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Lung Cancer

Archives for March 2015

Help! Anyone have misdiagnosis of LC/Pancoast?
Hello, Im at my wits end! I am 37yrs old and a 20yr smoker that has quit about 6month now. I have been dealing with right sided Chest/Back pain along with brown mucas production that only comes from the right for about 5yrs now, the pain and mucas started at the same time. I am convinced there is an issue with my lung…
Questions about Diagnosis Procedure
Hello! I am from the uterine cancer board, but my husband and I were advised last week his son has lung cancer. He had gone to ER unable to breathe and was admitted with a sac of fluid around his heart. They did several tests which included blood work, CT scan,and a scope down his throat. They discharged him after 2 days…
First Time Here...Wife has Stage 3b, nsclc
My wife was diagnosed a year ago. since thenm she's had 9 rounds of chemo, a lung resection and 6 weeks of radiation. Because of continuing pain and shortness of breath, some pleural fluid was drawn last week to relieve the pressure. Oncologist called yesterday and said that the fluid showed the presence of cancer cells in…
dad past away from small cell lung cancer
I don't know where to even start. My dad was diagnosed in August of 2013 stage one small cell lung cancer. He did the chemotherapy. First rounds of the chemotherapy didn't help. So doctors recommended a chemo that is used for ovarian cancer. He started the new chemotherapy in march 2014. Where he had to get that chemo was…
Question about meds???
Hi, A little over 5 weeks ago I had a thoracotomy to remove a large mass that was a recurrance of anal cancer in my lung. I seem to be recovering alright but still have a back ache and some off and on mild chest discomfort but think all is normal. I am now receiving chemo as adjuvent therapy for the cancer. After the…
Mom has lung cancer. Questions
I am new to the Lung Cancer part of CSN. Been on the Head and Neck cancer part for 3+ years as my husband had tongue cancer and died last April. Now my mother has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Long story about getting the diagnosis but short version is she has a mass obstructing an air passage in left lung, possible…
Why won't he eat?????
My husband was diagnosed the day after Christmas with NSCLC and completed his chemo 3 weeks ago and concurrent radiation 1 week ago. He seems way worse now than he did during treatment, and is sleeping over 22 hours a day. He will barely eat anything, and is probably only consuming about 500 calories a day. I've tried…
Pancoast tumor
My husband was diagnosed 2 months ago with a nonsmall cell squamous cell pancoast tumor. He has completed 5 weeks of radiation concurrent with 2 chemo cycles of cisplatin and etopside and is now being referred for surgery. The surgery for this type of tumor looks terribly invasive and is risky because of the proximity to…
When to have another PET after treatment
My husband has nonsmall cell squamous cell lung cancer -- a pancoast tumor. He has completed 5 weeks of radiation concurrent with 2 chemo cycles of Cisplatin and Etopside. His oncologist wants him to see a thoracic surgeon and also have a new PET scan. The oncologist said to have the scan in a week or 2, but everything I…
Mom in denial???
My mom lives 10 hours away from me and was diagnosed 4 months ago with small cell lung carinoma which has mestasized to her bones causing several spinal fractures. I can only get what info she will give me regarding her prognosis but she states she refuses to talk to the doctor because she is in a positive frame of mind…
New here...father diagnosed with Stage 2 Mesothelioma and Stage 1 Lung Cancer
Hello, I am new to understanding cancer, the stages, and survival rates. My dad was diagnosed with Lung cancer and mesotheliona almost a year ago. He tells me that the stage 1 lung cancer was treated with the chemo and there are no traces of it so far with his follow up CT's. However, the mesothelioma is a different story.…

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