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Lung Cancer

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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Hello out there
I just signed up this afternoon with the Cancer Survivors Network as I going through some the roughest times in my life and am reaching out anywhere I can for support and community. On January 23rd, 2009, my pulmonary specialist called with the results from an early detection program I had enrolled in...there were two…
Surgery Done- UPDATE
My husband went in yesterday for his VATS on the RUL. They were able to remove the tumor/upper lobe with the robot, but there were cancer cells hanging out on his bronchus so they had to revert to a thoracotomy and cut the bad piece out of his bronchus and stitch the ends together. They were able to get NEGATIVE MARGINS so…
Pulmonary fibrosis following lung radiation treatments.
I underwent 36 radiation treatments following a left upper lobe resection for sclc which hadn't responded to chemo. During the treatments I complained of increasing SOB and was told..'there's a lot of that going around". Aproximately 6 weeks after completion of the treatments I found myself hospitalized with pneumonia and…
chemo again
Well, newest CT scan shows slight incease in my tumor. I did chemo last Jan-May with radiation at the same time. I also did the prevalent brain rad July - August. Scans at that time showed George (I named the little bastid, no offense anyone) had shrunk considerably. He now decided to rear his ugly head again, not a lot,…
a-fib
Had surgery on Nov. 10,2010. Lost 40% of my upper right.. Some time before Nov 10 my heart went into "a-fib" 2 days after surgery I was shocked back to normal beat.. 2 days later back to a-fib.. Jan. 29. 11 still the same. Am I the only one with strange problem??? God be with you.. no beard now, Huntsville, Alabama---age 74
Update !!
Well Family----just got out of Hospital after 3 weeks due to strep-pneumonia infection in the plueral, right side. Very rough--collapsed in ER with severe pain and could not breathe, was on supplement oxygen for a week. I am now home on IV antibiotics for a month, then I will have a CT Scan, then my new doc's think they…
My dad was recently diagnosed with lung cancer.
Hi everyone, my name is Chrissy. I have been reading the discussion boards for a couple days, and decided to join because I think I am finally accepting my dad's diagnoses. On 10-08-10, he was told he has lung cancer after a trip to the ER for shortness of breath. He was in the hospital for 8 days, then sent home with…
fear the end is near Help
Mom is getting worse she can hardly stand . Just started taxotere and going for three shots after. My brother and I feel she needs a wheel chair but my sister is fighting us because she wants her to stay mobil . there are just days when she cant walk .She has been halucinating but does sometimes understands everything I…
Where is everyone from
I noticed some of the discussion boards talk about where everyone lives. I thought i would try it here. I live in Lancaster Co, PA I do have lung cancer. Take care every one. Cindy
Surgery after all- what to expect
After my husband has had 6 cycles of gemzar/cisplatin-with tumor shrinkage occuring- a new surgeon has said he can operate. We tried this approach in May, but after finding cancer in lymph node biopsy surgery was stopped. Now after chemo and an opinion from a different surgeon, but same Cancer Center we are looking at VATS…
How Did We Get Here?
The Talking Heads asked that....and I have many times. For years.....46 exact, I would hear of someone I knew, someone I used to work with, old family friend, friend of a friend of friend.....whoevever...who one day was full of life and vibrant and the next day....the dreaded C word. How? Why? Never understood.....until…
stayingcalm
Deb, know your going through some tuff times right now and want you to know your being thought of. Wishing you the best..... Dan
sortof bad sortof good
Hullo and again; Thank all of you for all your good thoughts and wishes. After living through the CAT I went to visit my Rad-Onco doc for the results> she saw a fuzzy mass in my upper chest. There are no spots or anything that suggests a tumor. Also she doesn't really know what the re-curring pain is, though when I don't…
Confused and Terrified
My 69 year old mom was diagnosed around Thanksgiving with 2 primary cancers, one small cell and one non small cell. I am not sure of the stage, but after reading other peoples I realize that is question I need to ask doctor. I am my Mom's caregiver since Jan 2009 when we lost my Dad to COPD and emphysema. My mom had a…
no insurnace
Any suggestions my sister-in-law has lung cancer onc. said without insurnace he would not do chemo. I know she applied for medicare and disability. I told her to call American cancer society. I forgot the name but is non-small.
lost
My mother has just been diagnosed with lung cancer which has spread to her brain. I feel scared, horrible, helpless, selfish, and terrified all at once, and so much more. We are extremely close, yet she will not take me calls, return my texts, and has already indicated through her husband that she does not want to see me.…
dry leather hands: radiation side fx?
Hi all, I'm new to this board. My mom had a cancerous polyp removed from her colon, but it metastasized to her lung and she just had lung surgery to remove a lobe. She just finished 8 weeks of daily radiation combined with a steady dose of 5FU. She's lately been having dry, leathery skin on the soles of her feet and palms…
Alimta
Hi all. Just got a note from my oncoliogist and she wants to start me on Alimta next week. The biopsy I had did not produce sufficient tissue to get the specific mutation info of my cancer. (for the third time). It is likely I have adenocarcenoma, which will be confirmed tomorrow, and we'll start chemo without the specific…
Phooey!Phooey!Phooey!
Hi All! Just got a call from my doc's nurse...seems they want to re-visit a mammogram from last week and want me to come in and be squashed (sorry but that one word describes it for me) again. There might be 'something' lurking in my left breast (which if you recall is where I have always felt the 'pinching' that the docs…
Just been diagnosed with stage v lung cancer
diagnosed stage v lung cancer which has spread to liver. Start chemo monday. Can anyone tell me there experienace with this type of cancer.No one can tell me the out come but if you have a good out come story to tell me it would be nice to hear alittle hope.
so many questions, new here.
Hello everyone. First of all may the new year bring new joys and much happiness to us all. Secondly- Im sorry any of us are here on this board but thankful for the internet and the information and fellowship it contains. My friend was told she has limited stage small cell lung cancer. On her PET scan, they saw one large…
What symptons did you have?
What symptons did you have when you were dxd?
mental health help
I'm at a loss as to where to seek help for my son, who has been surviving lung cancer for over a year. long story short, he just lost his job, due to seizures, and can no longer drive(was outside sales) along with his job loss went his insurance...things being what they are, I am most concerned with his mental health, and…
Traveling
Friends, I wish you the very best for 2011 and hope you and your loved ones have a tremendous year and that we all have success in our battles against cancer. That would be the best thing that could happen in this New Year! Over the holidays, I was lucky enough to travel from the DC area to Arizona to visit with family. It…
Dad's tumor is shrinking!
My dad had his appt. today after his CT scan last week, the tumor shrunk in half. It was 10cm X 11cm, so, I think this is a pretty good result. They will do 3 more rounds of chemo then do another scan to see if it's still shrinking.

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