Small Cell Lung Cancer

VivianDE

jmevans said:

Good luck - I'll be praying for you and your family.

Jen

Thank you Jen
Well here is a bit of a set back, they did 3 rounds of chemo and retested to see if the it had affected the cancer. It didn't grown any more but it didn't reduce it either the doctor said that was not acceptiable. Wow did that hurt, my father had started to feel better he was finally eating solid foods after so many months. The look on his face at the doctors office as the doctor told us well you have 2 opions and these are the only 2. a)Stronger chemo with more side affects that will not cure him but may prolong your life a bit. Or b) do nothing and we will make you comfortiable as long as posiable...At that piont it was like all hope had just been pulled right out of my heart.. I see him now so so skinny and think can his body take the stronger chemo, am I going to loose him either way. He wanted to take a few weeks off and go to the beach and then start the stronger chemo, I told him it was his choice. Has anyone of you gone through this? I pray every night for god just to give me a little more time with him so he can be with my son. I hope he is listening but I also hope my father does not have to suffer this first chemo took a lot out of him.

domino216

michaelcie said:

hi Vivian, I am Mike and I have small cell lung cancer, also was told would never leave the hospital. I am in remission two years last February.I was and am inoperable, the tumor was 5 inches x 4 inches x 3 inches, in lymph nodes, on lung, into left lung ,wrapped around aorta artery and pushing against my esophogus. I had four chemos and radiation treatments. I hope this gives you and your father some hope in battleing this rotten disease. I will keep you both in my prayers. Mike

Hi Mike. Congratulations on your survivorship. Keep doing weel. My husaband has non small cell lung cancer diagnosed in feb/04. His cancer was size of golf ball right upper lobe, around trachea and aorta and lymph node involvement. He was on Taxol/Carboplatin, 28 weekly, since March and has had 33 rad tratments. The mass was shrinking right along but his last scans showed the mass enlarged a little and spots showed up on his liver. Now he is going to start another chemo which is Gemzar/Navelbine. I guess my question is what kind of chemo treatments were you on. I just wondered if you had the back in forth prognosis throughout those two years. is this something to expect? His attitude is wonderful. I know non small cell and small cell are totally two different cancers. My prayers are with you and keep up the great strides. Elaine

jmevans

VivianDE said:

Thank you Jen
Well here is a bit of a set back, they did 3 rounds of chemo and retested to see if the it had affected the cancer. It didn't grown any more but it didn't reduce it either the doctor said that was not acceptiable. Wow did that hurt, my father had started to feel better he was finally eating solid foods after so many months. The look on his face at the doctors office as the doctor told us well you have 2 opions and these are the only 2. a)Stronger chemo with more side affects that will not cure him but may prolong your life a bit. Or b) do nothing and we will make you comfortiable as long as posiable...At that piont it was like all hope had just been pulled right out of my heart.. I see him now so so skinny and think can his body take the stronger chemo, am I going to loose him either way. He wanted to take a few weeks off and go to the beach and then start the stronger chemo, I told him it was his choice. Has anyone of you gone through this? I pray every night for god just to give me a little more time with him so he can be with my son. I hope he is listening but I also hope my father does not have to suffer this first chemo took a lot out of him.

VivianDE
I haven't been on e-mail lately. Lots going on with my mom, known of it good.... but we keep hoping and praying. My mom has been through 4 different chemo regiems and 5 radiation procedures all at differnet times over the last two years. Each time she has responded very well to treatment, the problem is that it keeps coming back. A positive attitude and will to live is very important. She still says she will beat this disease and we are very hopeful. How is your dad doing and how are you. I know how much this takes a toll on a family. Being pregnant makes it even harder. I was preg when mom first diagnosed as well. I believe my daughter plays a big roll in her health and ability to respond to the drugs....

Take care Jennifer

nicholesmom

jmevans said:

VivianDE
I haven't been on e-mail lately. Lots going on with my mom, known of it good.... but we keep hoping and praying. My mom has been through 4 different chemo regiems and 5 radiation procedures all at differnet times over the last two years. Each time she has responded very well to treatment, the problem is that it keeps coming back. A positive attitude and will to live is very important. She still says she will beat this disease and we are very hopeful. How is your dad doing and how are you. I know how much this takes a toll on a family. Being pregnant makes it even harder. I was preg when mom first diagnosed as well. I believe my daughter plays a big roll in her health and ability to respond to the drugs....

Take care Jennifer

Jennifer,
My Mom was told yesterday that the cancer had come back. They tell us that they are going to give her chemo again to make her "comfortable". Her oncologist says that once it comes back you cannot get rid of it. Yet after I read your message, I got the impression that you Mother has gotten rid of it more than one time. Is this true?

I know that this sounds like I am being a baby, but I am afraid to lose my Mother, I am just not sure what I am without her. We worked together and now, I am here without her and it was hard enough semi-adjusting to that, I cannot imagine ... oh I know that this is just the initial shock talking. What I actually wanted to know was if anybody had defeated this the second time around.

I hope to hear some good news!!!
Kim

VivianDE

jmevans said:

VivianDE
I haven't been on e-mail lately. Lots going on with my mom, known of it good.... but we keep hoping and praying. My mom has been through 4 different chemo regiems and 5 radiation procedures all at differnet times over the last two years. Each time she has responded very well to treatment, the problem is that it keeps coming back. A positive attitude and will to live is very important. She still says she will beat this disease and we are very hopeful. How is your dad doing and how are you. I know how much this takes a toll on a family. Being pregnant makes it even harder. I was preg when mom first diagnosed as well. I believe my daughter plays a big roll in her health and ability to respond to the drugs....

Take care Jennifer

Dear Jenifer
Thank you so much for all your kind thoughts and prayers in fact thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayer. Unfortunately my father passed on Oct 9 2004 the cancer was too strong it had taken over 75 to 80% of his liver and there was nothing else that could be done. I live with the comfort that he did not suffer any pain and god took him quickly. But I miss him so and he was not able to see my son Tony born 12/01/2004. The baby has his eyes every time I look into the babies eyes I remember my father. . I spent the last months of my father’s life making sure he knew I loved him. The last thing he told me was he was sorry he could not fight anymore I let him know it was ok for him to stop fighting that I would be fine and take care of my mother, brother and my baby. He died the next day. Sorry it has been so long since I have written on this site there has been so much to do ending a life and starting a new one. As for the baby he was born with a small defect in his heart which was surgically corrected at 7 days old and thank god he is doing great, that in its self was yet another experience. I don’t know if I have yet had time to grieve my father sometime I feel he is still here. But I know he is looking down at us and watching his grandson, I only hope I am making him proud. My mother was not doing too good till I had the baby and now she is taking care of him and it has been like a new lease on life for her. I hope to move her in with us soon so she is not alone once she sells their house.
So Jenifer how is your mother doing I hope she is well. And to the rest of you out there keep your faith in what ever god you believe in. And spend as much time as you can with your loved ones, keep telling them how much you love them and that it is ok for them to lean on you and that no matter what happens you will be ok.

Roxane1

HHenry said:

That is such a blessing....WOW!! 4 years. My husband was diagnosed 1 1/2 months ago. Just started treatment last week. Three days of treatment and back again week after next. It is SCLC Stage IV with mets to liver and bone. He had no symptoms at all.....except his lower back began to feel like a knife was cutting him into. Great health. Never stopped eating or lost weight. Hasn't been sick or lost weight, still eating after first 3 days of chemo. Statistics are scaring me. Even with chemo, the survival rates scare me. We've always believes in natural medicine. We've upped his intake of helpful herbs and vits. But, am really concerned as to whether they will interfer with the chemo working. No straight answers no matter where I look on web (everything contradictory), or who I talk to such as doctors, naturopaths, herbalogists. So, am stuck and don't know what to do to help him. I am disabled and he has helped me for so many years. We hardly ever see anyone....it's just us. He cries...not so much for himself...but for me. He says he can't leave me, he has to stay here and help me, that there is no one else to help me. I tell him that I am fine and please don't worry about me. I tell him that he will pull out of this a winner. I don't know what else to do. Can someone help me.

H Henry, your story sounds

H Henry, you story sounds just like mine. My husband recently been dx with SCLC-ext. He's very depressed.

Trying to give lots of vitamins, fresh food, not easy, doesn't want to eat certain vitamins, and eats sugary drinks. 

I'm on my own, I have no family close by