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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…
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Travel Insurance
I really hope this question does not seem too frivolous in light of so many suffering right now. I had a lobectomy last December and I am going to South Africa (from Canada) in October. I am not having an easy time getting travel medical insurance and wonder if others have met with the same difficulties.
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Another one, imagine that...
I am from San Jose, California, currently visiting my Mom in southern Indiana. She has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma so I am here for a week working from satellite (SLOW) internet to spend some time with her. My brother from Colorado and my sisters from Arizona and Mississippi are visiting as well. As this is…
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New treatment
Hi Everyone, I am listing this post for my Brother-in-law he has lung cancer he has been treated at a local VA hospital in Alabama. they gave him Chemo. and Radition which has not worked all they want to do is give him pain and nerve med. which I think he is takeing to much of. We have heard about a new drug Geneticly…
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PET scan on Tuesday
Sorry I haven't posted much lately, I've been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster lately and didn't feel I could really be of much help to anyone so I've been staying away from the boards. A brief background since there are so many new members here. In May of '09 I was diagnosed with NSCLC in left lung and 2 weeks…
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collaboration request
In June 2009 I was operated on and I was removed the top of the left lung during the months of July to December 2009 received chemotherapy and radiotherapy. During 2010 at different dates were discovered and removed me three skin cancers. to date I have oxygen therapy and use inhalers to help the lungs to the respiratory…
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how to find a glossary of initials used on the board ?
I can't seem to find what the initials mean used on the boards. I am not real computer smart. Thank you. Sally
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gemzar treatment - anyone have this?
Anyone have gemzar treatment for non-small cell lung cancer? My mother-in-law has stage IV with mets in both lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes, nowhere else so far. She went through 6 rounds of Taxol, cisplatin and avastin last year. Took a long break and is starting up again. Due to permanent neuropathy no more cisplatin,…
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To have a port
Mom is now being torchered with the poking today, was 3 times. 1 of the nurses told her to consider it. They have to put heating pads on her veins to bring them up and out. She's just so worried that its one more thing she has to worry about like infection etc... Could anyone tell me do people get infections from a port…
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SCLC REMISSION but now new spots
My wife had a ct yesterday and the doctor called this morning and said that her lung looks great but they now see 3 spots in her liver and a spot on her bone in her back....has anyone had this happen and not been sclc? Her last chemo was last year in July...I'm hoping and praying that this could just be something else...if…
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stage 4
My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that in just a few short months has spread to chest cavity wall, other lung, throat, armpit, ribs, spine, and upper leg. The doctors say the only thing they can do is chemo. I want to know if anyone out there knows someone that has had this advanced or aggresive behavior. Also…
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Momma is still in the hospital
My mom has stage 4 lung cancer with mets to the brain and now mets to the bone. She just had knee surgery because she contracted a staph infection. They cleaned all that out and she is healing. She is also having excruciating pain in her shoulder and arm on the right side. So they did a whole bunch of tests and found a…