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"Don't fear the reaper"
(Blue Oyster Cult reference) Coming into this Thanksgiving, I tasked myself with making oysters rockefeller. Don't ask me why. I do not believe I've eaten them since I was a bus boy at the Officer's Club at NAS Norfolk WAAAY back in the day. They were, of course, free. But, we live at the beach and I felt like we needed to…
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New Guy in the Neighborhood
Hi everyone! I am new and just completed my PET scan after having a Thoracotomy about 18 months ago that ended up being a wedge resection (biopsy revealed no cancer). The PET lit up a mass in my left lung and 2 nodules in my lymph nodes. I do not yet have a definitive diagnosis and that should come after my next Monday's…
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sclc lung cancer
i was diagnosed with sclc, doctor said it is stage 4 because of a small tumor on my brain. taking radiation every day for 5 weeks with chemo throwed in. can any one tell me the life expectency of someone with this condition? i am 72 yrs old. thanks
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Iressa
I am new to the board and had read some encouraging stories on this site. My husband is 43 years old was dx with stage 4 cancer in Aug. He has a 4cm tumor on left lung, few little specks/dots on his right and 3 lymph nodes were tested postive with cancer, also 1 mets 0.4mm in brain (already did gamma knife radiation). He…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. One thing I'm thankful for is all of you and the support and information I've been priveledged to take part in. It has helped me beyond measure to be able to come here and read other peoples concerns and victories and know I'm not alone. So thank you and enjoy the holiday as best you can with…
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Cannot eat raw fruits or vegetables?
Hi everyone. Gary's oncologist told us he can not eat raw vegetables or raw fruit? I've looked this up on google and can't find anywhere that cancer patients shouldn't eat those things. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thank you so much. Donna
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UPDATE - SKIPPER85 - SURGERY MAY BE CANCELLED
First thank you for all your prayers and lit candles at your church. Your support is awesome. It makes me feel so much better. Know that I have you all in my prayers as well. I have posted under - Surgery is no longer an option - but I wanted to update this post since I have gotten some new responses. Unfortunately the…
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Caring for a friend
I have recently been introduced to a woman who had stage IV lung cancer 10 years ago. she is a business woman and had let her life go, in a sense. We are united through the spiritual program of AA, and I have been called upon to assist her. She has been living under a cloud yet remain a capable woman who has lost her…
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Question about something doctor said
So I went to my dad's dr's appointment today, and the doctor said from all his bloodwork he's been getting, the tumor markers are decreasing. I'm guessing this is a good sign, right? Never heard anything about it before, but from what i've read online, that's a sign the chemo is helping. Am I correct? Also, today is his…
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Diabetes drugs may help control lung cancer
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39967221/ns/health-diabetes Research suggests metformin linked to lower incidence of tumors that had spread WASHINGTON — Commonly used diabetes drugs such as metformin may help control lung cancer, and may help prevent it, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Patients who had taken the drugs to…
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Staging Question
I am usually on the esophageal cancer sight but I have a staging question. According to UNDER TREATMENT on this sight your stage of cancer never changes even if it recurrs. My husband was diagnosed in Feb 2009 with Stage IIB esophageal cancer. He had the surgury but nothing else. It was adenocarsinoma as he did not smoke…
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Scan 2morow !!
Stage IIIB nsclc adenocarcinoma. Well....first post-treatment CT/PET Monday morning. Hope it to be good !!! Last scan two months or so ago showed 60% tumor reduction, but no change in lymph nodes. We will see !!!! Dave
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Infection in Port
My husband has stage IV lung cancer and has gone through almost every chemo available. He is now on Gemzar and now has a Port. (he would not agree to one until Gemzar was started because he had heard horror stories about infection). He has had the port now for aproximately 4 months and guess what.......he now has infection…
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Small Spot on Spine
I have been having some lower back pain for several months and finally had a CT last month. The CT shows that I have a 4mm Spot on my L2 vertebrae. My onc thinks it might be a bone island, but sent me for a bone scan. The bone scan did not light up for mets, however they say that anything that small will not light up…
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Surgery Cancelled - No longer an option
My husband had a CT scan the day before his surgery. The surgeon called us up the same day to tell us he would be doing a wedge resection on left lung (lobectomy was supposed to be for right lung). If the left lung showed cancer, surgery would no longer be an option. Well - you guessed it - the left lung showed cancer. He…
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I need urgent help
HI I am very new to this and very scared... I am 29 years old and I have a lung cancer stage 3B. It seems i am in a critical condition. if I am expected to live couple of years ... how does it work. How long will i be asked to do treatments and what will my life be like. should I give up chemo so I can have a quality life…
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husband's treatment
my husband was diagnosed with ext sclc august 2010. Right lung partially collapsed with 2 masses in 2 lobes. Also plueral effusion around the lung and two small leasions on vertebrae that have not yet penetrated the bone.Scans/mris of his brain, stomach and pelvic area and spinal column all were negative for mets in those…
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deb_needhope
Hey sweetie.....thinking about you and hoping you are doing ok. Please check in when you can, I know things are rough right now. Much Love Elysia
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stayingcalm where are you
I have been trying to contact you cant find email or messaging are you OK
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surgery for stage 3a lung cancer? Questions?
Hi. Gary has stage 3a lung cancer and at the beginning, the surgeon oncologist told us that after a round of chemo/radiation, there could be enough shrinkage of tumer to surgically remove the rest of it. He has now finished one cycle. When we saw the reg. oncologist, and I asked if he could have surgery now, his answeer…
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New
My dad who is 66 yrs old was diagnosed with Stage 3b Squamous NSCLC on Wednesday. I know we are still in shock as anyone would be. The dr was did not give a very good pronosis. He informed my dad that without treatment... well I am sure you all know the story (and its GOD who knows when its our time not DRS!!). The plan of…
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Need Prayers - Surgery May Be Cancelled
My husband's onc and surgeon had told him he was going to have surgery tomorrow. He had a CAT scan today and the surgeon called to say there is now a suspicious area in his left lung (he has definite cancer in the right lung which they thought was stage I or II and so he was supposed to get a lobectomy tomorrow). From the…
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Scan Results
The wait was killing me and then I get to the Dr. and they forget me. I literally had to wait 45 minutes before one of the techs came out and said OMG I forgot you. Anyway, the news is OK not great as in no cancer detected but OK as in the tumor has shruken consierably from 20 X 11 cm to 6 X 3cm. What we don't know is if…
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Lobectomy Tomorrow - Need Info
Hello Everyone: Tomorrow my husband will have a lobectomy right lower lobe right lung for nsclc. He has emphysema and still smokes. So we are unsure if there will be complications. He has put this surgery off for 5 months and today he will get a new CAT scan. Hopefully he is still a surgery candidate. Can anyone tell me…
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After 16 years battling cancer on and off she lost battle!
Last Tuesday morning my mom died at the age of 75. Her fight starts back 16 years ago with the stage 3 uterine cancer.She had a complete hysterectomy. She then had chemo. She did great.Then 9 years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had lump removed from left breast. She had radiation. Did great. Then 5 years…
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Picture of My Best Friend
I have been trying to upload this pic for months!!! Anyway, just wanted to share. This is my mother. For those who do not know, whe was dx March 1st. SCLC w/mets to brain...then Mets to Spine, then remission in July, back in brain Aug 6th - Was by her side @ home under hospice care for 7 weeks, she passed peacefully on…
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Looking for other SCLC survivors (short to long term)
Just finished five cycles of chemo for SCLC. Had to cancel last cyle due to weakened immune system. What is life like after treatment?
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My mom has possible stage IV lung cancer
We found out in July that my mom has lung cancer, she is 58 years old. The doctors have been talking surgery pretty much from the beginning. She has a tumor on the brain, the radiation and chemo have made the tumor disappear. She recently found out the doctors are calling it stage IV, everything I have found on the…
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Life after treatment-help for a caregiver.
My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in Feb. She has done pretty well through chemo and radiation to her lungs and her brain. After her last round of radiation, I thought she would start feeling better and things would go back to a somewhat normal. However, about a month after her radiation she started getting really bad…
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My Dad's Diagnosis/Lung to brain 14 spots/1 tumor on brain
On Friday my dad was diagnosed with lung to brain cancer (many spots one larger tumor). No biopsy yet, that's Monday. The oncologist came in and asked a bunch of questions, looked him over a bit and said "two weeks without treatment." He'd been falling progressively for a few weeks (loss of balance) and had been treated…