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Help! I need to Understand
To make a long story short..my husband had the lower lobe of his right lung removed. No cancer anywhere else. Swollen lymph nodes, so 4 mo. of chemo them PET scan shows three hot spots. One on his neck, one on his 5th rib and lower back muscle. Did radiation on neck and they said we could try another chemo drug. So we go…
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My dad has just been diagnosed with stage iv adenocarcinoma with bone mets to spine and ribs. Need
My dad (age 61) was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with stage iv adenocarcinoma with mets to spine and ribs. My dad is a very healthy man and always has been up to this point. The oncologist we saw actually said to us that if he didn't know better he would question whether he actually had cancer. We live in Northeast Arkansas and…
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Alcohol intake while being treated for lung cancer
Can anyone tell me why doctors always say no when you ask them if you can have a few cocktails or a glass of wine with dinner? I know most doctors are anti alcohol but they never tell you the reason why alcohol is bad for you while you are being treated for cancer. It's the 4th of July and I sure would enjoy a few beers…
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Taxotere
Hello all.....My wife who is 63 discovered she had stage 3b NSCLC Squamous cell on May 2...We have been thru all the tests and the Pet scan showed that it had nt spread out of the lung area even though it was in 2 of the Lymph nodes...I am taking that as good news...The treatment regimen they decided on was radiation 5…
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no treatment
My Dad age 86 , not a candidate for surgery due to other conditions, with stage 2 NSCLC, has decided not to pursue treatment. He is currently in a skilled nursing home due to painfull nerve conditions stemming from a "bad back", recently diagnosed parkingsons and other. He declined a bone scan to get full diagnoses. I have…
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Letting Go
Well just a update on my father. Since the feeding tube wasnt going to work for my dad my mom decided to bring him home. He got home last Tuesday and he passed on that thursday. He was waiting to pass till he got home and i know he was waiting for the ok from us that it was ok to give up and let go. The hardest thing i had…
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je john where are you?
Jejohn~ Haven't seen you post in awhile and wondering how things are going? Since you and Mom have pretty much the same situation wondering if your having a watery eye that just wont stop and so swollen in your face that Mom says she barely could put her glasses on? Lots of positive energy going out to all...
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Update - Not ill at all but terminal
Hello I posted about 6 months ago about my dear friend in her 30's who has been diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain. She has had brain surgery and radi to head and no more cancer is seen there. After 4 cycles of chemo she has just had another scan and been told cancer has now spread to her liver and…
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Starting Zometa - B12, Carboplatin/Pemetrexed (Calimta)
Hi, I am new to cancer and to these discussion boards. I was diagnoised a month ago with stage 4. A small tumor on top of my right lung, and one pressing on my spine. They have been addressing the spine with radiation because of worry of compression and I also take a steriod. I'm in my last week of radiation and start…
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My mom has stage 4 lung cancer
My mom was diagnosed in April 2011 with stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to her brain. She surgically had one of the tumors removed so she could regain the user of her right leg and arm(that was her first symptom of this). She is 64 years old and has never smoked. She has since had 10 treatments of whole brain radiation…
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Does anyone remember Steel Magnolias? If you do, you'll get it when I say that I just want to hit s
My mom's transitioning, and I am just so darn sad about it. As a caregiver, I am relieved. But as a daughter, I am shattered. She and I have had the opportunity to have a clean slate, and say everything we needed to say (and then some!) throughout her illenss. I have been told she's had only days to live several times…
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2nd round of chemo?
I seen my Oncologist yesterday after completing 6 weeks of chemo carbo/taxol once a week and 35 radiation treatments. I had no side effects at all from either treatment. My Oncologist wants me to take two more chemo treatments. One next week then one again in three weeks then do a Pet scan. I don't understand why he wants…
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ground glass
Hi I am from the CRC board. Can someone tell me what ground glass in the lung mean? thanks
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Well Mom's face swelled up again after having TX
Mom seems to have chipmunk face after TX and there starting to think its poss. a reaction to the decadron that she gets in her IV before TX. Is there anything else she could get besides Decadron with her Taxotere the Onc has'nt suggested anything besides to take a benadryl the other day. My last posting with Mom poss. with…
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Toxicity-Free Chemotherapy
Hello, My mom has just been diagnosed with lung cancer (still waiting on some tests so not sure which stage, we think 2B or 3A), and are waiting on her first treatment. Her oncologist has asked for EGFR mutation test, in which case we were told she will start a combination of chemotherapy and IRESSA. Anybody else had this…
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Still feeling tired after chemo and radiation treatments
I finished my chemo treatments two weeks ago I had carbo/Taxol once a week for six weeks and radiation treatments for seven weeks once a day and finished those treatments last Friday June 17th. I am wondering if it was normal to still feel tired and worn out more so now then when I was taking the treatments. I also have…
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muscle and joint aches (cachexia?)
hi everyone my husband had small cell lung cancer and is currently involved in a clinical trial. he has lost a substantial amount of weight and lost alot of muscle mass he also has been having alot of diarhhea his doctors have done alot to combat these things but to no avail his pain is getting worse. his cancer has not…
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HE IS GONE TO HEAVEN
My dear husband now is in heaven, He was mi hero, he was my everything. One day I will be with him for ever....I hate cancer!!! Rosi
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Radiation
Hello, I wonder if someone can tell me what radiation treatment is like. I have stage 4 lung cancer and am just finishing up my fourth session of chemo involving cisplatin, avastin and gemzar. Results have been stable with just a slight shrinkage of the effected lymph nodes. If this holds stable they will give me radiation…
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Waiting for Diagnoses
I was taken to the hospital 3-30-11 after having a small stroke after xrays, lots of test and a cat scan they discovered a spot on my right lung about 2cm. After coming home I had a pet scan on 5-11-11 and sawOn 4-31-11 I was taken to the hospital with a small stroke, after a lot of test including xrays the lung Dr on the…
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Not curable but treatable
My Dad's stage IIIb lung cancer, according to the Oncologist, is not curable but treatable. The goal is to keep it from spreading. Does this mean he will be on chemo the rest of his life? Anyone out there in the same boat?
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It's more than I was expecting...
Got the call that I was dreading this morning. Cancer is back in the left lung and now I have it in the right lung with lymph nodes involved. Current plan is chemo only to see how the cancers react and then possible radiation. Surgery is not an option. I'm still stunned and I'm having a private mini pity party. Tomorrow I…
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Where to go for radiation/ kemo East coast. And are there waiting list?
Just getting started with this,for my mother. While we wait for the biopsy results, what is the best place to go for radiation or kemo? Are they all the same? Is there a waiting list for the good ones?
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Has anyone been on navelbine?
I just started navelbine on June 3rd. I am not looking forward to any side affects. Anyone out there had any experience with this drug? I have Stage 4 NSCLC and looking for something that will slam this beast into remission.
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Anyone taking Docetaxel chemo?
My husband has stage 3 lung cancer which was in remission then they found another mass that is attached to the sac of his heart so they are trying this medicine. he goes every 21 days for it, knocks him out for 7 days (naseau, weak, no appetite) then he gets better, this is round 3 10 days ago and now he is really having a…
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Radiation
After 2 years of treatments (chemo & radiation), my husband's stage 4 lung cancer seems to have spread to his brain. The doctors are talking about radiation to shrink that tumor and he is very worried about the side effects. Has anybody been through this? Thanks for reading me.
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LUNG CANCER EXERCISES
My mom has lung cancer. We found that these exercises (developed by a lung cancer pulmonary clinical nurse specialist) help improve her breathing. You can find them on youtube and search "lungexercise". Hope they help others. Best wishes http://www.youtube.com/user/lungexercise
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Possible cushingoid?
Moms face continues to remain swollen and the severe redness and the teary eye does not let up. Had seen Onc and she said poss. she has cushingoid poss. and its a good chance its from the decadron, but she has only been on it IV the day of TX every Wed. had stopped the oral weeks ago. We now have to see a dermatologist for…
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My husband has just been diagnosed with lung cancer
I am new here and to have to be here is frightening; I never thought I would be facing such a situation. My husband was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. I do not the specific type, but it is in the upper lobe of his left lung and a small bit may be present in a small area of his other. That is all I have been told and…
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I did something REALLY stupid!!! LOL
One of the first things my oncologist told me was to stay off the internet...I did good until today but my curosity got the better of me :( I read the paperwork that I had to give to the technologist that my rad onc filled out when requesting the PET scan and it said "restaging". This has bothered me so I researched it and…