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Lung Cancer

Mom Diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma....and it really broke me down.
Hi Everyone, My Mom was just diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma in her Lungs earlier this month. She has had a cough for a couple months. Her PCP sent her for an Xray and told her , that nothing showed. He suggested that she take cough medicine and wait for this to past. My Mom eventually changed her primary and the…
Carboplatin and Gemzar
My Dad was just dx with stage IIIB Lung cancer. He is going to start chemo on Thursday. They will give him Carboplatin and Gemzar. Anyone out there have any experience with these two drugs. Trying to find out all I can about them. Side effects etc... Good or bad. Thanks
Still smoking with Lung Cancer question
My Mother has smoked for 60 years. On April 17th-09 she was diagnoised with lung cancer by CAT scan. We had several pulmonary docs look at it and they said the same thing. No treatment- no cure- one week to six months to live. She also has alzheimers. My Dad made her quit prior to cancer dx by about 1 month. She forgot she…
Doc said chemo would only extend my mom's live a few weeks to a month! Can you help me?
My 83 yo formerly heathy mom (she modeled for god's sake and walked every day and looks better than I do) was just diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer that spread to her bones. She is getting radiation for the bones. Her onc tells me that the chemo (Avastin/Alimta) which she'll get every 3 weeks might prolong her life for…
simultaneous radiation & chemo?
My son has recently been diagnosed with stage 4, non small lung cancer. He has started radiation. I have read that chemo has sometimes been given at the same time. His doctor has gone on vacation & I would like some answers today. Have any of you had any experience with these drugs been used together? What are the pros &…
Survivor's List of Stage 4 NSCLC
In April 2003 I was told that I have Stage 4 NSCLC with a mass (4 cm) in my right lung, both adrenal glands and 2 lymph nodes. I have done 2 rounds of Chemo. My dr. says I have a 20% chance of surviving 1 year but she has known of patients living 15 to 18 months. I am looking for Stage 4 folks who have lived longer than 18…
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I just had a CT scan. It read a 4mm nodule on my right lung. Follow up in 6 mo. to a year. Is that normal to have to wait that long? I don't have any insurance, are they pushing me off because of that. My mother, my aunt, and my uncle all died of lung cancer in 2000. I thought lung cancer was very aggresseive and can be…
abnormal growth
Hello my name is Pam This is so wierd I have a younger sister that just got over throat cancer a few months ago, then just last month the doctors found that my mother had kidney cancer by accident.Now I get a call from the doctor ON 4-13-09 that they need me to go in to do a cat scan because I have an abnormal growth on my…
Recovery after Surgery
I had my upper left lobe removed on 7/7/09. Looks like they got all cancer, YEAH!! Just wondering, how long after, if you had this surgery, did you start feeling like yourself...I didn't have the VATS, but no ribs had to be broken. I'm starting to get a bit more pep, but then I do more and exhaust myself out...My breathing…
Update to Nodule in Left Lung
I just received results of Needle Biopsy of Nodule in Left Lung it was inconclusive but Doctor is recommending immediate PET Scan. Does anyone know what a PET Scan will tell them that a Biopsy did not? Will a PET Scan be definitive? Doctor suggested next step after that might be Open Chest Biopsy? Anyone have any…
Stage IIIb Adenocarcinoma - 3rd time on chemo in 2 years
Hello....I'm a 44 year old female with Adenocarinoma of the lung....never smoked. I'm in the middle of chemo for the 3rd time in 2 years. I was diagnosed in May 04 with Malignant Pleural effusion...stage IIIb. It was in operable, and localized to the 3rd lobe of my right lung. They did the talc pleurodesis but it didn't…
Stage IV NSCLC w/mets to brain
My dad woke one morning in the middle of Jan. 2008, thinking he had suffered a stroke. The newspaper wasn't making any sense, and he had such a disconnect with his memory. After a trip to his GP and a chest x-ray later, he was diagnosed with lung cancer w/mats to his brain. One tumor in his lung, and 4 marble to pingpong…
Which Hospital is the Best for Lung Cancer Treatment
My mom has been diagnosed with Lung Cancer. She has one large in her left lung and two small in her right. They do not feel it has reached the lymph nodes yet and it has not spread to anywhere else in her body. She is currently at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and I was wondering how do you go about searching for the…
Chemo day 2 and 3 at home
Well,I can say all started out really well on the first day of chemo. Sean was hungry and ate some,however day two and the start of day three aren't not going as well. We have been dripping 5FU since about 12:30 Tuesday and by the end of day one going into day two thing have went down hill. He can no longer eat and…
Does anyone have BAC
Does anyone out there have the bronchoavelor carcinoma. Which is a type of lung cancer. What kind of treatment have you been through??? I had this type of cancer in Feb 2007 to the right upper and lower lobe. I had surgery and they removed only the tumor which was about 25% of both lungs. I guess you can say that Im pretty…
CAN WE HAVE A BABY AFTER CANCER?
My husband 32 years old was diagnosed with small lung cancer on october 2007. I am 28 years old. And this notice was very scary at the beginning. Now we are figthing together and God is with us. He got quimo (carboplastin and etoposide) 6 cycles. He just finished radiation to reduce the tumor on his lung. We are waiting…
Small Cell Lung Cancer Survivor
I had a resection of the upper lobe of my left lung on 08/14/00 in which they found that I had small cell lung cancer. The doctor then removed the rest of the upper lobe of my left lung. I then had six months of chemo and through my last ct in Nov. am doing fine. My next CT is scheduled for June 2002. I know that there are…
Shortness of breath
I have a question for anyone who had a lobectomy. I had my surgery June 13th, 2008. I think my recovery is going well. The doctors told me for 3 months take it easy. Lift nothing over 5 pounds, no yard work or gardening. I am feeling so well that this makes this difficult. I also have 4 kids so I am not one to sit down. I…
Lifelong non-smoker with possible lung cancer
Hello all. I have never smoked, never lived with a smoker, and never worked in a place where smoking is allowed. So imagine my surprise when I discovered today that I have a 6cm mass in my lung!! They haven't done the biopsy yet but the radiologist says she's 90% confident it is indeed cancer. The only other possibility is…
in remission
In 2004 I was diagnoised with lung cancer. I had an operation, chemo, and radiation. My husband thought that I would die. Well I did not and he became very unsuportative through the chemo, and radiation. etc. He says that I am not the same person as I was before. Well I have part of my lung gone and can no longer run up…
side affects of chemo
For about a year I have been going threw different side affects from Taxol an carboplatin . I took it as a preventive thing to kill all cancer cells an what ever other cells that got in the way. Guess i should mention I had a complete lung remove left side . Thats why the preventive thing... I got the usual neropathy in…
lung cancer
any one out there who has lung cancer in the 4th stage my brother who is only 58 just found out its in his brain also his lymph glands, blood and bones dones anyone know what his chances are he is going to Fox Chase also has anyone heard of Cancer treatments of America
Waiting for the unknown is very frustrating
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 years; however, the dr noticed a spot on her liver and she was referred to a liver spec. That dr did a liver biopsy and on Aug…
chemo and anxiety
my dad had chemo last Friday and has anxiety really bad. The valium does not seem to do the trick. They said it is from the steroids they have given him but he had pretty severe anxiety the last time he was sick. Has anyone else experienced this? What have you guys done to help with it. It is having a major effect on his…
Prayers are needed for my father! He just got diagnosed again with Lung cancer and mets to bone
My father was originally diagnosed with bone infection until one of the doctors did a biopsy of his lung and spine. He was misdiagnosed with osteomylitis. My dad was in the hospital for a good month and a half. He is out now. A pet scan revealed he had spots on his spine and lung....the oncologist said they are very small.…
have stage 111 and am still smoking HELP
I was diagionsed with lung cancer in may 09 had ct scan, bome scan, pet scan and nothing had spread. I saw an oncoligest who is great and a surgon who will not even talk to me about any options of quiting EXECPT COLD TURKEY i have smoked for 48 years and smoked 2 to 3 packs a day no matter how hard I try I can not put them…
Help we are so lost
Hi my name is Sandy, My father was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer stage 2 back in april. He is a Veteran and goes thru the VA for all health issues. This is the only insurance he has. Anyways for a few months he was very sick and weak. He was in the hospital for about 90 days and then he couldnt walk because he…
Stage IV non small cell lung cancer and lynph nodes
IS THERE ANY SURVIVORS OF NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AND IN YOUR LYMPH NODES.ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Stage IV non small cell lung cancer and lynph nodes
IS THERE ANY SURVIVORS OF NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AND IN YOUR LYMPH NODES.ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Request for any help or information about NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
hi,my friend is back in india whose husband is suffering from NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER, please inform me would like to know what treatment was used or any diagnoised treatment which has helped.

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