is something wrong with her heart. Her heart was fine before surgery, I…
have stage 111 and am still smoking HELP
I was diagionsed with lung cancer in may 09 had ct scan, bome scan, pet scan and nothing had spread. I saw an oncoligest who is great and a surgon who will not even talk to me about any options of quiting EXECPT COLD TURKEY i have smoked for 48 years and smoked 2 to 3 packs a day no matter how hard I try I can not put them…
survivng EC newly dx with squamous cell lung cancer
I feel like i know everyone on this board, we have been reading along since my husbands dx of distal adenocarcinoma in Nov. 2007. He is fighting and is a survior. We have had so many complications that just when you think you are getting to a high, you get more bad news. My husband had resection surgery were they removed 5…
How long do doctor's run tests before there is any treatment plan.
My husband's cancer was found on a cat scan done for blood in urine. This was in abdomin area. Later scans showed it in the lung. He has had a bronchoscopy which was non-specific as to cancer cells. Now he is to be scheduled for a cat scan guided needle biopsy of the lung. We are waiting for notice of the appointment for…
from johns hopkins about what feeds cancer cells what to avoid, a radiologist I work for gave this t
Not sure if this works but my mother is going to follow this while she is doing chemo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Johns Hopkins Update- Good article Post by: Tammy on June 21, 2009, 08:18:20 PM…
Looking for people using cisplatinum and vinorelbine
My mother who has stage 3 non small cell lung ca is on this combination for chemo Day 1 and Day 8. I have looked up the chemo drugs and side effects and statistics. I am actually looking for people that are using this combination and how it has been on their bodies. My mother did her first treatment Day 1 and Day 8. She…
I have COPD and some suspicious cells in the lung
I have recently been diagnosid with COPD and they found some suspicious cells deep in the lung. Has anyone out there been diagnosed with Lung Cancer with these similar symptoms?
Anyone had stereotatic radiosurgery??
First a little background - I usually post on the head and neck board as I just completed chemo and radiation for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the larynx and now have to wait for a CT scan to find out if these treatments helped or not. I also have non small cell adenocarcinoma in my left lung. Both cancers are inoperable. I…
side effects Chemotherapy for lung cancer stage 4
My husband is having chemotherapy since june taxol/carboplatin .The last 3 weeks he is feeling terribly fatigue and he is depress. I do not know what to do. It seems the treatment is working because the tumor shrunk.But he told me lately that he feels that he dies every day.He is in bed every day. He quit working and he…
Lung Cancer that has metastized to the lymphnodes, adrenal glands, brain and bones
Hi My husband is 52 and was diagnosed about a month and a half ago with lung cancer. It was found by accident. He was having pain in his left hip and both knees so we went to a pain mangement doctor who sent him for a mri of his left hip. The mri showed arthritis in his left hip and knees but it picked up something on his…
Pancoast tumor survivors
Please, looking for survivors of this type of lung cancer.
Stage 3A Lung Ca
My mother just had her rt upper lobe removed with 6/30 lymph nodes that were malignant. she is Stage 3A T2,N2, I am trying to get any information on chemotherapy using vinorelbine 40 mg and cisplatinum 120mg. My mother is being treated in Germany. I was there with her to talk to oncologist and start her chemo. Hearing the…
STAGE 4 SMALL LUNG CANCER
HI,MY SISTER DX WITH SMLC IN 2008, DID CHEMO, RAD, SHE ONLY HAD A 6WEEK FREE ZONE & NOW IT HAS SPREAD TO JUST OUTSIDE THE UTEREUS. DR SAYS TERMINAL FEW WEEKS TO 2 YRS, NO CURE NO SURGERY FOR HER,ASKING HER TO CHOOSE QUALITY OF LIFE. SHE IS 54. THIS IS SO NEW TO US ALL WERE NOT SURE WHERE TO GO NEXT, 2ND OPINION? LET IT…
MY FIRST OSTREOSCAN
Well... had my first experience with this new Scan. Of course I was up most of the night cleaning my body with all that stuff I had to drink. Went in at 9:00 A.M and was injected the Nuclear liquid nad sent home until 2:00P.M On my return very quickly on the table and I was there about two hours. Had a little nap. I was…
Pls help - need questions for the oncologist
My Mother-in-law has been dx with Stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer. Specifically, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. It is in both lungs (plum size mass collapsing the lower lobe of one lung and several small tumors in the other). Fluid has been drained multiple times, and her lung capacity is up to 500, from 250…
Financial Assistance For Newly Diagnosised Lung Cancer Patient
Hi All! This is my first time on your message board. My oldest sister has been diagnosised with lung cancer. She is in stage 4. My question is where can she find financial help with expenses and possible help with burial expenses. (I don't want to think of her death but if something happened and help was needed where can…
For MichelleP
Hi Michelle, How is your husband doing with the fatigue? I did some research as started to get upset with fatigue caused by kemo, you know, I am well 14 days offshore and the 14 days I spent at home, I receive the kemo and start with the fatigue so not able to do a lot of things I would like to do with my family. Found…
Small Cell lung cancer
Hi Everyone, I am very new at this, but hoping to get some good advise. My grandmother was dianosed last year w/Small Cell lung cancer. She went through the chemo and radiation finished it all. She also went through brain radiation as a precaution. We had a follow up this week w/the doctor. We were told that it is back and…
My mom has stage IV lung cancer.
My mom has just been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Due to a back surgery that went very wrong, she is in a lot of pain, and has decided to forego treatment. I am afraid I only have a couple of months left with her. Not only is she my mom but she is my best friend. Any advice.
CT scan
If there was a ct scan and there were no comparisons to any priors for example, and the impressions showed bone mets, would you request further testing? It's my understanding that CT scan very often mimick mets in the bones. My husbands prior bone scan/CT showed bilateral inflammatory arthritis in April 2009. Also in April…
Very frightened for my mother
Hello, I just joined this site because I am very confused and frightened and so in the dark right now. My mother ended up in the ER last week with a collapsed lung. She had emergency surgery and a cat scan which showed a mass on her right lung. The doctor also mentioned that her lymph nodes were swollen. They immediately…
OSTREOSCAN
Hi you all: I had my lung surgery more than one month ago and I feel well and was told that I ws a lucky man. Everything was taken out. HOWEVER.... My Oncologyst saw me a few days after my surgery and he is the one who called me LUCKY, however, He had told me about having another scan which I thought was a new Cscan,…
Recovery
This may be a bit long winded but I will do my best to make it specific and short. My father was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in February. He had 6 weeks of chemotherapy and radiation and was told he was basically cancer free but there was scar tissue and the tumor was still there. After much discussion, it was…
Open lung biopsy vs. EBUS
I had the needle biopsy and although they found no cancer it was rendered inconclusive due to an inadequate sample. I later had the bronchoscopy which came back negative for cancer so they put me on antibiotics, thinking it was an infection. The mass did not shrink after 2 weeks on antibiotics and my test results were…
My Dad has stage 3b-4 Lung Cancer (Please help)
Hi every one, Last week my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer type 4. He is given worst case scenario of life expectency 5-6 months. He was offered chemo for treatment. He does not want chemo. He believes that except the water in his lungs that needs to be drained every two weeks, he feels totally fine and does not want…

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