Lung Cancer

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Lung Cancer

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  • User: "catcon49"
    How do you get to the chat room?
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  • User: "DONCARLOS"
    WHAT IS YOU EXPERIENCE ON THIS?.....I have written a lot about my condition, however, I do feel a little selfish, knowing that all my post surgery test including the OSTROESCAN finds me free of any tr…
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  • User: "antcnigro"
    I am a 26 year old male and I am the 5th child of 8 kids. My father is 61 years old and still smokes. He has survived major cardiac issues throughout the years and is living with a pacemaker and a dif…
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  • User: "AJHosk"
    My son got an X-ray of his chest for something non related that saw a spot on his lung and thought it might be pneumonia so they treated with antibiotics and we went back in 2wks to follow up. Did ano…
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  • User: "kerryr"
    i had a x ray found 4 mass 2 in both lungs only 52....was a smoker but quit 3 weeks ago...then a ct scan...then biopsy needle....no cancer cells....now another biopsy down my nose or throat....then th…
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  • User: "michaelcie"
    Hasn't anyone posted any new messages or has this site been this messed up? Mike
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  • User: "PureCDN"
    My Mother-in-law discovered blood in her urine in May and her family dr sent her to a kidney specialist. The kidney dr said she had some hormonal inbalance, but nothing out of the ordinary for 69 year…
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  • User: "jkrook"
    My dad was in remisssion for a year with lung cancer. He had been having a little trouble breathing so he called his Dr. and they did a catscan that showed fluid. They removed the fluid and had it tes…
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  • User: "pherbolario"
    Hi, im new here...my dad was diagnosed with lung cancer 3b. Since operation is not possible, he had his first chemo last week. Today, a new treatment was administerd and was not explianed to my mom an…
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  • User: "nubis"
    Hello old friends and new friends. Long time of being out of the site. But I'm back. My husband 32 years old is facing small cell lung cancer. He is in his second quimo TOPOTECAN 5 days in a row, ever…
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  • User: "lindac"
    Hi, I have localised small cell lung ca which was diagnosed mid August. I am currently in the 3rd cycle of 5 cycles of chemo. After this I will be given 15 sessions of radiation to the lung and PCI (p…
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  • User: "miss mable"
    I am schedule for a partial lung removal and wonder if anyone has had this surgery? What can I expect?
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  • User: "Stardust1"
    I see on a site, that people with NSLC IV have years of chemo, radiation. Can a person on medicare manage all the bills if they aren't rich. Will they stop the medical care if you don't pay, or are th…
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  • User: "MichelleP"
    I haven't been on this board very long, but reading many posts from people with stage 4 nsclc I see that many are actually leading fairly normal lives. The reason I'm posting this question is because …
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  • User: "Meredith B"
    For about the last 4 months my mother has not been "feeling well". It finally came to the point where she had lost so much weight and was constantly fatigued that I made her go to the er, where she wo…
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  • User: "katdog"
    My Mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in Sept. It had spread to her bones and brain. She completed her radiation last October and completed her chemo the middle of February. Can someone give me their …
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  • User: "legina"
    Hello, this is Legina and I have told you all about my daddy having small cell carcinoma. Well, it has been 18 months and 1 week since he was diagnosed and now the dr.'s tell us that it is over, that …
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  • User: "DONCARLOS"
    Hi you all: I MADE IT..... Lots of problems but I made it. as you remember I went to Surgery at Rober Wood Johnson on June 30, 2009. Mw petscan had confirmed a mass in my right lung and it had to come…
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  • User: "christsj"
    She went into ER for pain in the stomach and they took an chest xray, stomach and intestine CT Scan. Then they told her three tumors, 1 on the right and two on the left. Her PCP sent her to a pulmonol…
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  • User: "Mike-Pat2009"
    My husband got thru the first day of chemo. they gave him Taxotere IV for a hour and Carboplatin for 30 mins and has to take Vandetanib 100mg every day(this is his study meds) So far everything is ok.…
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  • User: "MichelleP"
    Soccerfreaks...you're the first person I thought to ask about this article since your the smartest person I know! :) Opinions please? DCA is potentially the best new approach to cancer treatment in ye…
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  • User: "Greggriggs"
    Happy Forth every one !!!! Guess you have all read my bitchen bout joint pain . Well after 8 months of blood tests , specilists,they sent me to a Arthritis specilist. I ask him if chemo caused rumitoi…
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  • User: "Orchid46"
    Hi my husband has stage 11 lung cancer, he has had one lung removed about 3 years ago and it has now returned. He is on Tarceva, but his oncologist is saying no radiation and the tumour is inoperable …
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  • User: "hollyw80"
    I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE OR KNOWS ANYONE THAT HAS TAKEN AVASTIN ALONG WITH THEIR CHEMO. WHAT WAS IT LIKE AND WERE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS. MY MOM IS SCHEDULED TO START HER CHEMO WITH TAXOL, CABAP…
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  • User: "cswarter"
    We were just told Friday that my dad has stage 3b-4 cancer that has travel to his lung from an unknown origin. He has been batteling blood clots for over a year now and in the past month has been hosp…
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  • User: "Scooby0129"
    Hi My husband is 52 and was diagnosed about a month and a half ago with lung cancer. It was found by accident. He was having pain in his left hip and both knees so we went to a pain mangement doctor w…
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  • User: "cgrnc2"
    My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in the Fall. Adenocarcinoma NSCLC. She was told then that she had a 4.5 cm tumor but no lymph involvement or mets. In late Nov 2008 they told her she had stage 2b…
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  • User: "cabbott"
    Last Tuesday I finally dragged my daring teenage son to the doctor for a respiratory infection that he had been nursing for about a week. The doctor did the nasal swab test. We knew in an hour or two …
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  • User: "Jade_amber"
    I am caregive for my partner who was diagnosed in Jan 07 with poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. He received 10 days back to back radiation followed immediately by chemo - Carboplastin iv…
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  • User: "catlady123"
    When my left upper lung lobe was removed in February of 2007, I had the normal pain and soreness for a few weeks afterwards. Then the pain slowly started getting better. Now I am having pain upon deep…
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