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Muscle Spasms and Pleura Effusion
Hi, my name is Kim, and my father, age 64, was just dx with NSCLC stage 3b. He has a Lobectomy 2 1/2 wks ago and from the result of the surgery he has really bad muscle spasms and his voice is so frail now and raspy. The surgeon couldnt answer the question, Is it Permanent? I am just trying to get some feedback on this and…
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Need help, confused
As you know, I am getting little information on lung cancer with mets (Minute) bone and brain, as I,m far away from my sister who has it. Could someone be kind to explain, when you have mets to bone and brain can they shrink them away by having chemo,or do you need surgery?(does the tumors have to be removed or will chemo…
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X-ray results
I just got the report from my latest x-ray, taken as a re-check. As for as lung cancer goes, nothing new showed up. That's the great news! However, the radiologist said that the COPD has progressed somewhat. I'm an active exerciser and the pulmonologist essentially threw me out of her office for being too healthy two years…
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my mother/steroids
My mother has non-small lung cancer, stage 4, that has metastasized to her brain. She had whole brain radiation and has been growing progressively weaker because of the steroids. The radiation was successful in shrinking the brain tumors and the cancer has not spread beyond the lungs and the doctor said it was slow…
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is knowlage power update
first of all thanks to all who answered my previous post i too thought it implorable that i would be told of my wifes condition and not her.So i finaly got a hold of her dr. after four days of phone calls and he assured me that he spent 2hrs with heer and that everything was explained to her.OK fine.shes in denial,or…
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Fluid in lungs
I have had lung cancer 6yrs ago and had surgery, chemo and radiation. Pretty agressive. I had a cold in April and now have fluid in the lung. I opted to wait 2 months to see if it goes away but am worried it could be the cancer back. Anyone hear about it coming back after all this time? Anyone who answers would be making…
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What's next?
It's been four months since my final chemo treatment and I should be walking on air. Scans after I finished were clear so for all intents and purposes I am cancer free. So why am I so angry and sad? I am finding there are definite limits one can do with one lung as opposed to two, and I will have to retire because I really…
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Alimta Avastin Tarceva combo
I'm NSLC stage 4 and currently under chemo Alimta Avastin combo. I would like to know if anyone has received a treatment Alimta Avastin Tarceva combo instead of Alimta Avastin combo or Tarceva combo? If YES, what are the effects? Thanks in advance.
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New to site-questions about brain met.
Hi, I just joined this group recently. I am finding everyone's story very inspiring and it is giving me hope for my mom. She (53 yrs. old)was diagnosed in May 2007 with a tumour (4.2cm) in her right lung, to which they removed completely. She was staged at a 1B because there was no sign of cancer elsewhere. She has…
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Chemo
I hope I'm not bothering everyone with all these questions. I met a friend that had a grandson with cancer, and her husband had cancer, both died. The reason why they died she told me that they were given chemo,and was ok for a couple of years, then was given chemo again and it didn't work, she said it only works one time…
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Fentanyl Patch 25mg
Is the fentanyl patch safe to wear on a beach under an unbrella,the dose is low,right, the heat makes it leak out faster. And if my sister doesn't wear the patch 1 day and starts again is this safe?
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New to network
I was diagnosed and had one lung removed about 11 months ago. I have finished chemo and actually feel ok. I was so well medicated after the surgery that I really do not remember my two weeks in the hospital. However, now I seem to be having flashbacks of things that happened during that time; if they really happened! Has…
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side affects
I have probably complained to you all about this before. My blood red cells are down my platlets are up my sed rate is 104. Anyway I have takin nortriptylin alival. dont get much relief. I guess it is from the Chemo side affects I had the normal numb hands feet ,then a year later the other stuff like anemic no iron bad…
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Anyone familiar with Herceptin?
One of my friends is a survivor of stage IV breast cancer. They gave her 6-12 months to live because it was so aggressive. That was 2 years ago and she is in remission now. She said that they gave her Herceptin towards the end of her treatments and it was called the miracle drug. She believes that it is why she is doing so…
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Alternative medicine
I am truly disappointed with chemotherapy as a cancer treatment option for me (as well as it just no longer works on my cancer) and would like to explore other options. Does anyone have information about good alternative cancer medicines?
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Lung Cancer IV
I would like feedback,on any survivors and any with minute to bone and brain from lung. Chemo started first, what would be next. And can someone with limited money on medicare get the care needed to be a survivor?
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GOOD NEWS!!!
Hello everybody!!! Good news and hope for all of us. My husband just finished radiations and he is very well. Doctor is positive and she lets us travel to our HOMETOWN "MEXICO" LEON GTO MEXICO. I'm very happy because I'm going to see my family. All my family is living in Mexico. I live here because of my husband's job.…
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Alimta Avastin Combo
I would like to chat with someone taking Alimta & Avastin together. I have Stage 4 NSCLC and during the last year I have been on Gemzar/Carbo, Tarceva, Taxol/Avastin, and now I am on Alimta/Avastin and Decadron. I have had very little trouble eating or nausea and on the previous drugs I typically only had trouble with…
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a good day
I hope people are having a good day today. I am sitting in my home office window and I can see my younger children playing in the back yard with their friends. Water being splashed at each other, laughter, sunshine, something to appreciate!
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phone buddy for mother
My mother has been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer (she has many tumors that have metastasized to her brain). Can anyone give me some information where to get a 'phone buddy' for her (someone in similar circumstances that she could talk to for peer support)? Any information would be appreciated. Ohilly
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A new member and confused.
Hello everyone. I was diagnosed two weeks ago with non-small cell cancer of the upper left lobe. Surgery was last week, they removed 3/4'ths of the upper lobe. The path report came back clear (thank God) but I am totally overwhelmed, tired and confused. I am a 58 year old female in VERY good health, I stopped smoking over…
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surgery question
I try to be positive everyday, but I do have a question about surgery. I had a thoracotomy and my top right lobe removed on the 13th, and still can't sleep that good at night. I sleep a bit here and there through the day in a recliner. But at night I hurt and am unconfortable. Is this normal? Also, about a week ago I…
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1st time chatting
I have never done this before. 44 year old female, so very much in love with life. Injured my ribs a couple of weeks ago. While getting an x-ray, they fould a very small spot on my upper right lobe. Last Friday they went in biopsy completed and it was cancer so they removed my lobe. They said I caught it so early in stage…
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TRAVEL AFTER RADIATION?
My husband just finish radiation on the chest (30cycles, 15 days twice a day) and on the brain 12 days. Doctor said radiation will keep working so they will do scans in a month to see the results of the radiation. We are thinking to travel, my husband is feeling well, doctor approved it. Somebody has travel after…
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MOM IS HOME!
They took her chest tubes out on Tuesday morning and did xrays on her chest that afternoon, everything still looked good so they sent her packing home! WE got home late that afternoon. She is so happy to be home. The ride home was really hard on her. Very painful and it really tired her out. She had a hard afternoon that…
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Nerve pains (lower back)
Anyone ever experience diffuse lower back nerve pain that goes no higher in back than dorsal spine, but shoots down both legs? The problem with my back is -- this seems to be happening daily (or every 24 hours) and its getting worse. Onco had MRI done.. and it shows nerve damage in coccyx -- but there has to be a better…
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Lost in Canada
I went to emergency for some other thing, the doctor there decided to send me for an exray. So my husband and I sat and waited. My husband went for a coffee,the doctor came in and ask where my hubby went. I told him and ask why, he said I'll tell you when he comes in. I said tell me it's my body and I'll tell him if I want…
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Update on Mom's surgery
just wanted to send out an update to everyone. Mom did really well. The surgery ended up taking about 4 1/2 hours long. They removed her whole upper lobe of her lung, which about 1/3 of her lung. It came back that the spot on her lung was definitely cancer. They will find out from the pathology reports on Tues or Wed if it…
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Advanced lung cancer
I was just diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. I do not know what stage yet, or if it is small cell. I am petrified. Can anyone offer words of hope?
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Avastin and stage iv nsclc
Hello, I am new to this site and glad I found it. My 58 year old sister was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC with mets to the bone last December. Five tumors in all, two on the right lobe and three on the ribs. She just completed 12 rounds of chemo and the tumors have not shrunk. The last three chemo treatments her oncologist…