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Spasms from Cancer treatment
I was wondering if anyone else had muscle spasms after treatment. My husband has stage 3 Lung Cancer. He received his last Chemo about 3 months ago. He is now having strange muscle spasms in his arm that are uncontrolable. He was on the Fentl patch at 100ml but is now at 25ml. He also takes prosiac and adavant to sleep.…
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I have stage IV metastaic NSLC squamous cell cancer. I am on my second treatment of chemo methotrexa
Has any one out there taken chemo with graviola
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lung catscans
What do fine lines in Lung xrays usually indicate? Any one know? JB
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Lines in xrays
Am having new cat scan made of my chest because there is hairlines seen in my left lung in recent xrays. Has anyone any information as to what these lines usually mean?
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cost of drugs
any advice on buying drugs on line.example tarleva is about 4500 for 30 days 150 mg. US.On line from Canada the same is about 3000.I live in Michigan an they have trips to canada for people to buy drugs.
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Stage IV Lung with Mets to the brain - should we even do chemo?
Hello all supporters out there. My mom was diagnosed two months ago with Stage IV Non small cell lung cancer that metastasized to her brain. She had emergency surgery to remove the brain tumor and two gamma knife procedures to get rid of the other small tumors in her brain. She is feeling in good health so far but…
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Non Small Cell Lung Cancer After Surviving Hodgkin's in the '70s
Does anyone have any experience with treatment for non small cell lung cancer (Stage 1/2) after having gone through treatment in the 1970's for Hodgkin's? This issue is that the significant radiation treatments to cure the Hodgkin's in the mid-70's makes surgery for the NSCLC a very risky treatment option because of the…
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lung cancer metastasis to brain
Hi, I am new to this group. My mother was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in June and went through radiation and chemo - about 2 months ago she had a scan and they said she reacted great to treatment and was cancer free. About 2 weeks ago she started having HORRIBLE headaches and falling - she went in for a MRI on…
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Information after lung cancer surgery.
I had lung cancer surgery on Aug. 10th. After the surgery, no one told me how I was going to feel, not physically, but emotionally. Every time I sneeze or cough, now, I'm so scared that the cancer has gone somewhere else. How can I stop being so scared? I have my first Cscan tomorrow, 3 months after surgery. After reading…
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28/F with Stage IIIB adenocarcinoma NSCLC - gene mutation???
Hello everyone. I was diagnosed on Nov. 5th with stage 3B lung cancer. Needless to say I am emotionally a wreck right now. I am only 28 years old and I have a 15 month old daughter and a 5 year old son. I have a very small tumor, in my opinion, 1.2 cm in my right upper lobe. I also have 4 lymph nodes in my mediastinum,…
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Stage IV lung cancer
My husband was diagnosed in August 2009 with lung cancer. He had biopsy, and they determined that the mass was 10cmx8cmx5cm,and that it had spread to the surrounding lymph nodes, in other words, inoperable. He has had 26 radiation treatments, and 3 (6-hour) chemo sessions. He was to have 3 more chemo sessions, but his…
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soccerfreaks
I have just read your profile. wonderful you should be a writer, I couldn't stop reading, it was like a good book, I kept thinking I should go do something, but couldn't put it down I hope you have printed all of this and keep it, thank you for sharing your story, pat
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Any financial assistance?
I am still n the early stages of tretment for my cancer. Tomorrow I am scheduled for a scope down my esophagus to check and see if it has spread to the median, or the other lung. I am hopeful that it has not. My question is this: Is there financial assistance to help pay for all the transportation costs of treatment. I…
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how do you find the mets.dr. says wait for symptoms
what kind of after care are people getting to find the mets? my dr. is only do chest xrays, what symptons do I watch for, since he told to wait for symptons.