-
Questions for First Meeting with Oncologist
I have my first appointment with the Oncologist this morning. Here's the final list of questions I'm taking to appointment. I'm posting in case it's helpful to anyone else: * Treatments * Recommended treatments and why? What specific drugs? * How are treatments administered? * How many treatments? How long? * Goal of…
-
Treatment Recommendations
Hello there, my name is Kassandra and this is only my second post on here, so far. My father is currently battling primary Head and Neck cancer on the base of his tongue, but he also has secondary cancer in both of his lungs. He has very little disease in his lungs, only one nodule in each lung, and it is currently slow…
-
Question
I was dx 9 years ago with stage 1a adenocarcinoma lung cancer. LRL. They have been following me for all this time for a thing that has not changed in 9 years in URL. now they spotted 2 nodules right bye it 8mmand 7 mm. Doing proton therapy. But any thoughts on staging?
-
End of life behavior
How typical is it for a terminal lung cancer patient to suddenly appear bewildered after staff tries to move his position in bed, and then lash out angrily and pull the bed curtain in front of himself, refusing to communicate at all after that? He fell asleep after a while, letting the bed curtain drop slowly. He died the…
-
Assistance on MD Anderson for NSCLC Lung Cancer
Dear all My mom was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (NSCLC). Our oncologist is prescribing chemo but has told us there is no cure. However I've come across MD Anderson online and have read a lot about them. The problem is we live so far away in Malaysia, which is over a full day flight and I can't subject her…
-
On Hospice what toe expect, how long
Hi, my 87 year old FIL WAS recently diagnosed with a Left Lung mass the size of a golf ball, with many positive Lymph nodes via CT. Treatment was not an option, as he was gravely ill in hospital with Aspiration Pneumonia, Severe Sepsis, Cardiomyopathy, and chronic lung disease. He also has Lymphoma, times 12 years, in the…
-
Conventional & CAM --- Question
Good evening, I have a question for those who might have an answer. I was diagnosed earlier this year with NSCLC, stage iv, with mets to the brain. It seems quite far advanced and the chemo offered was palliative, not curative. Right now I'm doing radiation for the brain lesions. Nothing conventional for the actual lung…
-
Hemph Oil
Has anyone heard of any studies or research using hemph oil to cure lung cancer? I have found a few stories on the internet but cant find any medical studies.
-
What do I do when told to wait and see if it grows
I have been told that I have several spots in both lungs the largest is 10mm the smallest is 4.5mm but that there are several others mostly in the left lung . Have had PET and CT to confirm this and the Doctor said that he wanted to wait 6 months to see if there is growth . I already have COPD and breathing is difficult as…
-
SBRT and IMRT Treatment Success
First a little short, concise background. I was first diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma Agent Orange(Viet Nam Service) related lung cancer in 2006. Had a lower lobectomy. Cancer came back in 2014 and I had had a second surgery - this time a wedge resection because the V.A. delayed my diagnosis and the cancer had time to spread…
-
1mm to 8mm Nodule Growth
I have to start by saying, In 2008, I found out I had a lung disease called Sarcoidosis. While having multiple CT Scan's, they found a 1mm nodule in my right lung. 2010, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 testicular cancer that spread into my lymph nodesin my stomach. Fast forward to 2017, after having a CT Scan, that 1mm nodule…
-
Biopsy
On Tuesday, Ausust 8, I am scheduled to have a needle biopsy to assess a nodule on my upper right lobe. A PET san showed that the area of the nodule lit up. Now the biopsy is to find out if the nodule is cancer. has anyone had this type of biopsy? Is it painful? Thank you for any comments.
-
Primary Head and Neck Cancer that has spread to the lungs
Hi there- my name is Kassandra and my father was diagnosed with stage four Head and Neck Cancer in May 2016. He underwent 42 radiation treatments while also having chemotherapy with Cisplatin. We were told in October 2016 that he was cancer free, but back in April of this year he started experiencing symptoms again and it…