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Happy Birthday Medi...
Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you .... Happy Birthday dear medi ... Happy Birhday to you and many, many more... Congrats on another one O friend.... Hugs Dan:)
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Has anyone heard from Congoody
Congoody was dx in 2009 with stage 1 NSCLC was wondering if anyone hears from her? Annie60
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Lifes a Beach ! Stage IV
Hello Family..... Saw Doc Tuesday, scans are now verified "face to face" .. all NED, brain and body! I have had some constant back pain..and of course the internet describes me perfectly! So of course....my thinking is I have cancer mets now in the bones!! Doc says CT does not indicate any bone activity, but to help me…
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Wife just diagnosed with stage 4b cancer
Hi All, My wife has just recently been diagnosed with stage 4 b lung cancer (14cm x 9cm tumor) and it has spread to her liver (5cm, 3cm, 2cm and 1/2 cm). She starts a cocktail of chemo treatments tomorrow, Carboplatin, Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab. A friend has also told me that maybe we should try alternative medicines. He…
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My Mum - bad news
My Mum went into hospital today to have fluid drained from around her lung. We all thought this would be the 1st step to getting her back on her feet following a very tough couple of weeks but have now found out that she has blood clots and also that a tumour on her chest is pressing against veins and is causing concern.…
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Kerry23
I am just wondering if anyone has heard anything from Kerry23? She was having a lower lobectomey by VATS on 4/1/12. I have not yet heard from her. If anyone as, could you please let me know if she is ok? I am saying prayers for her, but just need to know she is ok. Blessings and Prayers to you all! Ellen
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Ex-Rocker---scans?
Hey Ex-rocker----what became of the scans?
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Doc on Tuesday
Hello Family...Good Morning ! Going to see the Doc tomorrow to review the "stable scans". My questions to her will be: 1. Review what "stable" means again? 2. Explain MetMab clinical trial (found in "Cure" magazine) 3. Review my current back pain, where radiation and drain hole where placed well over a year ago. 4. I have…
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Penn University or Thomas Jefferson?
Does anyone know who is better for lung cancers- Penn University or Thomas Jefferson both in Philly. Friends uncle diagnosed within the last few days. I don't know anything yet; he supposedly had a biopsy yesterday. I'm not up on lung cancers & need to know which is better in case he has to be transported from where he is…
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Lost
Im not sure what to do. My father-in-law found out he had Mesopotamia on april of last year and he past on june 6 2011. His wonderful beautiful wife had already had a test of her bronchoscamy and they said it was a cousin to tb. She took meds for it for a year and it wasn't getting any better now yesterday they did a…
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Limited SCLC need advice!
Hello, my name is Rose and my mom was diagnosed with Limited SCLC in Jan. 2012. We are being told that the tumor(cancer) is inoperable and she is two chemo sessions in. My mom switched doctors and new oncologist decided to have a CT scan to see if her chemo is working (she is on cisplatin and etoposide). She also started…
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Stage IV Lung Cancer with 4 brain Mets
My Mother (age 47) was just Diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to her Brain (4 mets total). She has undergone 2 days of radiation to treat the brain mets (cyberknife treatment). Her doc’s only did 2 days of radiation treatments (2-3 hrs per day). She will then undergo another MRI in two weeks to see how the…
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Just an Update
I haven't been checking in with you all as often as I have in the past. Let me update you on what's been going on. In early February I caught a mild cold. I recovered from my cold rather quickly but started having a constant headache. I had this headache morning, noon, and night. I also had a feeling of lightheadedness,…
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New to the site
Hi! This site was recommended by a friend. I hope to learn from others and share my own experiences in hope of helping others. I was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC with a small brain metastasis in February 2012. I have completed 2 sessions of chemotherapy (Carboplatin, Pemetrexed, Avastin and also Zometa) with the third…
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Lower Lobe Lobectomy
I have 24 hours before my VATS surgery to remove lower right lobe along with tumor (malignant) 2.2 cm and lymph nodes even though they were clean. Let's hope they are still clean, that test was over 3 weeks ago. I am nervous on the first couple of days of recuperation and this drainage tube, coughing, shortness of breath…
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My dad was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer he was only diagnosed because it moved to his
Hi was wondering what there is to do we went to his docter and she said that there isnt alot he can do it's spread to his adrenal gland and kidney and we think his brain. He is now coughing up blood how long do u think he might have im really worried.