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Lung Cancer

lung surgery
One month today, lower right lobe removed. Wish the pain was better, still need pain pills. Impatient want to be off oxygen, so I have more freedom. Chemo starts next week, I have Stage 1-Stage 2 non-small cancer with PScan showing no nodes involved. I am experiencing what everyone else is/has gone thru. Thanks for sharing…
Tarceva Appears to be Working!!
I just got an email from my doctor and he said it looks like the Tarceva is starting to shrink my bone met. I have been taking it for 50 days now and I am happy with this news. I had a scan yesterday and when I saw the spot on my spine was still lit up I was so worried that the drug was not working. The tech said neither…
Blood transfusions
This is my Mother's 3rd round of carboplaxin and altima for stage 4 lung cancer. She handled the first two treatments very well. The 3rd round has been extremely hard. The symptoms have been the same except usually at 2 weeks she is back to her ol' self. Her fatigue is much greater - had to rest after taking a shower this…
help gaining weight
My father, 78 yrs old stage 3b lung cancer, is now down to 118 lbs and we are trying to find ways to help him gain weight or at least stop losing weight. His cardiologist suggested testosterone shots. Has anyone heard/done this and if so did it help? He is currently taking Megace as well as supplementing with Ensure and…
Gastric Reflux 3mo after radiation to mediastinum for nsclc stage 3a
Hello all...I haven't been on in a while.Trying to get some things settled in these peaceful times right now. My dads PET was NED on Oct 12th, and he is scheduled to have another one on Jan 12'12.Anyway, he is having that gastric reflux feeling at night now,his last radiation to his mediastinum was Aug 29th.I don't know…
does fhis sound familiar
Back in may my husband was hospitalized for shortness of breath--he could not walk 2 feet without being very short of breath-. Just to give you some history, he has breast cancer with mets to the bones. We also discovered that he had some nodules in his lungs and a cancerous nodule pressing against his trachea.He had a lot…
whats next?
10/08/10 dxed with stage 3 lung cancer. had 35 radiation treatments 4 rounds of kemo.tumor was erased had lingering cough from radiation burn. 6 to 7 months later had miserable headache was sent t er had mri that showed leision on brain. had surgery on brain to remove tumor.1 mo later mri showed another tumor that was…
Lung Cancer
My father was diagnsosed with stage 4 lung cancer 4 months ago and given 12-14 months to live, boy were we ready for a horable journey. Today my dad went to his second chemo treatment and was told by his doctor that he no longer has any wheezing in his lungs, hello, great news. My brothers and I put my dad on a strict diet…
Extenseive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.
I have a Grandma who was diagnosed in September 2010 with small cell lung cancer and it was descibed to me as extensive stage. It had spread to the brain and she did Chemo and Radiation from about this time last year through late winter of this past year. SHe has been mostly fine since about March and seems very healthy.…
Lung Cancer from liver transplant
My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer this year, three months after he received a liver transplant. Turned out that the donor had lung cancer at the time of his death and now my dad is living with lung cancer in his liver from the transplant. The doctors identifies the lung cancer to be aggressive and it had already grown…
Info Please..
A friend's cat scan shows "nodues"in his right lung upper lobe and the doctors aren't sssure if it is or is'nt cancer. A pulmonologist suggested a bronscopy with a tissue biopsy of the area. Could the biopsy activate the cancer (if it is) or do any worse damage? The oncologist said it might be an infection. Is there a…
Help
I just found out I have NSCLC stage 3b/4 .. How do you decide which course to take? I called and cancalled appt to have porta-cath put in... I dont know if I want that or not..Horror stories on both sides...
Cough - update
On Nov. 22 we learned that my husband's sister has AML Leukemia. She immediately started chemotherapy on a 24 hour per day seven day regimen. How much more can one family be burdened with? Next month my husband has his follow up PET scan to advise what is happening since the end of his treatments.
SCLC -- Recurrent with questions
I'm back, with more questions. A brief history here - my husband was diagnosed 1/11 with SCLC, 3 tumors in lung, one in each hip, one in liver. Had six rounds of carbo/etop, finished in June and the PET Scan after that showed two lung tumors gone, one very streaky and much smaller, liver tumor gone, one in his hip gone,…
Mom's possibly going on Navelbine...
We meet with the Onc on Monday and to possibly switch from Gemzar to Navelbine has anyone been on it and could shed some info on it before we go to the Onc's on Monday? Thanks...
Scared of death
Three weeks before our wedding I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. This is supposed to be the happiest time of our lives. We both cannot stop crying. It's so unfair. How did we get here? I'm 44! I was the good girl all thru high school. It wasn't until my 20s that I finally gave in to peer pressure and attempted…
has anyone gotten artery damage from radiation?
Hi everyone, I have NSCLC dx. 09, I had the maximum amount of radiation to my upper right lobe that is considered medically safe, and I am currently in remission, however I am still currently having ct-scans, and my Onc. says things are good. I also get a print out of the findings from the scans, and I noticed on the one I…
who is doing this by diet and supplements?
Mother in law just diagnosed with stage 4 non-small-cell lung cancer. wants to get radiation for the bad spots on her bones, but no Chemo... can anyone tell me about success stories by diet and supplements?
lung chemo pill
chemo didn't work so now they want to try the pill .does any one have any info on this.
Mom's still draining after...
Mom had her other lung done with the talc (pleurocentesis) 2wks ago and every 2 days its pooring fluid out of her side where the drain was and they didn't stitch it closed. It gets so bad she has to change her clothes there drenched. We see the surgeon tomorrow and get a chest x-ray for follow-up. Every 2-3 days its drains…
extensive small cell lung cancer
Hi, I would like to know if anyone went through this my wife has ext small cell lung cancer has had six cycles of cisplatin and etoposide did radiation to brain and L$ amd T12 cancer went to spine, she was sick but was able to recover now she has been in hospital for 12 days she started on a chemo drug called topotecan her…
Facebook and lung cancer awareness
Hi Everyone, I emailed a request to Old Glory Harley Davidson of Laurel, MD to post a flyer and mention that November is lung cancer awareness month on their Facebook page. They did so within minutes of my email. I think it would be great if you all would go to their Facebook page and comment about lung cancer or just…
My sweet wife has passed
I was new to this site a week or two ago, looking for hope, support, insight and maybe even a miracle. It was not to be as my wifes body was ravaged with cancer and then the treatments on top of that. She lost her battle against cancer on October 20 at 2:55 am. She died in my arms surrounded by her children and family. I…
November Lung Cancer Awareness
Lungevity has lung cancer awareness events in November. I registered my family for "Breath Deep L.A." walk November 5th, in Manhattan Beach. Check the Lungevity website for events and make a donation for lung cancer research.
docetaxol and bavituximab
My wife is currently on second line therapy with these two drugs..... bavituximab is an investigational drug. She may be receiving a placebo in its place, but based on her side effects after receiving the bavituximab/placebo, we believe she is getting it. We received her results today of her scans after her first six weeks…
Anyone know about this?
My husband was dx with stage III lung cancer in 2007. He went into remission after chemo and radiation treatments. He's been doing well until the last couple of months. He is now coughing terribly again. When he coughs very hard he seems to have like a mini seizure where he loses control of his arm. It gets weak and starts…
PET not too bad
Got the results of my PET a little while ago and the doctor was impressed that there was no change in the nasal area from 6 months ago, while it is not NED no change is just as good. But now a new problem the PET is showing some areas in the Lungs that are suspicious, however he does not think it is cancer. He wants to do…
My mom lost her battle to Lung Cancer on September 24, 2011
I did not know where to turn but I just lost my mom two weeks ago to cancer. She was diagnosed in February of this year with lung cancer and the doctors gave her 8 months to live. She lived her life to the fullest and never let anyone aware of what she was going through. She was a brave and strong women and will be truly…
Can the Dr Be Wrong?
Has anyone on here dealt with the, "It may be a few days" as a prognosis and it turned out to be a week, month, year???? I'm looking for hope. That is it!
New Here... scared and confused
My mom was diagnosed in February of this year with small cell lung cancer (non extensive). They did chemo, radiation, and then did radiation on her brain in August as a preventative measure. Her sixth and last round of chemo was not able to be done because of her blood counts- they just would not come up high enough for…

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