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Chat Room!!!
Does anyone use the chat room? I'm trying to find a good place for my mom where she can talk to & ask questions about lung cancer. She was diagnosed a few weeks ago with lung cancer. She's had a bronchoscopy & PET scan (which by the way her first phone calls they told her everything was fine & now they keep calling with…
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Reaching out
Hi, The testamonies I have read from time to time are so amazing. My husband is at stage iv with mets to liver that has had progression in the past three months since his CT's. His mass at the beginning had extended to his trachea and enveloped around but after radiation and treatments it managed to pull away. His liver…
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Any nsclc stage 4 or stage 3b survivors
Just wondering if there are any stage 4 or stage 3b with pleural effusion survivors out there and what your treatment was. My father has nsclc stage 3b with pleural effusion
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Post chemo confusion and fatigue
Hi there. My father has non small cell lung cancer and has just finished his second round of chemo Carbo/Taxol and will be starting cycle three next week. I am just really worried because when his blood cell counts go down, he barely gets out of bed, has to be fed and gets some confusion. This seems to resolve itself but I…
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I was using that Lung!!!
I am pretty new at this lung cancer thing. I just had the upper lobe of my left lung removed a couple weeks ago and I am struggling to get back on my feet. My body and my brain aren't on the same page yet. I keep thinking I can do more than I can. Anyone have an estimate on how long it will take to get back on my bike or…
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Replying to a Response
I am not new to forums but for the life of me I can't see on this one how to reply to a post/response. I would like to thank you Plymouthean, for your message below, but can't figure out how???
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Cough & Throat Irritation continued after a successful chemo treatment
Dear All My mother has just recovered from lung cancer after gone through a six cycle "taxotere - 160mg" treatment. Now there are two things happend to her one is; That she could'nt sleep straight & on right shoulder. Other is that she is suffering with chronic coughing and throat irritation. Thou her consulting oncologist…
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Confused
Im so confused...My dad has been diagnosed with lung cancer, two spots on his lung and two on his liver. His brain and bone tests came back fine. I try to educate myself, and he wont tell me and my family much. I dont even know what type or what stage. Im scared for him, and I hate to sound selfish but Im scared for me…
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Cancelled PET scan
I'm just wondering if someone can shed some much needed light for me. Approx. 3 weeks ago my mom had an abnormal chest X-ray. Last week she saw a Pulmonologist who scheduled a bronchoscopy for Dec. 1st. She was also told that she would be called regarding a date for a PET scan. After not hearing anything she called the…
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Gemzar
My Dad is starting chemo in a couple of weeks. He will be getting carboplatin and gemzar. I know from reading on the internet that you either get carboplatin or cisplatin (platinum drugs). This seems to be the standard, but the other drug that you take can be one of many kinds. His doctor prescribed Gemzar. Does anyone…
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Lung cancer
A few weeks ago my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. They say it hasn't spread and her PET scan showed only a few suspicious lymph nodes near the tumor. Her doctor suggests radiation & maybe chemo. Why wouldn't they remove the tumor (lung or 1/2 of it)& the few lymph nodes & then try radiation or chemo? She's really…
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chemo and radiation
My mom will finish chemo treatment, and will take onradiation, can people who have both treatment explain to me the difference between them? will patient fell better with radiation than chemo? Thanks
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Lung to Brain Cancer
My sister who is 56 was diagnosed with lung cancer in June 05, with some also in the liver and lymph nodes. She went thru rounds of chemo and they did a PET Scan yesterday and said it was gone except for a small spot on the liver. She has been nauseated for a week, so they hospitalized her to run tests on her stomach…
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Newly diagnosed
The Father of a close friend has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The Surgeon recommends the removal of one lung. Is there a survivor out there that has had this procedure? If so, what restrictions are there following the surgery.
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new and need friends
I just had part of my lung removed and I am home in recovery. I have no-one to talk to and I am feeling pretty low. I was diagnosed w/lung cancer less than 5 mos ago and I don't believe it's sunk in yet. My husband of 13 mos is being cruel and very unsupportive. I need support bad. I am truly hoping there is someone out…
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Metastatic Lung Cancer
My mother-in-law was just diagnosed with Metastatic Lung Cancer. I don't know a whole lot about all of this. They say that it's in here lungs, bladder & overies. They are starting her on Chemo today. I need any info that anyone can give. We feel like the doctors aren't telling us everything that needs to be told. They said…
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How long does it take to diagnose lung cancer?
Hi...2 weeks ago, docotors found a 1.5cm nodule on my dad's left lower lobe on his chest x-ray. The nodle was not there from his previous year's x-ray. Radiologist suggested a CT and PET scan. PET scan showed abnormally high activity from the nodule, meaning it is most likely malignant. And they also found another nodule…
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Tia Chi & Lung cancer
Just wondering if anyone out there is into Tia Chi? Chemo is kicking my butt. But I need some kind of activity so I don't turn into a couch potatoe
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My mom had lung removed...horrible anxiety!
Hello everybody....my mom found out the Friday before Labor Day that she had a tumor on her lung. She had the upper left lobe of her lung removed about 2 1/2 weeks ago. She got Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome while in the hospital and went back to the ICU. She survived the ARDS, after being told that 9 out of 10 times…
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lobectomy/irregular heart now
Hi. I had a lobectomy on 9/6. The surgery pushed my heart into an irregular heartbeat and they are trying to fix that problem. There was talk about chemotherapy, howver, how soon after this surgery will they provide that, and can they do that with such a weak heart? Nervous and sleepless in RI.
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Neuropathy (Foot numbness/tingling and pain)
I had cancer (stage 3a in my right lung in April 2000.I took Carboplatin and Taxol to reduce the tumor down to 3.8cm before my middle lobe was removed on 28 June. Unfortunately three enlarged lymph nodes (viz.near to the trachea, oesophagus and subcarina) were unoperable because there existed EBVirus. My doctor gave me…
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Post Chemo Fatigue
Hi there. My 67 year old Dad is currently being treated for nsclc with carbo and taxol. One week post chemo he was fine, week two was terrible. He was extremely tired and this has been for the last five days. He is eating but we are also giving him Boost (supplements in can) with his meals. His blood counts were really low…
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I dont understand these 'stages
Can someone please explain, i see numbers and stages etc and am bewildered, any and ll information gladly recieved love and light feyona
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new here
Hi my mum has non small cell lung cancer, she survived small cell lung cancer 8 years ago. She is ending her first phase of treatment and she is trashed by the sides. No significant changes on CT scan either. she takes Gemcitabine and Carboplatin, can she do anything to help herself complimentray? i dnt knwo ho wyet to…
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Stage 3b Need Hope
My father was diagnosed in August with stage 3b nsclc lung cancer with pleural effusion. He has since undergone 12 radiation treatments and chemo which showed no results. He has now started the "second line" of treatment with the drug alimta. He also got a pluerx catheder this past week to drain the fluid from his lungs 3…
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tingly in fingers and feet
can anyone tell me how long this will last...you know the feeling when your feet goes to sleep...i'm tired of it
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Stage IV NSCLC...Questions
I know that each person's cancer and treatment is unique, but maybe some of you can answer some questions for me. My mother-in-law was diagnosed July 5, 2005. The oncologist said there was no cure and surgery was not an option, the prognosis was 2-6 months untreated and up to 14 months with treatment. She has been having…
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Any nsclc stage 3b survivors??
Hi there, my father has recently been diagnosed with nsclc stage 3b and we are looking for some hopeful stories as well as learning what treatment you had. Anything would be appreciated.
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Info about Lung cancer
Hello For Free Information about Lung Cancer Please Visit www.lungcancerdoc.com Thank You
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your input ...please
We just bumbled across Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) several centers across US (Chicago, Tulsa)... The concept sounds great combining conventional treatments along w/ adjuvant (nutrition,immunotherapy,spritual... treating the "whole person")...www.cancercenter.com Has anyone had any experience that they could…