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Lung Cancer
Archives for December 2014
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Has anyone else seen the segment on 60 minutes that aired on 12/07/14 called "Disrupting Cancer"?
I saw this episode and have been trying to gather information on how to go about getting this treatment. My mother called and they gave her a couple of sites to visit. http://nanthealth.com/ and http://www.providence.org/myomics. I'm really just trying to figure out if this is legit or bs. Before I go to my oncologist and…
A little over a year since diagnoised
Hello my name is Shelley and I am new to this forum. Just by reading some of the past posts some of you may be able to answer some questions that I have. Early October 2013 I was told that I had NSCLC. My stage was 3B. My team of Dr. had planned my treatment as first I would do 4 to 5 rounds of chemo to shrink the…
Discussion Board and Chat Spam
Hello everyone, Thank you to those who've alerted us to the spamming from earlier today and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. While we have security measures in place, we can't prevent all spam. We are currently working on measures to try and block this kind of discussion board and chat spamming. If you…
My Husband and I both have small cell lung cancer
My husband was diagnosed last February 2014 with sclc and I have now been diagnosed with it too as of last week and after a biopsy. Both of us were symptomless from the cancer. In both cases it was found after a routine chest xray for another reason. He has ccompleted his treatment but has actually seemed like he is…
New here: Mom has NSCLC stage II, with metachronous single brain met, has had WBRT
Mom was Dx 5/31/13. Had 2 rounds of chemo and one round of radiation. Cancer found on x-ray when checking for lupus (still don't know if she has lupus but doubtful). Never had lung cancer symptoms. Did great on treatments. In August of this year she became dizzy and had trouble walking...after a month of seeing different…
Recently diagnosed with lung cancer and my surgery is in 3 days.
In February 2014 I was suffering with stomach pain and went to urgent care. The thought was I might be having pancreatitis. A CAT scan was ordered and showed no evidence of pancreatitis. Evidently something had caused severe stomach cramping. I was treated and immediately began to feel better. As the story goes, when the…
Desperate, Only months
One year six months ago I was admitted for pneumonia and found I had stage II NSCLC. I go through radiation and chemo and was told due to my health and age I was a great candite for a Pneumonectomy giving me a great live span. I went through surgery and told sucessful. Within the first few months I was getting more pain…