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Lung Cancer

Archives for January 2010

when is it o k for someone to tell you ,you have nothing between your ears?
When its your doctor giving you the results of your brain scan. Thats what I heard today. Hip Hip Hooray!!! My pet scan results weren't as good but I was more afraid of the brain results. I have developed spots on my liver, glands, chest, and neck. In store for more chemo, but I can deal with it. This will be round two for…
immediate effects of chemo
Dad starts chemo tomorrow for his stage IV adenocarcinoma. Doc says he will first be getting an anti-nausea medication, (kytril?) then he will be getting Carboplatin & Alimta. Are these two drugs administered simultaneously or consecutively? How immediate or long does it take for him to feel the effects of the drugs? By…
I am lost..PLEASE HELP..my mom is running out of treatment options
My mom has diagnosied with stage 4 lung cancer in Dec 2008. She is 55 year old. She recently completed 6 chemo sessions with ALIMTA as third line of chemo. Now she is very week and may not be able to take it anymore. My mom can walk and takecare of her day to day actiities. But she is in extereme fatigue. Today she got PET…
Loss my sister
just lost my sister saturday at 5:40 pm this cancer crap is tough
mediastinoscopy
Has anyone had a mediastinoscopy done for lung biopsy? If so, how long before your voice returns to normal. I can only speak in a whisper. It has been two days. Also my neck, shoulders and rib cage hurt when coughing and trying to get up while laying down. How long does that last? I get the results back Monday.
permanent disability
Can you go on permanent disability after being diagnosed with stage 3B lung cancer?
small cell lung cancer...limited
I am newly diagnosed with small cell lung cancer....limited. I meet with the oncologist next weeki but I have already been informed that he already has me tentatively scheduled for chemo next Wed, Thurs, and Friday. Is it common to have chemo 3 days in a row? Is it possible to continue working while on chemo? My surgery…
Conflicting Treatment recommendation
My Mother was recently diagnosed with Type I Adenocarcinoma of the right lung. It is 2 CM in size. She has severe COPD, on oxygen full-time and has dibetes due to the meds she is on. She visited with the Oncologist and he suggested "trilogoy" radiation treatment because he did not think she could survive surgery. She then…
Visalia, Ca
I met your daughter today at the airport, she's a lovely young lady, and very worried about you. Hope you both are on this site and reading this post. You can personal message me by going to the home page! Hang in there, get more answers and hope you get to an ONC soon. My ONC is Dr Haseeb at the Cancer Center in Fresno. I…
Stage IV NSCLC
Hello everyone. I have been reading this forum for a month now but this is my first post. My mom, age 62, non-smoker, has recently been diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC. It has been difficult because I live far away so I'm not able to attend her appointments so I get all my information second or third hand. Today she had her…
pneumonia
My grandma's cancer is gone which is great. I hope someone can help me with this. Her doctor just called and she has eaither pneumonia or radiation pneumonia. Can someone tell me the difference? He also said the way to treat it is to be admitted to the hospital for antibotics or have and IV put in and do the antibotics at…
Hiding Cancer
My mother was diagnosed in April of 2009 with lung cancer. She had been monitoring what the doctors thought was an infection in her lungs for about a year beforehand, until one day it appeared in her scans as having spread throughout her lungs. They biopsied 3 tumors on her left lung and could not touch the tumor in her…
fertility after chemo
How long my husband and I need to wait to see if his sperm was damage with the chemotherapy? Reading the information about the chemo we should not try to have a baby while he is in chemotherapy, but my question is: When he is in break we can try??? Thank you for any comment. Nubis
Returning to work with chemotherapy?
After 2 years. My husband returned to work because cancer was under control. He worked for 2 month only. Suddenly a terrible pain started and we had to go to Emergency romm. My husband started chemotherapy again last week . Dr. recommended to stop working and focused on chemotherapy at least for the first 3 months, but now…
What chemo drugs
Hello all, A friend has just been dx'd with lung cancer and will be meeting with her onc about radiation and chemo this week. I completed chemo for colon cancer mid August and understand each disease has different types of chemo. What are the most common chemo drugs used alongside rads for lung cancer? I'd like to be able…
Stage 3-A nsclc 6 weeks Chemo&Radiation (Another PET CT?)
Hi everybody my wife was diagnosed in Oct with 3-A NSC in her right lung.She finished the six weeks of chemo & Radiation.We just got the results from the CT scan the Tumor in her right lung has shrunk 50% (YEAH!)Surgery is a Go.Our question is should she get a PET CT Scan before they do the surgery.Thanks for all your…
Nausea, etc
My mom has Stage III/IV Lung Cancer, she is 77. She started with a milder chemo and is now on Gemzar Platinum. She was diagnosed in June and has been on this stronger form of chemo since October. The tumor shrunk over 50 percent the first scan and now is in the 70 plus percent range. These are the postives. The negatives…
Unreliable Chatroom
What's with the chatroom? The last 24 hrs it has been unavailable to me. There was another time this past week, or so, where it was unavailable for about 3 days. Is the problem my computer? WingnPrayer
Biopsy pending
I am having my "quarter" sized life-interruptor biopsied (sp) tomorrow. But for the last 2-3 days, it seems my upper arms, neck, upper back ache. Anyone ever have this? Every itch, ache and hiccup I am blaming on this thing, but maybe it's just that I'm going through the day with a smile on and inside I'm so tense I could…
Breast Cancer-now spread to both of my lungs and my bones. I'm changing Hospital from Kaiser to ? S
Hi My name is Mafini and I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer at Kaiser. Last Year--04/21/09 I need to go to a different hospital. 8 years ago I had a lump on my breast and was told to go home 4 times because the Dr. said it was just a Ductal. When I finally insisted on checking it they said I was to young for a mammogram.…
CEA markers and lung cancer?
My dad was diagnosed about 3 wks. ago w/ stage IV nsclc (adenocarcinoma). My mom & I just met the ONC yesterday & she spoke about his CEA #. His was 229. She said that it is very high. He will be starting chemo treatment next week, a day after his 2nd opinion at Sloane-Kett. She said during treatmnet she will use this &…
Lungs cancer Stage IV - Please give me some hope
Hi, My dad is affected by lungs cancer which in metastasis now. Now he is under chemotherapy treatment with gemcitabine. Also he is taking geftinib tablet daily. He is well tolerating the treatment. He has cancer in both of his lungs approx. 7cm. and its spreaded in liver also. He has muscular pain in his hip and this week…
Remission question Stage IV NSCLC
I have some questions about my mom. She is 56 yrs old and was dignosed June 2008 with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (in the left lung aprox. 7-9 cm). It at that point had spread to the brain and right above the kidney area with precancer in the right lung, broncular area and enspagus (spelt wrong Im sure). She had a port put…
hearing loss and chemo drugs
Dad has stage iv nsclc & his ONC asked him about his hearing before he starts chemo. He told her that certain tones he can't hear, but I think its worse than that. I read that cisplatin &/or carboplatin can cause hearing loss. Before he starts any chemo, shouldn't he be very up front w/the dr. as to the extent of his…
Coping with the loss of my father
On 12/23/2009 , I lost my father to squamous lung cancer. He was a brave man that never complained about the pain or sufferings he had to endure while this horrible disease consumed his frail body. The doctor that diagnosed him had horrible bedside manner , one of which I hope he never has to receive news that his parent…
New here, newly diagnosed NSCLG squamous, about to start chemo: advice?
Hello to all who read this. I spent the day on this site reading all the threads that matched my search words. So many of you are inspiring and many of you are real fonts of knowledge. Please let me tap into all of that. Here's my story. Please forgive me for blathering. I'm a 61 year old female, smoked since I was 14. In…
About to lose my mother
Hi everyone, I am 24 years old. My father died when I was 5. I am now about to lose my mother. She went into the hospital with shortness of breath on October 15th 2009. She has not been home since. Turns out she had lung cancer, stage 3b. They tried chemo with bad results and about a month of radiation. Now she is in…
Mom diagnosed w/ Mesothelioma
I couldn't find a group w/ this topic, since she was first diagnosed w/ lung cancer thought I could post here. My mom has never been sick, never even complained about a headache in May she started w/ a cough but since my son had it also we thought it was allergies. In Oct we finally forced her to go to the dr and after…
DAD NEWLY DIAGNOSED LUNG CANCER...HELP
Hi, I really don't know a thing about cancer. My dad went to the ER Monday because he kept falling at home and they wanted him to get doctor's orders for rehab...while there, they discovered he had pneumonia & admitted him for a few days...but the wonderful, elderly, Christian doctor showed up at my mom's door and…
Questions about Tarceva "stayingclam please answer"
Started Tarceva 150 mg on Christmas Day as of today its been 7 days. How long until you started the face rash? Also did it eventually get better? My doctor wants me to get the rash, he believes its a good sign the drug is working? I have gotten every other side effect, except the rash, how long did it take for you to get…

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