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Mom needs Gammaknife
I know there is a good handful of peeps who have had Gamma knife, but I can't remember who and what it was like? Mom just took a blow yest. with the neurosurgeon that the monster appeared and its the size of a tic tac on the LT side of her Brain. They have been watching, but since the last MRI 3 mos. ago it has gotten a…
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Small Cell Lung Cancer
My Mom was just diagnosed yesterday. She hasn't gone through staging yet to see if it has spread. They found it two weeks ago as a 4 cm in diameter mass. I don't know how big it is now because I don't know just HOW rapid SCLC grows... I am terrified. I love my Mom so much and it takes everything in me not to cry…
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Small cell lung cancer....
Hello. I am new here. My name is Donna. I am 58 years old and was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in August of last year. Four months earlier I had just finished treatment for DCIS breast cancer with radiation and lumpectomy. I was told my lung cancer is NOT mets from the breast cancer and is a completely different…
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New development?
So husband and I have been asking about testing of the cancer to determine if it's EGFR, etc in the hopes of finding the best treatment, doctor resists each time we ask. Today I was downloading the explanation of benefits from our insurance company and discovered one to a place called NeoGenomics, which we had never heard…
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survived the surgery
Well here it is Sat. Morning and I have survived the removal of the left upper lope with all connecting tissue and lymph nodes. Took a good 3 hours, but all went well. Out of ICU and IMC now in a regular room. Hoping to head home today or tomorrow, just not sure when. Six days ago and this pain really sucks! No matter what…
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stage 4 lung cancer and brain please help me!
February 24, 2012 - 4:27pm mother has stage 4 lung cancer and brain Hi, i am new here. I feel like it would help me and my family in dealing with my moms condition in joining here. I cry like evryday, I live here in Canada but my mom and 2 sisters were in the Philippines. Last Januar, my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung…
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Mouth sores from chemo Thank you for the responses!
Does anyone have suggestions on how to help the mouth sores from chemotherapy. My husband just had his third round of Alimta and he says everything he eats seems hot or spicy and feels like it's burning his tongue and mouth. Tonight I looked in his mouth and there are tiny blister like things coming out on his tongue and…
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scan didn't go well
Our hearts broke yesterday... My husband (age 48) was dx with stage 3B NSLC 2/11. He had radiation and chemo (etopocide + cisplatin) and was NED until this last scan on 2/21/12. He has activity in lymph nodes again, but no signs of metastisis and there's no tumor except the scar tissue, which is not lighting up on the PET.…
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Husband (almost) 1 yr NED
I don't post often, more a lurker about I suppose, but wanted to let people know that almost 1 year after a bilateral lobectomy, RUL in Jan 2011 and LLL March 2011 husband's CT scans continue to be free and clear. When we started the onco docs could never decide if it was IIIb or IV and in the end they decided it was II,…
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I Just don't know what to do Anymore
I came here looking for answers and looking for hope when I found out my mom had stage 4 lung cancer. I sadly lost my mother in her fight to cancer and I am struggling, I only found out about the cancer at the begining of December and she passed away the day after new years. One thing I have learned from all of this is…
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non small cell lung cancer
Hi I'm new here. I have a lot of questions if that's ok. My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer about a month ago. She told me that it is inoperable, but did'nt tell me why. Last week she learned it is non small cell. We just found out today that the cancer is not in the lungs or on the lungs, but in the fluid around the…
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see ya'll later
I am on my way this morning for my surgery. Doing the thoracotmy LUL. It would be a lie if I said I wasn't scared...so I will not say that! LOL I know I shall be fine and as soon as I can get back home I will let you guys know how I did. So, be nice to each other and all the newcomers! Take care and everyone of you are…
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Update on Surgery - Looking for others who have had VATS
Hello everyone, I have been posting on the head and neck boards but, unfortunately, I need to post over here as well. I'm the caretaker for my husband who has recently completed treatment for H&N cancer. His 6 month scan showed that he is clear from the neck up but a spot on his lung that they have been watching from the…
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My mum has adenocarcinoma - we're devastated
My mum was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in November. She has a tumour in her right lung, deposits in her left, chest and pelvic bone. She started chemo in Jan, 3 weeks apart for 4 sessions, but after the 1st, found a lump on her side. She was told this may be taken care of with chemo but after her 2nd session and at her…
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PORT REMOVAL
DO NOT TO MEAN TO BE PETTY SINCE MY WIFE HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH YEARS OF GOOD LIFE WITH STAGE 4 LUNG CANCER BUT.. HAD PORT REMOVED AND IT LOOKS LIKE A KID DID IT. MAJOR SCARE AND OVER LAPING SKIN. IS THIS NORMAL??
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Starting Chemo Tuesday
I start my first chemo on Tuesday with Gemzar and Carboplatin. Is eating before the infusion better than receiving it on an empty stomach? My Dr gave me scrips for compazine and Zofran for nausea.
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I'm Scared!! ;(
I went in the er for a cough and they kept me a day to monitor me, say that I have a mass on my lungs thats about 2 inches and 1/12 inches. Biospy on Monday just going thru a lot of emotional stuff not handling it to well, if any one out there and understand I can use all the support I need.
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8mm groundglass nodule
Hello I am new to this site. My husband went to the ER for an unrelated cause and the ER docs found on a CT scan an "8mm groundglass nodule within the right upper lobe. There is also mild dependent subsegmental atelecrasis bilaterally." I'm not sure what that second sentence means or its signficance. He is only 40 years…
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surgery
Just letting everyone know that I will be having my lobectomy on the upper left lung this coming Monday morning. The last CT scan showed another 9mm spot next to where they removed the first one and also 2 lymph nodes enlarged now. So we will be waiting for those results by the time I am getting out of the hospital. Chemo…
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Scared...feel stupid
46 year old female....I woke up one Saturday late November with a pinched nerve in my shoulder blade. Very painful, was super uncomfortable and went to see the chiropracter I've been seeing on and off for the last 5 years. He said I had winged scapula, adjusted me, told me to ice. The acute pain went away but the feeling…
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Lung Cancer in non smoker, from second hand smoke?
Just curious, I read a lot of lung cancer dx's in non smokers, could it be that the non smoker got it from being exposed to second hand smoke growing up? i.e. my parents both chain smoked and I grew up in the 70's / 80's when it seemed everyone who smoked smoked in the home and car with children around.
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My Mum
Hi My mum has non small cell lung cancer, I believe they refer to her tumour as T4 so it's fairly serious. She has small deposits in her left lung and a large tumour in her right as well as deposits in her chest and pelvic bone. She has just been told her 1st 2 chemo treatments have made no difference to the tumour and she…
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Remember me??
Some of you may remember me; I lost my husband to lung cancer in October. Now, my sister's ovarian cancer has returned and spread to her pelvic area and she has spots on the outside of her liver. She is my only sister and I am not ready to loose her after loosing my husband. I want to be positive for her because she is…
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My dad is super fatigued with Gemzar/Carboplatin
My dad's first round with chemo in 7/11-10/11 was with Carbo/Taxol. He was not nearly as fatiged/tired as he is with the Gemzar/Carbo combination. It is profoundly different for him. His appetite is not there.he says "he's feeling it this time".He seems more worried to me now. He is supposed to have chemo for 4-6 months…
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So new...
Just discovered last week I have lung cancer, dont even have complete pathology info, just know its a 4 cm large...then my pulmonary surgeon ordered a brain MRI and found 2 "concerning" spots there, and cancelled the futher diagnostic stuff for my lungs. I dont even have an oncologist yet, they were supposed to call me…
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What's it called--scanxiety?
My husband was diagnosed with 3B NSLC a little over a year ago, but has been NED since August. The next scan is coming up, and we seem to get a little freakish with worry each time this comes. He has a cold right now, and it's so hard not to worry that there are greater implications. We keep saying "it's just a cold" as…
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Questions
I am over from the breast cancer board. I have a friend recently diagnosed with bronchial alveolar lung cancer in both lungs. She has been int hospital ICU with pneumonia. she is on hi flow nasal cannula. She cannot seem to be getting rid of it. Somebody also said when you have a biopsy it can spread cells within the lung.…
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Just found out I have stage 3b lung cancer
Not sure if I want to go through the chemo or not. Dr told me 6 months w/o and 12-14 with. I saw what chemo did to a sister and what it's doing to another one.
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How long did it take to start treatment?
Hi everyone. My mother was diagnosed with Stage III B lung cancer on 2/1/12. On 12/23/11, a chest x-ray had an incidental finding. A biopsy on 1/26/12 confirmed lung cancer. Chemo and radiation are the plan for treatment. However, this past Monday, we found out that my mother's pacemaker was in the line of radiation and it…
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tarceva
So my mom hasn't had any treatment since last September, her last round of chemo hospitalized her for over a week. We have been just keeping her comfortable and treating any symptoms that arise on her request. I was very surprised when she asked my yesterday about trying some form of treatment again, she said she doesn't…