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Lung Cancer

Archives for July 2023

My Mother-In-Law was just diagnosed
My Mother-In-Law was just diagnosed with stage 3 non small cell lung cancer (Squamous Cell Carcinoma) and she would like to talk to someone over 80 y/o that has gone through Radiation and Chemo to see how their experience was with the treatment.
Volunteer drivers
My mother was just diagnosed with lung cancer. She lives in J.E. den beach Florida. I cannot always be there to take her to all her appointments. My girlfriend recommended me contacting this site to see if I can find volunteers to help . please let me know how I can get started with finding volunteer in her area Thank you…
Multiple pleural based nodules
Hi, everyone. New to all this so my apologies if I use incorrect terminology. CT scan without contract in May showed "multiple pleural based nodules", the largest being 6mm, a couple at 3mm, and more smaller (total somewhere between 8-10) in both lungs Presently awaiting 6 month rescan (ugh...the waiting!). Question: Would…
New to this
I had A friend come up my driveway and ask me 4 help. He said his brother kicked him out of the house he gave him just before winter hit. He has been living in a tent since and that he has stage 4 non small cell lung cancer. He now lives with me and I am now his caretaker and want to do the best I can. So I need advice and…
Constant pain from surgery
I'm 6 weeks out from an upper left lobe lobectomy. My cancer was a stage one. I had vats surgery. There was one complication where I started bleeding. They had to go back in to restitch. The problem I am having is on the left side. I have a raised area in between my ribs about 1" thick by 3" long. It gets red at times.…
Small Cell Lung
Newly diagnosed...looking for support and answers. Just started chemo this last week. Etoposide and another one. Side effects have me so scared. I scared most about my hearing going. Doc said I would probably lose my hearing due to cochlear damage. Breathe or hear, I guess that is a choice for me. I think I'd rather…

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