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Doctor mistake: No brain mets now?!!
Doctors at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, CA just told my mother they made a mistake. They thought she had brain mets from lung cancer, but it turns out they were looking at a stroke in her brain--possibly from years ago. She went into the ER for a blood clot in lung last night after doctors did a lung CT scan to see…
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The Momma files(it's a long one!)
Boy has this been the longest 5 months of my mommas life!!! Not to mention mine as well! Being a caregiver is extremely stressful! I feel like I am leading two totally different lives. Anyway, my momma is not doin the greatest. To recap, she has primary lung cancer with mets to the brain(1 tumor in the brain stem) and now…
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confusing, scary, hopeful.... radiation + crizotinib
So many of you have educated me and supported me.... thanks for that. The last few weeks has been pretty tough to handle. My wife, with stage iv lung cancer has been preparing for a walking marathon and as little as three weeks ago walked 18 miles in one session. That was two days after beginning whole brain radiation. We…
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Back in the hospital!
Well mom was supposed to have her partial shoulder replacement yesterday but unfortunately the infamous staph infection is back! So they have admitted her and is doing antibiotics again. More than likely her knee has it again as well! It's about the size a grapefruit. Anyhoo, hopefully when the staph clears again they can…
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Awesome, spectacular, perfect news today!!!
My mom and I went to the doctor today for a follow up on the brain tumor she has. He came out with a report for us to read and it said there is NO evidence of the tumor. The tumor in her brain is GONE!!! Also, she is off of the oxygen and for now is doing GREAT!! She will be having surgery on the bone tumor in her shoulder…
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Long Term Side Effect Of Soreness?
Hi. Gary, hubby, was finished with chemo Feb of this year. Lately he has been experiencing major soreness...not pain. It travels. It was on the front of his thighs but today it is in the upper arms on both sides. He has had scans but it doesn't seem that the cancer has spread. Could all this muscle soreness be caused by…
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Long Tern Side Effect Of Soreness?
Hi. Gary, hubby, was finished with chemo Feb of this year. Lately he has been experiencing major soreness...not pain. It travels. It was on the front of his thighs but today it is in the upper arms on both sides. He has had scans but it doesn't seem that the cancer has spread. Could all this muscle soreness be caused by…
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Lung Problems
Hi everyone I am normally on head & Neck but lately been having a lot of problems with my lungs. It started a few months ago with spot pains in the chest and having problems with breathing. Some of this may have been due to the medication I was taking (Diamox) as I had no problems with the lungs until I started taking this…
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Question about steriods
I posted my story under "Is his body shutting down?" I only received a few responses. The doctors have had my husband on steriods since May 2011 for the tumor in his brain. He is going to have surgery sometime during the last week of this month. His sugar skyrocketed and now he is on insulin twice a day. It seems he is…
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Pain and Cancer
I've had two chemos so far and the pain on my ribs has greatly improved. Could this mean the cancer is disappearing? I thought it must mean something good.
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Help... Any information on Stage 3B Lung Cancer
I have just had a VERY close family friend diagnosed with Stage 3b Lung Cancer and am in need of support and prayers for him and his entire family. Please if anyone could give me information on what to expect throughout the recovery process and tips on how to be there for him more. We are all still in disbelief and would…
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New Here, unfortunately
Hi, All. I have been posting on the Head and Neck Cancer site, but unfortunately, it appears that I now have mets to my lungs and maybe lower back. So, I am going for a lung biopsy this Wednesday and then a local research institute is going to do gene sequencing on the sample to help the chemo onc figure out what type of…
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:( METS to Brain
My wife had a bad headache the other day. T be cautious we did an MRI.... about 10 weeks since her last. Last one was clear. This showed seven small spots. Onc does not think the mets caused the headaches, rather, it was a side effect of her current chemo meds.... just "lucky" we found it as a result of chemo. Am trying to…
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soccerfreak I have a question for you?
Hello~ I scrolled through your history and had seen you had fluid in your pleural? My Mom just got out of the Hospital on Saturday. She got admitted for difficulty breathing was put on 02, nebulizer and very high dose of steroids after sevral tests they found her tumors have grown and with a vengance and fluid in the lung…
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Is his body shutting down?
I posted a few months ago about my husband who is incarcerated and has lung cancer which has spread to his brain. Xrays were done in Sept 2010 which led to a CT scan which was conducted in Oct. 2010. In May 2011 a biopsy confirmed the lung cancer. In June 2011 additional CT scan confirmed cancer spread to brain. No…
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma
HI everyone. I have posted before but rarely get a response. My grandmother has lung cancer that is squamous cell and has left the lung and wrapped around her spine. Does anyone have a similar case? Thanks.
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Lung Cancer Vaccine
Did anyone see the news about the lung cancer vaccine. Its not for prevention, it is for treating lung cancer. I believe and the results are promising. If you google it the whole story will come up. The vaccine has less side effects as it stops a protein that lung tumors need to grow. Lori
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Stereotactic Radiation . Help ?
Hello there all you brave and wonderful people, Im new here. It looks like my wife will be having stereotactic radiation for scc. Anyone know anything about this kind of RT. Were meeting the oncologist in a few days time. What questions should we ask: 1 2 3 tnx Clear
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it is not real
i am so removed from my illness that i do not know even if it is small cell or not. how stupid is that? if i do not talk about it, it is not real. time to be quiet, and just get lost.
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Just dropping in....
Nice to see some of the old familiar friends It will be a year Sept 23rd since I lost my mother, have not been on ,uch at all since early this year. The pain is still raw, but I am moving forward, living each day to fullfill my mothers legacy and make her proud. A dear friend of mine called me this weekend, her brother in…
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Carboplatin and Altima
My Mom is starting this treatment next week using Carboplatin and Altima . She has Stage 4 NSC in lung, small amount to liver and lesion on spine. She had radiation this week on the lesion as a precaution. She was having no pain from it but the dr.'s thought this was the 1st step needed. Anybody have any experience with…
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Appetite
I am my husband's caregiver. He had surgery, 4 Mo. of chemo, 10 radiation treatments and is scheduled for 10 more. All of this has taken it's toll. His appetite has upped and downed but now it is down and I can't seem to get it up. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Things he used to like he turns…
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mom decided to stop chemo doctor not very helpful
My mother is 82 yrs of age and has had 3 chemo treatments which has left her very weak. She has stage 4 lung cancer and it has spread to liver and adrenal glands. She also has empysemia. She decided to stop treatment because it has been 5 weeks since last treatment and she still is so weak and having stomach pains. The…
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Pet scan results
I had my first pet scan results yesterday since starting treatment in April. I had six rounds of chemo Carbo/Taxol as well as 37 treatments of radiation then two more chemo treatments after that with the full dose of Taxol. The Doc called last night and said the tumor has shrunk but is still active. He was happy with the…
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Gemzar-
Mom has just started Gemzar on Wed. for a half hr. and it will be 3wks on 1 wk off. After 4 cycles of that, than scans. Could anybody shed light on what she should expect? I have looked at the patient info. sheet, but its always nice to here it from you all what to really expect? Thanks so much!
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3-6 months
The oncologist has told my mom that she has 3-4 months without chemo or 4-6 months with chemo. Which would you choose? She just got out of the hospital with pneumonia, is on oxygen 24/7, pretty exhausted and I am trying my best to get her to do things. So she is getting one of those shoulder packs for her oxygen and they…
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So many different emotions inside
I feel silly because Mom is the one sick, yet I find myself with all these different emotions. Some days I don't want to talk about it, some days I cry, some days I am so positive and energetic and some days I pretend it isn't happening...then there are moments I just get plain mad. But I do not let mom see me that way. I…
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What does insulin have to do with the cancer if you are not diabetic?
My husband is 47, was diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2011. By June 2011 a spot was found on his brain. NO treatment has been started. He is being given steriods to reduce the swelling on the brain and a water pill to release the excess from the steriods. He is incarcerated so therefore does not receive the treatment…
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82 yr old mother with nsclc mets to liver and adrenal glands also arotic anyhersyn
My mother was diagnosed in March with lung cancer. Her onocolgist has given her 6 months to a year. She has taken 3 chemo treatments. She is so weak she cannot go to the mailbox on a lot of days. She takes several naps a day. The onocolgist wants to give her 3 more treatments but he has given her 2 extra weeks off to get…
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The Onc said she is the barerer of Good news???
Hi~ Help me is this good news I don't know? Mom started to well up last night when the Onc. called. She said the brain MRI shows possible live cells not sure (around her removed 9mm mass) so repeat MRI in 6 wks instead of the normal 12wks. The one lung tumor that grew last time had shrunk from 4 to 2.9 GREAT, but scan is…