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2011
To all my CSN friends, You've all been such a big help to me since Tom died in March. All the support that is given here is like a gift. Thanks to everyone! Let's hope 2011 is a better year for all of you who are cancer patients. And for all of us who have lost someone we love from this horrible disease, I hope we continue…
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Surgery after all- what to expect
After my husband has had 6 cycles of gemzar/cisplatin-with tumor shrinkage occuring- a new surgeon has said he can operate. We tried this approach in May, but after finding cancer in lymph node biopsy surgery was stopped. Now after chemo and an opinion from a different surgeon, but same Cancer Center we are looking at VATS…
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My mom was recently diagnosed with NSCLC
My mom was diagnosed with nsclc high stage II in October. She had surgery and the drs removed her entire left lung. She just started receiving chemo of Alimta (sp) and Cysplatin(I think). She is doing really well with the chemo but the injection (not sure the name) they gave her to help regenerate WBC's has made her so…
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Still Shrinking.... :)
We went back for our second ct since starting chemo.... The tumor in my wifes lung is still shrinking.... significantly and everything else appears stable. The onc said on a scale of 1 to 10, the response is about a 10! We get another update in six weeks, just before we go to Australia for vacation.... my wife's lifelong…
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PLEASE HELP ANSWER QUESTION
Gary, my husband, has stage 3A nsclc. He finished 35 days of radiation treatments and 8 rounds of chemo with Carboplatin, Taxol and Avastin. He just began his second batch of chemo treatments with no radiation this time. He had a PET scan before he started treatment, and just had his second PET scan to see how it's…
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my mom's been diagnosed with stage 2 nsclc
My mom will be starting 3 treatments of taxol and carboplatin in early january. She's 80. Can anyone give me an idea of how difficult it will be? What we should expect? Thanks!
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Resistance to Crizotinib?
My mother was on the trial drug for 5 months and is now off it because she had drastic progression. She was stable for 5 months. Then the most recent scan was like a 180. My mom has stage IV NSCLC. Please let me know if anyone has also developed resistance and what have your treatment options been. My mom's oncologist…
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Oncologist in PALM BEACH COUNTY
Hello friends, I am new to this site. I am also a member of Inspire. Could any of you recommend an oncologist in WPB? I would like my mom to go for a second opinion. She has stage IV NSCLC. Thank you in advance.
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Merry Christmas From Heaven
Merry Christmas From Heaven I still hear the songs I still see the lights I still feel your love On cold wintery nights. I still share your hopes And all of your cares I’ll even remind you To say all your prayers I just want to tell you You still make me proud You stand head and shoulders Above all the crowds Keep trying…
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Just been diagnosed with lung cancer with liver spots stage 4
I would just like to ask if I should get 2nd opinion.I just went last week for the brain an bone scans both came back clean no cancer.Went in monday she gave me my blood test results they were all normal an she stated my liver readings were normal also.So i'm starting to have dought they diagnosed me correctly.But I start…
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boney island
my husband has limited small cell lung cancer and just went in for his first scan his news was pretty good his oncologist said his tumors were pretty much gone(he had a tumor that was 6 centimeters)all that was left was tissue however they discovered a spot on his hip bone which they were concerned about so they put him in…
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My Christmas Present
Last week I had my first PET scan after finishing Chemo and Radiation for Limited SCLC. I wasn't supposed to but I ran into the radiologist when I was there for the test and he said he'd get the results sooner than the oncologist who ordered the test and let me know. Well he was telling the truth and he called yesterday to…
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Metastisis
My mother is 79, a very respectible age and was diagnosed with Stage IIIB NSCLC July 30th. She has been through Chemo and radiation treatments. We discovered a mass on head about 5 weeks. A MRI was done Monday and the news was "be prepared". I take that means it has metastisized to her brain. I guess my questions are, is…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all
Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I am glad everyone is here to enjoy another holiday season, and hope we all have many more. c
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Hope....Faith.....Love.....Joy
Sorry for the duplication, but I love this and want to repost for the new people and those who did not see. I have spent more time on other boards here since my mom passed in Sept of SCLC w/mets and my mother in law w/EC in October, but I still pop in and read and wish all of you the best in whatever stage of your journey…
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possible new 'Family' member
Im here to see if anyone can ease my mind just a lil. Recently went to ER with chest pain, chest x-ray showed a small spot, and a follow up CT scan was done, an 8mm soft non calcified nodule was found in lower right lobe, and a smaller calcified nodule in left lung. A follow up scan was scheduled for January. I have smoked…
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New Discoveries
Friends, The amount of useful information available on the internet is simply amazing. Since being diagnosed with cancer, I have become somewhat of an internet sleuth, always sniffing out the best information available regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Let me tell you that the latest discovery I…
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not mine
Hiya! Sorry, not a biker girl ;) . The bike belongs to a co-worker (he has 3 bikes, this is the smallest). It was a christmas photot for our newsletter. THIS is what I really drive ;) . My 'Fwifty' I call it. Merry to All! Medi
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An inspiration
Dear ones, My Love Dennis has gone to a place of glory, a place of peace and no pain. We were blessed with short suffering and pain and a calm came over him as he said good-by. You all gave him inspiration, hope and knowledge. He would wish that you who are survivors continue your quest in this life. That the miracle that…
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Lung Cancer Vaccine
Did anyone see the news about the lung cancer vaccine. Its not for prevention, it is for treating lung cancer. I believe and the results are promising. If you google it the whole story will come up. The vaccine has less side effects as it stops a protein that lung tumors need to grow. Lori
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Lung Cancer Support
When my sister died of lung cancer I started a memorial garden. The garden has helped me deal with the loss in ways I couldn't imagine. I've taken over 5000 pictures of the beautiful blooms inspired by my sister.
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Wishing all a Peaceful Week.....
Hey gang, I pop in and see how you all are doing often, but spend most of my time on grief/emotional support boards lately. (or somewhere lost in my head.....getting use to the voices of insanity) Enjoy the holidays the best you can while walking this journey, the paths are different, but the walk is similar. Be good to…
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"mixed results" from chemo
My partner has sclc with neuroendocrine involvement. He has had two out of four rounds of carboplatin and etopocide and jsut had a CT scan of chest/abdomen/pelvis. The NP said the chest is "stable"--I guess that means the nodule that is there isn't bigger, but isn't smaller? She also said there are more mets in his adrenal…
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Has anyone ever experienced skull mets?
Has anyone heard of skull mets with 3b lung cancer. New PET and bones scans this week for father-in-law. He has squamous cell cancer. He delayed treatment 3 months to deal with a foot wound - and to avoid a full foot amputation. He is now fine and has recovered from the foot surgery but his new oncologist was worried and…
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As expected, 2nd opinion raised more confusion !!
Well, to summarize in short... 1. Finished 1st-line treatment, I am in-operable, original Onc after reading latest PET says we need a new PET in 3 Mo. due to too close to end of chemo to accurately interpet hot spots. Pulminary Doc says he wants a biopsy of the right lower lobe as something is in there now, but presumed to…
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radiation side effects
Well my ct scan came back good yeah for that but my lung doc said that i have copd now from the radiation treatments.you know I thought went I got cancer that I would take my treatments and everything would be ok, and for the most part it is, but i have been having other problems due to the treatments ,I guess im trying to…
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avastin, carboplaten and taxol every single week??
My husband just completed one round of radiation (35 days in a row), and chemo. Now he is taking carboplatin, avastin and taxol every single week. I didn't think about it too much until I did a little research and found out that most people only take two of those drugs every third week or something like that. Can you tell…
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Blood in urine
Has anyone had this symptom with lung cancer?
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Dangerous side effects from Avastin
Although I've posted about this drug before, I saw this morning that they are going to stop using it for breast cancer because of side effects. Well I think they should stop using it altogether for all cancers. My husband had lung cancer and had a "RARE" side effect from it and hemorraged to death after only one treatment.…
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Only 2 sessions of carbo/taxol and no more. Liver affected and not doing well.
After a recurrence and mets to several bones and now a new spot on the affected lung, my husband has begun to experience pain in his upper abdomen and hips and back. An ultra sound was done to see if gall bladder was acting up as he is experiencing a severe gag reflex at even the mention of food and the abdominal pain.…