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Lung Cancer

Archives for January 2011

a-fib
Had surgery on Nov. 10,2010. Lost 40% of my upper right.. Some time before Nov 10 my heart went into "a-fib" 2 days after surgery I was shocked back to normal beat.. 2 days later back to a-fib.. Jan. 29. 11 still the same. Am I the only one with strange problem??? God be with you.. no beard now, Huntsville, Alabama---age 74
chemo again
Well, newest CT scan shows slight incease in my tumor. I did chemo last Jan-May with radiation at the same time. I also did the prevalent brain rad July - August. Scans at that time showed George (I named the little bastid, no offense anyone) had shrunk considerably. He now decided to rear his ugly head again, not a lot,…
Update !!
Well Family----just got out of Hospital after 3 weeks due to strep-pneumonia infection in the plueral, right side. Very rough--collapsed in ER with severe pain and could not breathe, was on supplement oxygen for a week. I am now home on IV antibiotics for a month, then I will have a CT Scan, then my new doc's think they…
husband's ext sclc "stable"
Haven't been on for a while. After 5 months of chemo and radiation. My husband has had total of four scans to see how he was responding to treatments. Basically one ebery 2 months. By second scan, largest of two masses, in right lung shrunk and pulled away from superior vena cava(impairing breathing and causing swelling of…
Waiting and Seeing
Well, it seems my lung scan was good, no change in the nodule. The bad news is all in my head, literally - there's a new tumor growing where the old one was. Once again, a targeted drug has failed to protect my brain >:-( (that's an angry face, in case you couldn't tell) Since my brain has had all the radiation it can…
Surgery Done- UPDATE
My husband went in yesterday for his VATS on the RUL. They were able to remove the tumor/upper lobe with the robot, but there were cancer cells hanging out on his bronchus so they had to revert to a thoracotomy and cut the bad piece out of his bronchus and stitch the ends together. They were able to get NEGATIVE MARGINS so…
Pulmonary fibrosis following lung radiation treatments.
I underwent 36 radiation treatments following a left upper lobe resection for sclc which hadn't responded to chemo. During the treatments I complained of increasing SOB and was told..'there's a lot of that going around". Aproximately 6 weeks after completion of the treatments I found myself hospitalized with pneumonia and…
Stage 4 lung cancer
I just found out my 60 year old mother has lung cancer. All we were told is that is is at stage 4 and is inoperable! She has been complaining to her family doctor for 3 years about having a hard time breathing and that she keeps getting pnemonia. Well this time she got her regular penacillin for the pnemonia and it didn't…
SBRT Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Hi my friends, I dropped in from the Uterine board. Can anyone recommend an outstanding medical center for SBRT? Or better yet an outstanding Rad. for SBRT. Thanks, Starfish
My Stepmother wants my Dad to die
What would you do if you found out that your step-mother, the caregiver wanted your Dad to die? What would you do? My Dad had a small tumor discovered in December 2008, he had a cancerous tumor categorized as adenocarcinoma removed from his right lung soon after official biopsy. The lung was then determined to be cancer…
stayingcalm
Deb, know your going through some tuff times right now and want you to know your being thought of. Wishing you the best..... Dan
Lung cancer patient reaching out
I am new at this. I was diagnosed with lung cancer just before Christmas. I am undergoing therapy and am really doing quite well. I feel a sense of isolation though and I want to talk to others about being in this situtation. At home I am just told.....oh keep your chin up. If there are chat rooms that I can go to could…
sortof bad sortof good
Hullo and again; Thank all of you for all your good thoughts and wishes. After living through the CAT I went to visit my Rad-Onco doc for the results> she saw a fuzzy mass in my upper chest. There are no spots or anything that suggests a tumor. Also she doesn't really know what the re-curring pain is, though when I don't…
Confused and Terrified
My 69 year old mom was diagnosed around Thanksgiving with 2 primary cancers, one small cell and one non small cell. I am not sure of the stage, but after reading other peoples I realize that is question I need to ask doctor. I am my Mom's caregiver since Jan 2009 when we lost my Dad to COPD and emphysema. My mom had a…
Need to Connect with Others With Extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer
Just dx with extensive disease before Christmas. It seems everyone knows someone who's had lung cancer, but it's always non-small cell. I've only run into one person alive with small cell and hers was limited. I feel so hopeless. If you're out there, going through this, and especially if you're a survivor of extensive…
lost
My mother has just been diagnosed with lung cancer which has spread to her brain. I feel scared, horrible, helpless, selfish, and terrified all at once, and so much more. We are extremely close, yet she will not take me calls, return my texts, and has already indicated through her husband that she does not want to see me.…
dry leather hands: radiation side fx?
Hi all, I'm new to this board. My mom had a cancerous polyp removed from her colon, but it metastasized to her lung and she just had lung surgery to remove a lobe. She just finished 8 weeks of daily radiation combined with a steady dose of 5FU. She's lately been having dry, leathery skin on the soles of her feet and palms…
Hello out there
I just signed up this afternoon with the Cancer Survivors Network as I going through some the roughest times in my life and am reaching out anywhere I can for support and community. On January 23rd, 2009, my pulmonary specialist called with the results from an early detection program I had enrolled in...there were two…
Alimta
Hi all. Just got a note from my oncoliogist and she wants to start me on Alimta next week. The biopsy I had did not produce sufficient tissue to get the specific mutation info of my cancer. (for the third time). It is likely I have adenocarcenoma, which will be confirmed tomorrow, and we'll start chemo without the specific…
Avastin and headache
Hi, I'm new to csn, so I'm going to start with a question. I just had my 2nd treatment last thursday. I am on Carbo/Alimta/Avastin. I woke up in the middle of the night with an awful, awful headache (my whole head hurting) and had trouble sleeping. I checked my BP and it seems fine. Has anyone out there been on this…
no insurnace
Any suggestions my sister-in-law has lung cancer onc. said without insurnace he would not do chemo. I know she applied for medicare and disability. I told her to call American cancer society. I forgot the name but is non-small.
Phooey!Phooey!Phooey!
Hi All! Just got a call from my doc's nurse...seems they want to re-visit a mammogram from last week and want me to come in and be squashed (sorry but that one word describes it for me) again. There might be 'something' lurking in my left breast (which if you recall is where I have always felt the 'pinching' that the docs…
mental health help
I'm at a loss as to where to seek help for my son, who has been surviving lung cancer for over a year. long story short, he just lost his job, due to seizures, and can no longer drive(was outside sales) along with his job loss went his insurance...things being what they are, I am most concerned with his mental health, and…
CEA Levels
Anyone know much about rising CEA Levels?
dry cough/ pain still
my husband has limited small cell lung cancer and just finished his treatments thanksgiving week(4 treatments etoposide as well as cisplatin with 33 radiation treatments is now going through 10 treatments of brain radiation) he had his first cat scan which showed his tumors have diasapeared my question is he still has some…
fear the end is near Help
Mom is getting worse she can hardly stand . Just started taxotere and going for three shots after. My brother and I feel she needs a wheel chair but my sister is fighting us because she wants her to stay mobil . there are just days when she cant walk .She has been halucinating but does sometimes understands everything I…
Dad's tumor is shrinking!
My dad had his appt. today after his CT scan last week, the tumor shrunk in half. It was 10cm X 11cm, so, I think this is a pretty good result. They will do 3 more rounds of chemo then do another scan to see if it's still shrinking.
A Plan - Finally!
I had a terrific appointment at Johns Hopkins yesterday. I met with the entire team of 5 doctors, including the medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, thoracic surgeon, and two oncology fellows. They presented a plan to me that we are going to begin on Wednesday. The plan includes chemotharepy (Cisplaten (days 1+8 and…
How Did We Get Here?
The Talking Heads asked that....and I have many times. For years.....46 exact, I would hear of someone I knew, someone I used to work with, old family friend, friend of a friend of friend.....whoevever...who one day was full of life and vibrant and the next day....the dreaded C word. How? Why? Never understood.....until…
Blood test to spot cancer (lung, breast, colon, prostrate); 4 Top centers to start using test this y
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/cancer/2011-01-03-blood-test-cancer_N.htm BOSTON (AP) — A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office. Boston scientists who invented the test and…

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