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Lung Cancer

altered taste
I was diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer, the end of February 2006. Unfortunately it was four days after I had the remainder of my lower teeth removed and implants put in. Two of the implants failed shortly after the first chemo, the other two are strong and healthy, but because they are on the same side, I cannot have a…
Small Cell Survivors
Hi everyone: I am looking for information on or from long term survivors of small cell lung cancer. I was diagnosed about a month or so ago and it has spread to a few ribs and a couple of lympth nodes, but not to the brain. I am taking chemo, but I understand the long term survival rate is not too good for this disease. I…
Hello
Hi. I was just diagnosed with NSCLC. All I know at the moment is that it's 5 cm, and in the upper right lobe. I'm waiting for a PET scan to be scheduled, to determine the staging, but it's at least IB, from what I've read. I haven't told many people as yet, but the responses I've gotten have been kinda strange..…
BAC Clinical Trial
Looking to Chat with someone who may be in a Clinical trial using VELCADE (Bortezomib) or VELCADE and TARCEVA for treatment of Advanced Bronchioloalveolar Cell (BAC) Carcinoma.
Small Cell Cancer
Hi, Everyone, I am a breast cancer survivor and used the Cancer Survivors Network during the entire time of my treatment. I have a dear friend who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last year. She went through the surgery and chemo. Recently she had a hysterectomy and they found more tumors with lesions. The cancer was…
He is gone...
On March 26th at 6:45 in the morning my dad passed away...They say from organ failure. He got diagnosed with cancer in November of 05 and at his last full body scan they said the cancer was not visable. He had COPD a lung disorder and congestive heart failure. He seemed to be beating the cancer but his weak body couldnt…
I am new to this!
Hey Everyone.. I am 19 and my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on 4/18/06.. The mass is 10cm in diameter and is in the right lung and bronchial tube.. it has spread to his other lung as well.. You can read more about him on my webpage! This site has really helped me out talking to other people actually gives me…
Alternative Remedies
Have anyone ever considered using alternative remedies in addition to traditional treatments? If so what were your results?
Beating Cancer through Nutrition and Diet
Greetings everyone, I am new and looking for feedback, good websites, books, ideas etc... from people that are fighting cancer through an agressive diet plan. I'll try to keep this story short. Recently my Wife and I have relocated accross the counrty to help. Currently my Dad and my Sister both have lung cancer, my Dad…
Celebrating the 5 month mark today!
Today marks the 5 month anniversary of the day on which my Mom was diagnosed with Stage IIIB NSCLC. How drastically our lives have changed in these last 5 months. Mom is nearly done with her first round of chemotherapy-- her last treatment is this week (May 11th). She's been considered a stable patient since early March.…
New nenber
Hi, I am new to this board, have seen other message boards for lung cancer and they are very helful, for advice, support, hope and information. My mother-in-law was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in both lungs in february. They started her off with chemo therapy and she has been in and out of the hospital it seems…
Back home
The surgery was Monday, 4/24. and al seemed to go pretty well. Overall, I was in ICU for 5 days, but only on the main floor for one. For the most part, the caregivers were fantastic (there's always one, it seems, who is just having a rough day, or something, and you get to be the victim of that). They took the whole URL,…
Update
As an update, I had a PET scan, and it came back clean. I ams cheduled for a lobectomy on Monday (three days from now). I would REALLY appreciate an honest reply as to what I can/should expect. Thanks!
Mom Passed away and now I have to go home
At the end of Jan. I received the news my mom had cancer. It was terminal. My Aunt and Uncle helped me get out to Kentucky from Montana to see her. When I got here I had only expected to be here two weeks. We found out though that the place she was living in was in no condition for her to go home to so we had to rent a…
MAC and LUNG CANCER
Does anyone else have a dual diagnosis of MAC (mycobacterial avium complex) and lung cancer? Cannot find others and am experiencing a troubling difference among Dr.'s treatment plans? Advice please.
Chemosensitivity testing
I am trying to raise awareness of chemoresistance/sensitivity testing as a result of my own success with this screening method. I am a 42 yo male, non-smoker who was diagnosed in may 2003 with NSCLC stage 3b. I insisted on having my tumor screened before I began chemo and had a lymph node removed to provide the sample for…
Cancer Treatment Centers
Hi everyone! Anyone out there have any experience with Cancer Treatment Centers of America? Thinking of moving my treatment there and wanted some feedback from people who have gone there. Best wishes to all of us, Don.
Tarceva
I have stage 3b lung cancer. I have had radiation chemo and now they are going to put me on Tarceva. Does anyone know anything about this drug? Would really like to hear from you? Thanks. Howard.
Pnumonectomy - HELP!
My dad had a Pnumonectomy about 3 months ago. The lung they took filled up with fluid like it was supposed to. Well over the past few weeks, he has had some really bad spells where his SATS have dropped and he thought he was going to die. His last two rounds of x-rays showed that the fluid that filled up in that lung after…
sign me up!!
I'd love to go to Celebs in Washington in September. Wow so many people from chat might be there. And the disucssion.... it could be really neat.
Chemo Sensitivity and Resistance Assays
Chemotherapy Sensitivity and Resistance Assays When a patient has an infection, doctors often send a sample of infected blood or tissue to a lab where they can grow the bacteria and see which antibiotics are most effective (called Bacterial Culture and Sensitivity Testing). Chemosensitivity testing is an attempt to do…
Cell Culture Drug Resistance Testing
The Possible Role of Chemoresistance Testing in the Era of Post Surgical Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Ricardo S. Santos, M.D., Amit N. Patel, M.D., Clark T. Gamblin, M.D., Hiran C. Fernando, M.D., James D. Luketich, M.D., and Rodney J. Landreneau, M.D., University of Pittsburg Medical…
any info on Tarceva would be helpful
Greetings..my dad has just finished 4 rounds of chemo..the doctors tell us that the cancer is shrinking. They also told him that if he wasnt in such poor health ( heart failure and COPD lung disorder) he would be in good shape. So why arent they giving him more chemo? If he is responding to it why not continue. They not…
Prognosis
I've searched and searched the literature. Can anyone give me a "guesstimated" prognosis (survival time) for an 87-year-old man with Stage IIIB lung cancer, who is receiving no other treatment than palliative care? He is otherwise in pretty poor health (40%-50% on Karnofsky Scale).
20 year old son of a stage 4 cancer patient
Hello. My name is marcus and i am the only child of a stage 4 cancer patient. After passing out doctors discovered he had a brain tumor and removed it. The lung cancer has spread badly and they have given him less than 6 months to live and said treatment wouldnt help. I know nothing about whats in store for me over the…
Diet, stomach pain, shock
Hello, my father has had prostate cancer for 6 years. 1.5 yrs ago found that he has lung adenocarcinoma (not related to the prostate cancer) which metastized to the bones and liver. Since his last chemo regimen (which failed and ended three weeks ago) he has very bad stomach pain and daily vomitting- we think due to either…
ankle swelling?
My dad just had radio surgery for a recurrent leison of a LC metastisis in his brain. Drs. put him on dexamethazone which they are weaning him off now. He also started Tarceva. He feels ok except or the fact that his ankles and feet are extremely swollen (3x their normal size!) He is taking a water pill on and off , but…
can't breath
My dad was diagnosed in january with non small cell lung cancer, stage IV. He had to have his lung drained from all the fluid that built up in his lung from the cancer and he had to have talc put in to keep the lung expanded. He was having a difficult time breathing before the procedure (in january 2006), but now his…
supplements in conjunction with chemo
My dad has stage IIIB nsclc. He is constantly feeling sick from the chemo. His energy level is low to non-existent, he gets out of breath easily, and he is depressed from the combination of everything that is keeping him from feeling good. I saw on the Internet a website for supplements that help cure cancer. Some people…
Post pneumonectomy
My boyfriend was diagnosed in Aug. 05 with non single cell carcinoma stage IV of the right lung. Only one node was infected in the mediastinum. Started out with chemo/radiation and that didn't work. Then he had the pneumonectomy. Had recurrent pneumothorax of the good lung. Underwent resection of apical blebs and…

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