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AND THE VERDICT IS?????????
Hi everybody, has anyone out there uncounted a similar situation and if so, I would be interested in knowing the solution to the big question. I have NSCLC, the tumor in my right upper lobe was radiated for 5 1/2 weeks. Surgery was inoperable due to the location, followed by additional radiation, completing all treatments…
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Lung cancer which has spread to the esophagus?
My father is currently experiencing this and to say it's horrendous to watch/live through is an understatement. The tumor has closed his esophagus to the point where he's only been able to drink liquids for the last 11 days. Even then, he has to take tiny sips. He's currently on Alimta every 21 days. It's his second line…
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"I Got Your Back"
I saw something like this on another heading and thought it was a Great Idea. Give a word of encouragement, send out prayers to the person that post ahead of you and behind you. Kind of like "Circling the Wagons", and daring Cancer to cross. The last person to post can start the circle new the following week and we will…
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My question is....
Hi, my wife was dx'd w/ stage IV nsclc in Sept 09 and you all know the drill from there. Further tests revealed mets to the brain ( 7 lesions) so they addressed that first w/ WBR. After that 15 rounds of chemo and then just 2 weeks ago Sterotactic Radiation to two areas of the brain. She is line for a clinical trial…
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Songs
Good Afternoon! I am working with my local Relay for Life, and I am one of the chair's for the Survivor events that will be taking place. I would encourage anyone to attend their local Relay for Life event. My family has been touched multiple times with cancer, and RFL has been a great way for us to Celebrate, Remember,…
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Dragged Kicking & Screaming!!!!!
1. Did not want to be a member of the Cancer Club 2. Things happen too fast! 3. One minute you are fine and the next you are dying, or so everyone thinks.. 4. My surgeon was not a fan of VATS. Said he needed to get his hands in there. Hey this is my chest you are talking about! 5. Surgery 6 December 2010. 6. On everyones…
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My dad has SMALL cell lung cancer - Please please read
Hi everyone, my name's Marianna and I just joined this site today. My dad is a 7 month survivor of SCLC. In June, he was having shortness of breath problems, they did a biopsy and said it was small cell lung cancer. They said it was one of the lungs only. He went through four cycles of chemotherapy - carboplatin and…
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tomorrow the big day
My husband diag with small cell ca of lung met to liver. We go tomorrow for staging and see what we can do for tx options. I am terrified We need all the hope and prayers we casn get. This site has been a very informative site to read. Thank you all for sharing
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Waiting and Seeing
Well, it seems my lung scan was good, no change in the nodule. The bad news is all in my head, literally - there's a new tumor growing where the old one was. Once again, a targeted drug has failed to protect my brain >:-( (that's an angry face, in case you couldn't tell) Since my brain has had all the radiation it can…
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Good News I think, 2nd surgery soon
Just got pathology report from RUL lobectomy on Jan. 24th. they took out over 24 lymph nodes in various areas in the right side of the chest and lung. 22 came back free of metastatic disease! 2 came back positive, but they were at the base of the tumor that has now been removed-actually 2 tumors were in the RUL and one of…
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Good news, Questions, and goodbye for a little while
Good News:The cancer doc told us that my wife's tumor remained stable since her last check-up. Yeah! Question (and more good news?!): She also told us that this bone scan showed serious reduction in cancer affecting her bones. To the point that she said that the chemo has probably abated all of the cancer in her bones. She…
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Anyone in the mood for some good news?
My CAT Scan was excellent according to DR. Kinda feel guilty doing so well while some of the people I have come to care about on this site are not so lucky. But just so they know I appreciate how fortunate I am. Anyway just finished a hot fudge sundae to celebrate.
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New to here
Hey everyone.I'm Courtney from Mississippi.I'm 20 yrs. old and a nursing student.My aunt passed away of SCLC in September and my dad just passed away on January 13th of NSCLC.He was just diagnosed back in September so it was somewhat unexpected.Doctors had given him six months to a year.For some reason they hadn't done any…
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heLp!
My mom is diagnosed with lung cancer with bone metastases. I am very scared. How bad is this?. Is there any hope or as I read her case is very severe.
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What 2 Expect
I was dx with NSCLC Stage 3b and am preparing for treatment. I will be getting 37 rounds of radiation and weekly chemo. I'm really scared on what to expect from this. Will I be able to work? Will I be able to walk my dogs? Will I be able to socialize? When will my hair start falling out? Will I lose weight? Will I get any…
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squemas cell carciona of the neck stage 4
my husband just went through 1.5 years of treatments and we thought he was in remission but it is back in his lungs dose anyone know anything about this
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dry cough/ pain still
my husband has limited small cell lung cancer and just finished his treatments thanksgiving week(4 treatments etoposide as well as cisplatin with 33 radiation treatments is now going through 10 treatments of brain radiation) he had his first cat scan which showed his tumors have diasapeared my question is he still has some…
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Lung cancer
My mom had a back pain. Doctors were treating her for a pulled muscles until she had a CT scan that revealed tumors on her lung and on her shoulder blade. The neurosurgeon operated on the tumor in her back and removed as much as he could. He is very sure that what she has is a cancer but couldn't tell us any more details…
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slight anemia, rash, dry cough
hi just wondered if any one can help with this my husband has limited small cell was diagnosed august 2010 has gone through chemo and radiation (cisplatin and etoposide as well as 33 radiation treatments to chest and 10 brain radiation treatments) he finished up with everything at the begining of january his first scan…
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8mm nodule found in right upper lobe with several smaller ones(5mm) found in both
My husband who is soon to be 80 was just told they found an 8mm nodule in his right upper lobe and I believe four 5mm ones in right and left sides. He is seeing a pulmonary doctor Feb. 23 but we are both scared to death. The 8mm nodule was found during a neck CT scan so they did a full thorax CT scan. He is a pipe smoker…
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Started Treatment
Hi everyone, I had my first round of treatment today. I had 3 hours of chemo and a quick zap with radiation. Felt okay until about 9 or 10 last night. Throat got really dry, couldn't seem to get it saturated enough...slept with ice on the night stand. It was an extremely emotional event for me and my family. Prior to…
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small cell lung cancer...limited
I am newly diagnosed with small cell lung cancer....limited. I meet with the oncologist next weeki but I have already been informed that he already has me tentatively scheduled for chemo next Wed, Thurs, and Friday. Is it common to have chemo 3 days in a row? Is it possible to continue working while on chemo? My surgery…
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New here! HI!!
Hey all! Just found this place. Lots of good info on here. A little about me... Mom was diagnosed in July with extensive stage SCLC. Had chemo and was done at end of Oct. Doc did PET and cancer was gone. Then a week before Christmas mom had trouble with vision so they did and MRI and found about 15 lesions on her brain.…
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Just introducing me
Hi all - i'm new to this forum and wanted to introduce myself. I'm here in support of my sister who was diagnosed just before Christmas with small cell lung cancer/extended. She will be having her 2nd chemo treatment this week. Her treatment consists of: Cisplatin/Etoposide VP-16 + Neulasta; along with lung radiation and…
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lung cancer 4 stage met.to the brain
My husband just called and told me that the doctor told him the xrays of his lungs are clear. I think I am dreaming!!! Seven months ego, my husband was told:" you have lung cancer 4 stage metas. to your brains" I just new he was dying,after six quemos and a gama knife surgery and taking tarceva. I hope you understand me,(I…
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Is anybody in hospice?
Is anybody in hospice? My husband`s doctor told us that the treatments are not working that`s why he is going to hospice. I am so sad and mad because the little hope my husnad had the hospice took away, It is very hard to take and heard the nurses talk about dead and the medication we have have ready when the simptoms of…
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Adenocarcinoma
My mother was diagnosed two months ago with adenocarcinoma in the left lung. The doctors say because the sack around the lung was full of cancer they can not operate or radiate. Her only hope is chemo and then at the most she will survive a year. We are looking for anyone who has survived this form of adenocarcinoma.…
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husband's ext sclc "stable"
Haven't been on for a while. After 5 months of chemo and radiation. My husband has had total of four scans to see how he was responding to treatments. Basically one ebery 2 months. By second scan, largest of two masses, in right lung shrunk and pulled away from superior vena cava(impairing breathing and causing swelling of…
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Stage 4 lung cancer
I just found out my 60 year old mother has lung cancer. All we were told is that is is at stage 4 and is inoperable! She has been complaining to her family doctor for 3 years about having a hard time breathing and that she keeps getting pnemonia. Well this time she got her regular penacillin for the pnemonia and it didn't…
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Metastisis
My mother is 79, a very respectible age and was diagnosed with Stage IIIB NSCLC July 30th. She has been through Chemo and radiation treatments. We discovered a mass on head about 5 weeks. A MRI was done Monday and the news was "be prepared". I take that means it has metastisized to her brain. I guess my questions are, is…