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Lung Cancer

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.
nsclc need help and advice
Hi , my mom has been diagnosed with lung cancer and had a tumor removed from the brain . she was doing well but recently they found some back fractures and put her a long lasting pain pill oxycotton 40 mg. also new pet shows new growth in the lungs and gall stones . mom is in alot of pain from the back and the gall stones…
Blood test to spot cancer (lung, breast, colon, prostrate); 4 Top centers to start using test this y
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/cancer/2011-01-03-blood-test-cancer_N.htm BOSTON (AP) — A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office. Boston scientists who invented the test and…
linear accelerator
Has anyone heard of the newest treatment using what they call sbrt radiation? It is only given 5 times in large doses. It does not damage as much tissue as the conventional 6 week 5 day a week does. It gets a bead on the tumor and zaps it. They say it is a 85% control rate, what ever that means.
My Mom's battle with cancer is over
I'm so heartbroken, my best friend, my mother is no longer here. She died yesterday afternoon with her two daughters on either side of her. She faught so hard and did everything the doctors said. She never complained even through some terrible side effects.. She always looked ahead. Things changed so quickly. We were there…
New Discoveries
Friends, The amount of useful information available on the internet is simply amazing. Since being diagnosed with cancer, I have become somewhat of an internet sleuth, always sniffing out the best information available regarding the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Let me tell you that the latest discovery I…
Only 2 sessions of carbo/taxol and no more. Liver affected and not doing well.
After a recurrence and mets to several bones and now a new spot on the affected lung, my husband has begun to experience pain in his upper abdomen and hips and back. An ultra sound was done to see if gall bladder was acting up as he is experiencing a severe gag reflex at even the mention of food and the abdominal pain.…
Merry Christmas From Heaven
Merry Christmas From Heaven I still hear the songs I still see the lights I still feel your love On cold wintery nights. I still share your hopes And all of your cares I’ll even remind you To say all your prayers I just want to tell you You still make me proud You stand head and shoulders Above all the crowds Keep trying…
Still Shrinking.... :)
We went back for our second ct since starting chemo.... The tumor in my wifes lung is still shrinking.... significantly and everything else appears stable. The onc said on a scale of 1 to 10, the response is about a 10! We get another update in six weeks, just before we go to Australia for vacation.... my wife's lifelong…
Tarceva experiience
Two mweeks experience and what can I expect
2011
To all my CSN friends, You've all been such a big help to me since Tom died in March. All the support that is given here is like a gift. Thanks to everyone! Let's hope 2011 is a better year for all of you who are cancer patients. And for all of us who have lost someone we love from this horrible disease, I hope we continue…

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