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Lung Cancer

Archives for October 2011

Can the Dr Be Wrong?
Has anyone on here dealt with the, "It may be a few days" as a prognosis and it turned out to be a week, month, year???? I'm looking for hope. That is it!
New Here... scared and confused
My mom was diagnosed in February of this year with small cell lung cancer (non extensive). They did chemo, radiation, and then did radiation on her brain in August as a preventative measure. Her sixth and last round of chemo was not able to be done because of her blood counts- they just would not come up high enough for…
extensive small cell lung cancer
Hi, I would like to know if anyone went through this my wife has ext small cell lung cancer has had six cycles of cisplatin and etoposide did radiation to brain and L$ amd T12 cancer went to spine, she was sick but was able to recover now she has been in hospital for 12 days she started on a chemo drug called topotecan her…
Lung Nodules (new to me)
Hello newbie here. I mainly frequent the colorectal forum as was DX with rectal cancer in 5/10. Had to have rectum removed now with perm colostomy & have been doing fine. Had 6 out of 37 nodes involved which were also removed. Becuase of that had 12 rounds of Folfox/5fu which was completed in April. My question is after my…
help gaining weight
My father, 78 yrs old stage 3b lung cancer, is now down to 118 lbs and we are trying to find ways to help him gain weight or at least stop losing weight. His cardiologist suggested testosterone shots. Has anyone heard/done this and if so did it help? He is currently taking Megace as well as supplementing with Ensure and…
Mom had the most barbarick thing done today...
Mom got admitted this morning beacuse of RT Lung had a liter and a half of fluid sched. for the talc procedure on late Mon., however Lung surgeon said the fluid has to be removed before we could do the surg. so he numbed up the RT area and proceeded to put a drain in her lung and stitch it up with this drain in there to be…
My sweet wife has passed
I was new to this site a week or two ago, looking for hope, support, insight and maybe even a miracle. It was not to be as my wifes body was ravaged with cancer and then the treatments on top of that. She lost her battle against cancer on October 20 at 2:55 am. She died in my arms surrounded by her children and family. I…
I'm back....
Sorry for deserting everyone for so long but I have not been feeling well for sometime now, exhausted both physically and mentally. I think all the waiting was wearing me down as much as the cancer was. Wonderful news!!! The doctors finally felt it was safe to start chemo yesterday. I know it's too early for any physical…
Anyone know about this?
My husband was dx with stage III lung cancer in 2007. He went into remission after chemo and radiation treatments. He's been doing well until the last couple of months. He is now coughing terribly again. When he coughs very hard he seems to have like a mini seizure where he loses control of his arm. It gets weak and starts…
looking for answers
Hello, My mother was dignosed with stage 4 lung cancer april 4-2011 and had fluid around the heart removed april 5-2011. she has had 6 chemo treatments and the doc said she was pleased with everything and that the tumor on her lung has shrunk. The cancer is not able to be removed due the fact it went into her lympnodes and…
Stage IV and Holding
My mother is 69 yrs old. In October 2010 she had an xray done and 3 spots were detected. In December she had a PET scan that lit up two spots on one lung and one spot on another. No other cancer was found in her body. A biopsy was performed to rule out infection, but the results came back with cancer. It was staged by the…
erbitux and tykerb (lapatinib)
Has anyone ever used a combination of "erbitux" and "tykerb" for stage iv lung cancer ? This combination is used for patients when their cancer has resistance to tarceva. Tykerb was created for breast cancer patients, but it attacks the EGFR and HER2 mutations which are found in lung cancer.
lung surgery
One month today, lower right lobe removed. Wish the pain was better, still need pain pills. Impatient want to be off oxygen, so I have more freedom. Chemo starts next week, I have Stage 1-Stage 2 non-small cancer with PScan showing no nodes involved. I am experiencing what everyone else is/has gone thru. Thanks for sharing…
Lost my husband
My husband lost his battle with cancer today between 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. I was able to see him before he expired to let him know it was okay to let go. This comes one day after the date sixteen years ago of his incarceration. I received a phone call from Captain Jones of Special Needs who told me the nurse at the hospital…
Lung nodule
My 86 year old husband in rehab after a total hip replacement. Just hours after he left the hospital, his doctor called and said that his scan showed a 19x15m nodule in his lower left lung and wants to do a biopsy. He has been a smoker for over 70 years, has had melanoma on both arms, and served in the South Pacific during…
Implanting a Drain to Address Continuing Fluid Build-up
My wife is stage 4 lung cancer survivor. She developed shortness of breath during radiation and satrted to accumulate fluid on the lung. She has now had the Thorencentesis procedure on 4 occasions to remove fluid. Each time she feels great for about a week -- then the heavy congestion and wheezing returns. Her…
My Dad's PET scan results are in.
Well, my dads nsclc stage 3a has been treated with 6 treaments of carbo/taxol during his 39 radiation treatments to his right lower lobe.Then he had 3 heavy dose carbo/taxol after his radiation....His last radiation treatment was Aug 29th,last chemo treatment was Oct 5th.His pet scan yesterday, showed that his subcarinal…
weight loss
My husband lost about 30 lbs while having radiation (ended a month ago) and Chemo (ended 6 wks ago). He has lost 6 lbs this week alone! He says it's because the antibiotics the Dr put him on for his cough is making him urinate a lot. Doesn't sound right to me. :(
How green tea may thwart lung cancer & Update on Mom
I wanted to share this article with all of you. It is from Fox News on how green tea may help thwart lung cancer. I will be getting some for my mom-we will do whatever we can! ] http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/10/10/how-green-tea-may-thwart-lung-cancer-247062392/ Update on my mom, Marge My mom continues to suffer from…
Help! Mom Diagnosed 10.4 stage 4 non small cell cancer
My mom is 80. She broke her arm 3 weeks ago and to make a long story short our world has changed dramatically in one short trip to the ER a week ago. All of your stories are so inspiring! I was just wondering if anyone there whose experienced this- what treatments were involved and can we expect her quality of life to…
Another night in another hospital. . .
So my wife hase stage IV nsclc and we just finished up 10 doses of radiation and then she received chemo on thursday of laast week. She has not been eating and dinking very little this past week. Today I noticed she was a little more tired than the past few days. She complained this morning about a stomach ache. But then…
Down this road before
I have been lurking here for a couple of months. I lost my Father to colon cancer 14 years ago and my Mom was just diagnosed with lung cancer last week.. She had quit smoking 3 years ago but had smoked for many years. I am trying to brace myself once again. My Mom had been coughing up phlegm with dark blood in it for the…
Is my mother going to die
My mom has stage four cancer.She had breast cancer but it ended up going to her bones,lung,and sternum.I am very scared I'm only 18 and I want my mom to be around for many many many years to come.If there any survivors on here with a story they can share to me I would gladly love to listen. Sometimes she really have a hard…
coughing up phlem
Just recently finished * chemo's and rad for Stage 4 S.C C neck and lung-One mo. out on treatment C.T scan next week and for two days been hacking up phlem down deep--Know its not normal but worried about where its starting now. Is this part of the after treatment?
My mom lost her battle to Lung Cancer on September 24, 2011
I did not know where to turn but I just lost my mom two weeks ago to cancer. She was diagnosed in February of this year with lung cancer and the doctors gave her 8 months to live. She lived her life to the fullest and never let anyone aware of what she was going through. She was a brave and strong women and will be truly…
result update
Recd my dad 2nd CT scan for his 4th round of Chemo, quite a good result, the cell continue to shrink, Doc wants him to carry on with 2 more cycle before letting him on mantainance which he say that its will be in oral pill form.. i din get a chance to talk to the Head of dept as he quite busy... but i can confirm that its…
mixed bag on crizotinib results
My wife had her six week scans today. The good news is that thhere has been at least a 30% redction in the tumors/lymph nodes/ lesion we were watchinng. Bad news is that hher lver has several lesions. Onc said that this is not uncommon and as her liver functions are xtill remarably normal, that we shoul stick with the med.…
support
I am thinking about going to support group. My boyfriend has stage 4 nsclc and he doesn't do anything we used to anymore. He changed many ways. One is he doesn't want to take walks no more. Other is he used to hang in his room a lot and doesn't do that. Sometimes I want to do my own things and he doesn't want me too. He…
Mom' s thumbnail just fell off
Could anyone tell me are the rest of her nails going to fall off? Was on taxotere and now on Gemzar. They all turned brown and look like there lifting not sure though. So heart wrenching for mom, no hair, losing her eyebrows, eyelashes, nails are brown and no yest. rt thumbnail just popped off :( I hope someone could shed…
How to deal with someone you love with stage 4ns
My boyfriend was diagnosed at the beginning of September with stage 4 non small lung cancer. It took as both a while to get over the shock. He is now doing chemo and radation. He will be done around the first week of November. It is starting to take a toll on our relationship. He doesn't want to go outside anyone and is…

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