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Lung Cancer

Archives for October 2011

Any one out there
who has nsclc who's status is in remission and currently only being scanned every 6 months??????? Would appreciate hearing from you.
anyone experiencing these side effects
Moms on Gemzar and Onc is thinking theres a possability that she has been in and of the hospital because of some side effects from Gemzar. Spirts of shortness of breath (that caused her to come home on oxygen), diarrhea, on/off facial swelling and cant sleep at night now and again? A friend told us poss. of toxic over…
Final Plea
This is my plea to the Warden for my visit. Warden Steele Deberry Special Needs Facility 7575 Cockrill Bend Boulevard Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0471 October 6, 2011 Dear Warden: On yesterday I faxed a letter to you requesting a visit with my husband at the Cannon Cancer Center located at Centennial. By the end of business…
Tarceva and Exhaustion
My wife is a Stage 4 Lung Cancer survivor. She has had chemo and radiation since 2009. She had a clot develop this past August. She started on Tarceva about two months ago and has had one Pet Scan that suggests that the drug is working -- some slight improvement but also a small area that worsened. After consultation with…
brain scan
Well, was taken to ER twice in last 2 weeks for shortness of breath, dizziness. Found to have pneumonia, plus magnesium and potassium were real low. Had heart palpatations. So, admitted me for 3 diff antibiotics and mag and potassium, and heart monitor for 3 days. Did cat scan, 2 chest x-rays and brain scan. Discharged…
brain scan
Well, was taken to ER twice in last 2 weeks for shortness of breath, dizziness. Found to have pneumonia, plus magnesium and potassium were real low. Had heart palpatations. So, admitted me for 3 diff antibiotics and mag and potassium, and heart monitor for 3 days. Did cat scan, 2 chest x-rays and brain scan. Discharged…
Lung cancer mets. to brain
hi,I am a regular visitor to the colorectal site, because tht is my diagnosis. Today is was confirmed tht my sister has lung cancer metastisised (?) to the brain She had her lung out 15 years ago! They are going to start radiation asap.. Right now the dr. says no chemo. There are 2 spots on one side and 1 on the other.…
How to understand PET scan results??? Please help!!
Hi, My grandmother was diagnosed with Lung cancer metastatic to the skin in March this year. Since then she has done 6 cycles of chemo therapy every three weeks for 18 weeks. She had her last cycle a few weeks ago. Following that was a PET scan. I have the results here, but am having trouble understanding them. The doctor…
2 tumors
Well I haven't had my first surgery yet and now they found another tumor. They said it hadn't spread but now they are saying I have one, which is the one I started out with, on my lower right lobe and my surgeon did another CT scan before scheduling surgery and now there is one on the upper right lobe. This all happened in…
Count the blessings
For those of you who know my story, I just wanted to give you a few words of encouragement. Count your blessings that you are able to spend whatever time you may have free to be with your loved ones. Use it wisely and enjoy every good day that you can. I would give anything to be able to be right there with him through it…
My wife has been dx'ed with stage IV NSCLC
Hello, my 47 year old wife was recently dx'ed with stage IV NSCLC w/ mass in left lung activity in lymph nodes in chest and mets on liver, adrenal gland on one kidney and several spots on spine, hip and a very small spot in her brain. The mass in her lung is pressing on a nerve and causing her to speak in a whisper. She…
purposely misled
Most of you who have followed my story knows what has been going on to this point. Therefore; I won't go into it again, so please go back and read if you haven't heard it. I haven't been allowed to see my husband in over a week now. I receive daily updates on his condition because I'm not allowed to call the hospital…
my mom
My mom is 78 years old and has been a healthy woman up until she got sick in August. She was in and out of the hospital with many different ailments, thought they were treating Phnemonia, however it turned out to be lung cancer. She was diagnosed with non small cell stage III B. The cancer is confined to only the left side…
Update on my dads NSCLC STAGE 3a/squamous cell
Hello all, I haven't been on in a while, my dad has completed 6 treatments of carboplatin and taxol and 39 radiation treatments concurrently with the chemo.His radiation was completed on Aug 29th.He started is adjuvant chemo on Sept 21st.He has agreed to 3 treatments of chemo,which are in much higher dosing,because he is…
similar stories?
Hi All - I am new to this site. Dad, 78 yrs old, recently diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer - poorly differentiated adenocarcenoma. Long story short, went to ER in mid April for what DR thought was potential kidney failure. Was bleeding from somewhere, had to have 8 units of blood. Thought they figured out the problem…
Cough - update
On Nov. 22 we learned that my husband's sister has AML Leukemia. She immediately started chemotherapy on a 24 hour per day seven day regimen. How much more can one family be burdened with? Next month my husband has his follow up PET scan to advise what is happening since the end of his treatments.
Scared of death
Three weeks before our wedding I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. This is supposed to be the happiest time of our lives. We both cannot stop crying. It's so unfair. How did we get here? I'm 44! I was the good girl all thru high school. It wasn't until my 20s that I finally gave in to peer pressure and attempted…
Scared of death
Three weeks before our wedding I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. This is supposed to be the happiest time of our lives. We both cannot stop crying. It's so unfair. How did we get here? I'm 44! I was the good girl all thru high school. It wasn't until my 20s that I finally gave in to peer pressure and attempted…
CancerGrace.org
When I was diagnosed in March 2011 with stage 4 nsclc, Cancer Survivors Network was the first website I found and I joined up and found very useful information shared by cancer survivors and caregivers. It was only much later when I looked for more specific treatment options that I found Cancer Grace: www.cancer grace.org…

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