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Port a Cath
Has anyone diagnosed with Lung Cancer had thier port removed? One doctor told me one year after Chemo and another told me two years or we will discuss it then. I appreciate any input. Thank you Teresa
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does fhis sound familiar
Back in may my husband was hospitalized for shortness of breath--he could not walk 2 feet without being very short of breath-. Just to give you some history, he has breast cancer with mets to the bones. We also discovered that he had some nodules in his lungs and a cancerous nodule pressing against his trachea.He had a lot…
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Gastric Reflux 3mo after radiation to mediastinum for nsclc stage 3a
Hello all...I haven't been on in a while.Trying to get some things settled in these peaceful times right now. My dads PET was NED on Oct 12th, and he is scheduled to have another one on Jan 12'12.Anyway, he is having that gastric reflux feeling at night now,his last radiation to his mediastinum was Aug 29th.I don't know…
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Tarceva Appears to be Working!!
I just got an email from my doctor and he said it looks like the Tarceva is starting to shrink my bone met. I have been taking it for 50 days now and I am happy with this news. I had a scan yesterday and when I saw the spot on my spine was still lit up I was so worried that the drug was not working. The tech said neither…
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Help
I just found out I have NSCLC stage 3b/4 .. How do you decide which course to take? I called and cancalled appt to have porta-cath put in... I dont know if I want that or not..Horror stories on both sides...
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Info Please..
A friend's cat scan shows "nodues"in his right lung upper lobe and the doctors aren't sssure if it is or is'nt cancer. A pulmonologist suggested a bronscopy with a tissue biopsy of the area. Could the biopsy activate the cancer (if it is) or do any worse damage? The oncologist said it might be an infection. Is there a…
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Extenseive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.
I have a Grandma who was diagnosed in September 2010 with small cell lung cancer and it was descibed to me as extensive stage. It had spread to the brain and she did Chemo and Radiation from about this time last year through late winter of this past year. SHe has been mostly fine since about March and seems very healthy.…
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Nearing Death
I posted a couple months ago, I am the daughter of a mother with stage IV. The disease had spread from her lungs to her brain. She was diagnosed in May and now six months later we've gotten many good results. After finding out that the tumors in her lungs were almost completely gone and the large tumor in her brain had…
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Mom's possibly going on Navelbine...
We meet with the Onc on Monday and to possibly switch from Gemzar to Navelbine has anyone been on it and could shed some info on it before we go to the Onc's on Monday? Thanks...
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Spot Seen on Husband's Chest Exray
My husband's doctor said there is a spot on my husband's lungs, and they are going to watch it to see if it grows. There is still a chance this ISN"T lung cancer right? He is a LONG time smoker. I am so worried. Thank you to anyone listening.
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Lung Cancer from liver transplant
My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer this year, three months after he received a liver transplant. Turned out that the donor had lung cancer at the time of his death and now my dad is living with lung cancer in his liver from the transplant. The doctors identifies the lung cancer to be aggressive and it had already grown…
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who is doing this by diet and supplements?
Mother in law just diagnosed with stage 4 non-small-cell lung cancer. wants to get radiation for the bad spots on her bones, but no Chemo... can anyone tell me about success stories by diet and supplements?
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has anyone gotten artery damage from radiation?
Hi everyone, I have NSCLC dx. 09, I had the maximum amount of radiation to my upper right lobe that is considered medically safe, and I am currently in remission, however I am still currently having ct-scans, and my Onc. says things are good. I also get a print out of the findings from the scans, and I noticed on the one I…
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SCLC -- Recurrent with questions
I'm back, with more questions. A brief history here - my husband was diagnosed 1/11 with SCLC, 3 tumors in lung, one in each hip, one in liver. Had six rounds of carbo/etop, finished in June and the PET Scan after that showed two lung tumors gone, one very streaky and much smaller, liver tumor gone, one in his hip gone,…
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Mom's still draining after...
Mom had her other lung done with the talc (pleurocentesis) 2wks ago and every 2 days its pooring fluid out of her side where the drain was and they didn't stitch it closed. It gets so bad she has to change her clothes there drenched. We see the surgeon tomorrow and get a chest x-ray for follow-up. Every 2-3 days its drains…
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Long time
I just read Staying Calm Passed . What a great loss to the world !! I have not been on the site for a long time. But it made me sad to hear about her . Soccer is about the only on I still remember and I see he is still going strong. I lost a lung in 2006 and have been doing kinda OK. Chemo took it's tole I have a lota…
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new dx. of lung cancer
Last week I was told that I have stage 3 lung cancer. I am going to start chemo and radiation Tuesday. I will be getting carboplatin and taxol.I am a surviver of colon cancer had that back in 2007. Can anyone give me an idea of what to expect with the chemo i will be getting. Please and ty
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Lung Cancer
My father was diagnsosed with stage 4 lung cancer 4 months ago and given 12-14 months to live, boy were we ready for a horable journey. Today my dad went to his second chemo treatment and was told by his doctor that he no longer has any wheezing in his lungs, hello, great news. My brothers and I put my dad on a strict diet…
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Facebook and lung cancer awareness
Hi Everyone, I emailed a request to Old Glory Harley Davidson of Laurel, MD to post a flyer and mention that November is lung cancer awareness month on their Facebook page. They did so within minutes of my email. I think it would be great if you all would go to their Facebook page and comment about lung cancer or just…
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November Lung Cancer Awareness
Lungevity has lung cancer awareness events in November. I registered my family for "Breath Deep L.A." walk November 5th, in Manhattan Beach. Check the Lungevity website for events and make a donation for lung cancer research.
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Back Again
Well it has a been a small reprieve taking care of family issues, but time to come back. My stage IIIB turned to stage 1V with mets to brain. One 3cm removed surgically, other two by gamma knife in a week or so, which I understand is highly successful. Rest of body checks good! My dad died of NHL two months ago in our arms…