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33 year old husband has Non Small Cell Lung Cancer - Please Help...
Hello - My husband is a 33 year old non smoker and has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer in March 2012. He was not feeling well for a few months with a dry cough which turned into flu like symptoms. His PCP prescribed numerous meds and thought he had pneumonia. He came home from work one night and was…
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Clean Pet w/metastatic disease - should treatment be continued?
First time posting, so may botch this up. Diagnosed w/Stage IV NSCL in April '11. No lung tumor found, but malignant pleural effusion and spread to lymphs. Went on cisplat/alimpta/avastin - sick as a dog for 2 cycles. Switched cis to carbo - sick a lot less and have been doing that since. For the effusion, had to get the…
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mother lost her battle with lung cancer on sunday
Mother lost her battle she fought it hard. She wanted to live but told me it was her time to leave this world and be with her loved ones that have gone on before. She was calling for her mom at the end I guess we always want our mothers when we are hurting. She was 83 and had lived a good life. She had 8 kids three had…
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Vertabrae Damage due to Radiation?
Hello Family.....I have no mets in the spine, but they say the radiation from 1.5 yrs ago is causing "abnormalities" in my T6/T7 vertabrae. It causes back pain and muscle spasms. Not much they can do I guess at this point until it gets real bad, then maybe orthopedics to get involved. Anyone have something similar? Thanx…
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Lung surgery questions - stage 2B Adenocarcinoma
I have just been diagnosed with stage 2B. I have one 6cm mass in my lower left lung and one, possibly 2, affected lymph nodes in the chest. The bronchoscope was only able to reach the one lymph node for a posititve diagnosis. Both the lymph node and mass lit up on the pet scan. The doctors want to do another surgery where…
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Just Checking In with My "Homies"
I wanted to let everyone know that as I am coming up on my 2 year anniversary that I am doing well. What an incredible roller coaster the past 2 years have been. VATS, chemo, radiation, remission, mets to spine, Tarceva, met to spine reduced, and as of last week no new tumors, spine looks good, brain and lungs look good…
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Adenocarcenoma stage IV NSCLC with muscle metastasis
Anyone out there heard of lung cancer with muscle metastasis?