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Final Plea
This is my plea to the Warden for my visit. Warden Steele Deberry Special Needs Facility 7575 Cockrill Bend Boulevard Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0471 October 6, 2011 Dear Warden: On yesterday I faxed a letter to you requesting a visit with my husband at the Cannon Cancer Center located at Centennial. By the end of business…
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Update on my dads NSCLC STAGE 3a/squamous cell
Hello all, I haven't been on in a while, my dad has completed 6 treatments of carboplatin and taxol and 39 radiation treatments concurrently with the chemo.His radiation was completed on Aug 29th.He started is adjuvant chemo on Sept 21st.He has agreed to 3 treatments of chemo,which are in much higher dosing,because he is…
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How to understand PET scan results??? Please help!!
Hi, My grandmother was diagnosed with Lung cancer metastatic to the skin in March this year. Since then she has done 6 cycles of chemo therapy every three weeks for 18 weeks. She had her last cycle a few weeks ago. Following that was a PET scan. I have the results here, but am having trouble understanding them. The doctor…
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Lung cancer mets. to brain
hi,I am a regular visitor to the colorectal site, because tht is my diagnosis. Today is was confirmed tht my sister has lung cancer metastisised (?) to the brain She had her lung out 15 years ago! They are going to start radiation asap.. Right now the dr. says no chemo. There are 2 spots on one side and 1 on the other.…
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red on the brain
I have finished my Chemo. I go for my PET Scan and an MRI this week. My Dr said to prevent Cancer in the Brain , I need to get this. I have had 2 friend die from this and one in a nursing home. Some of the Chemo nurses said the rad is good. I’m scared, do not want to live that way . Could anyone out there tell me about…
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Count the blessings
For those of you who know my story, I just wanted to give you a few words of encouragement. Count your blessings that you are able to spend whatever time you may have free to be with your loved ones. Use it wisely and enjoy every good day that you can. I would give anything to be able to be right there with him through it…
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brain scan
Well, was taken to ER twice in last 2 weeks for shortness of breath, dizziness. Found to have pneumonia, plus magnesium and potassium were real low. Had heart palpatations. So, admitted me for 3 diff antibiotics and mag and potassium, and heart monitor for 3 days. Did cat scan, 2 chest x-rays and brain scan. Discharged…
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2 tumors
Well I haven't had my first surgery yet and now they found another tumor. They said it hadn't spread but now they are saying I have one, which is the one I started out with, on my lower right lobe and my surgeon did another CT scan before scheduling surgery and now there is one on the upper right lobe. This all happened in…
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purposely misled
Most of you who have followed my story knows what has been going on to this point. Therefore; I won't go into it again, so please go back and read if you haven't heard it. I haven't been allowed to see my husband in over a week now. I receive daily updates on his condition because I'm not allowed to call the hospital…
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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…
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similar stories?
Hi All - I am new to this site. Dad, 78 yrs old, recently diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer - poorly differentiated adenocarcenoma. Long story short, went to ER in mid April for what DR thought was potential kidney failure. Was bleeding from somewhere, had to have 8 units of blood. Thought they figured out the problem…
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Aspiration
I am still having some problems with hacking up mucus with blood in it. My PET scan a few weeks ago did not show anything like cancer the lungs, but did show 4 areas that the doctor believes to be from aspiration. Every time I eat or drink something a little of it goes into the lungs and I start hacking until I get it up…
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Just found out I have stage 4 lung cancer
Im a 49 year old woman non smoker, I just finished my last test today (PET) to find out if my cancer came from somewheren else. Tomorrow I have an appointment to get results and depending on the results I should start chemo on Friday (dont know what kind yet) I have not had time to actually take of of this in, I feel as…
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Dads report is in, please read and provide insight.
Hi folks, Today was a very scary day coz today the reports for my dad came in, initially i saw the reports and as a lay man, i thought that the reports are serious but not that serious. We saw the doctor and this is what he explained, as per the biopsy and the PET scan, it is a "poorly diffrentiated squamous cell…
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My heart is breaking....
I can't stop crying, when I signed on to Facebook this morning the first post I saw was from Deb...stayingcalm's son Corey. Deb passed away at 1 am from cardiac arrest. We just lost one of the greatest women I have ever met and in the 2 years I knew her from CSN she became a great personal friend also. My heart and prayers…
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Stage 3b Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer... Have a scare please help
My friend is going through Chemo and Radiation at the same time and aggressively, last night he went to the ER because he was complaining about not being able to breathe well. They told him that his mass has doubled in size! He has been having aggressive treatment for 3 weeks and he (we) could not believe the news we…
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My Mom, sick & not herself four days post her first chemo treatment......
My 60 Y/O Mom just underwent her first round of chemo on Sunday for large cell lung CA with Mets to her mandible bone & a couple spots on her spine. She was Ok post cheomo through day 1-3 (Mon-Weds).....today, not so much. Diarrhea x 2 days.....throwing up - (my Mom hasn't thrown up in years and years). Not only is my Mom…
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early lung cancer
I have early lung cancer in right lower lobe and my surgeon wants to remove lower lobe. He does not mention VATS and I wonder why because it seems to me that it would be an easier surgery to go through. Any opinions on this?
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Is anyone getting treated with Avastin?
Just keep thinking about what happened to my husband & was wondering if anyone is being treated with Avastin & having problems??? I had so much hope and wanted him to get better, but it didn't happen. I miss him everyday. Please tell me if anyone has had problems or bad results from this. "Carole"
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collapsed lung
I haven't posted in a few days. I have been going to see my husband almost everyday. He was sent to the hospital yesterday with a collapsed lung. I was told today he may need a blood transfussion and his liver may be enlarged. What does all of this mean? What's going on?
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Small Cell Lung Cancer help?
Hi there, everyone. This is my first post and my first time posting anywhere about this all.. so here it goes. I am not the patient, my mom is. Last December (a few days before Christmas, actually) she was diagnosed with stage four small cell lung cancer with mets to the liver. We actually lost my grandmother a few years…
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Dad has stage 1 Lung Cancer - Need advice on non srugical options
My father is 71 and has been diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer. The scans have shown no changes in the last few months so it is very encouraging that we caught this early. My father does not want to do surgery so we are looking into SBRT as a non surgical option. Anyone have a pos/neg experience to share. He is at…
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My dad has been diagnosed with possible CA of Lung
Greetings brave fighters, I feel all of you are survivors and fighters, this discussion board is a testament to that. Im from india and my dad has just been diagnosed with possible CA of Lung, we are having the PET Scan and Biopsy done on wednesday. My dad is 60 and has been a heavy smoker all his life till he got the…
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Dissapointing News Today
I have been having some lower back pain for a few weeks now. An xray showed nothing but some arthritis. My doctor had me go in for a bone scan today and before I was out of the hospital parking lot he called me to say that the area where I was having pain had "lit up" as well as two spots on my neck. He said he would…
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blood clots
Does anyone have any info. on if they ever had a blood clot do to cancer? The Doc's are telling us its common for cancer patients to have bllod clots. Mom just got admitted, put on levonx (bloodthinner) and will have a ct scan with contrast in the A.M What is the treatment for this and what is entailed? She has no pain…
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Burzynski Clinic?
So a friend of ours recently recommended that we try to to get some information about this institute for treatment. However, the website seems kind of vague and I don't even know if they treat small cell lung cancer outside of trials or not... Upon further research I noticed that they have been doing the antineoplastins…
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Can someone help me understand.....
Ok, my Mom's Large Cell Lung CA, post PET scan, shows mets to the mandible (2/3 eroded away)and a couple "spots" in her back/spine. She has tested EGFR positive and Alk-1 negative. What does this mean????? I go to every doctor appointment with my Mom, but there are some questions I don't want to ask him in front of my Mom.…
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Side effects from Tarceva - or is this it?
My lovely friend has lung cancer with various mets. Shes in her 30's and has been pysically very weel until this last week. She is unable to eat much very tired and has the shakes. She has refused to see the dr but will in 'a couple of days' if she still feels this way. Could this all be side effects from tarceva (6 months…
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Is it back?
My husband was diagnosed with stage 3A lung cancer in September 2007. Because the cancer was in his lymph nodes and some surrounding tissue they would not do a resection. They gave him 15-18 months, he then went into remission. Fast forward to September 2011 and he is now experiencing the same type of problems he had in…
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"All we are is dust in the wind"
(Kansas reference) I chose this reference because my friend, my dear friend, stayingcalm (Deb) was an affirmed agnostic and would have probably preferred this to the title of my initial entry in the forums, Donne's rather religious "Death be not proud". Yes, CSN lost a wonderful personality this past weekend, and I lost,…