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Ongoing Treatment for NSCLC Stg 4
I'm a caregiver for my 58 year old Mother who was diagnosed with Stage 4 NSCLC (in September 07)that gone to her brain. They did immediate full brain radation on the brain tumors since they we causing swelling and she was passing out. This is actually how we discovered she had cancer. After the radation was completed they…
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Mom won't talk
Hi all. My mom was dx Stage IIa nsclc (discovered late Dec.) and had a lobectomy 2/5. We'd been given reason to believe they'd gotten it all and that nodes were clear - only to find they really weren't. Today we saw the oncologist to discuss chemo options and were shocked to learn it only reduces risk of recurrence by…
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New hear and have an appointment about radiation this Thursday ?
I don't know how to feel, I guess its more numb than anything. I have been hiding from the big C word for over a year now. I had the upper lobe of my right lung removed around xmas of 2008. I have never had any symptoms and the mass was found by a chest/heart scan, due to my family's history of heart disease. Some how I…
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MaMa1958 - Are you okay?
Haven't heard from you for a while, I know you were going to go for a second opinion, did everything go allright? Just let me know how you are doing, know you were having problems with your breathing too, Just wondering and worrying about you.
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remission of one cancer to start of another here i go again
from cervical 2-10 remission to lung 3-10 god can i go through this again. im trying to stay positive. the worst, how will my kids cope? top it off my husband is in iraq for this one too.i feel like my body is going the oposite way of my mind.
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Seeking a match for information about my friend: 55 years old; NSCLC Stage IV, mets in nodes and plu
I am one of the caregivers for my friend with Stage IV adenocarcinoma. Her oncologist said *6-9 months* with NO treatement. I saw the pics of her lung and biopsy area and there are oodles of tumors. She is seeking naturopathic help; her chemo is every 3 weeks, followed by a neulasta shot the next day. I, myself, am a 3…
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PCI- any advice?
Good morning! My father completed his chemo treatment on 12/29. He had a CT scan of his chest, pelvic and abdomen a week after his last treatment. The cancer in his abdomen disappeared but there is still a 2 cm mass in his right lung. Then he had another CT scan ordered on 1/25. In that CT scan, the staff did not see any…
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it's all so new
Hello. I am very new to this whole thing. I was diagnosed with stage 3a cancer on my right lung and lymph nodes only yesterday. The doctor told me I have had it for years, with absolutely no signs. Almost 4 years ago I quit smoking, changed my diet and exercise regularly. Coming down with pneumonia is the how they found…
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Has anyone experienced this?
My father was diagnosed with NSCLC lung cancer with mets to the brain in December. My mother had initially brought him to the ER thinking he was suffering a stroke because he was confused and exhibiting weird behavior. He was put on steroids, underwent radiation for the brain tumors and chemo for the lung cancer. He was…
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why no radiation treatments?
Like many of you with stage 4 nsclc, I have started chemo (4 treatments so far), but the Dr. said he would not do radiation because the amount of radiation he would have to do would be enough to kill me, but I see so many other people with stage 4 lung cancer and most of them seem to be getting some radiation treatment,…
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My Husband will not eat
My husband of 29 years has small cell lung cancer and it has spread to his spine (not bones)He has been in pain for several months that was really what lead us to find the cancer. His back hurt so bad back in Sept. that he ask me to take him to the ER. They found a "mass" and that stated the whirlwind. He has gone through…
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Mom's Lung Cancer is back
Mom had Lung Cancer 03/06 and a piece of her right lung was removed. There was no need for chemo or radiation and all was well. After a recent chest x-ray another was requested and then a ct scan and then a bronchoscopy and finally a needle biopsy which we found out this past Monday was cancer. What scares me after our…
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Can anyone guess what this may be
MRI showed a small 1.2cm abnormality in the liver that did not “light up” with contrast. It is of unclear cause. I had surgery for Stage 1a lung cancer. Could this be a mets?
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any one have pain in ribs 9 months after surgery
I had my bottom left lobe removed in may of 09 it is still painful when I cough is this normal should I be concerned? I think I have become a hypochondriac since my surgery lol. any answers would help
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Side effects,Cisplatin,etoposide and radiation
Husband recently started treatment for large cell cancer,left lung and lymph nodes-already has had problems with low sodium,now low potassium,sodium and WBC at0.5-has been in treatment for 2 weeks with radiation daily and cysplatin days 1 and 8,etoposide days 1-5;We did not expect problems so soon ! Anyone else had this…
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Severe Throat pain as Radiation side effect
My mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 NSCL in Dec 2008. SO far she had 3 diffeent chemos.She is becoming week and stopped chemo recently. She had 10 sessions of radiation and stopped yesterday. She is having hard time in swallowing and her troat is aching badly. She is trying to have liquid diet. Can any one please tell me how…