My 79 year old mum has stage 4 lung cancer
Do any of you or do any of you know someone in a similar situation? Any thoughts on the surgery and would it really kill her to have one lung removed?
Thank you.
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Chris
Hi Chris, This is Lori from the anal cancer discussion board. I see your not getting any responses, so I am suggesting you visit the Inspire web site. There are many stage IV lung cancer survivors there, and lots of information. I visit the site as I had a primary lung cancer and a lower right lobe removed via vats on 9-23-10. The reason it was caught was because I was having follow up scans for the anal cancer in which I completed tx on 6-30-09.
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Hi Lori!z said:Chris
Hi Chris, This is Lori from the anal cancer discussion board. I see your not getting any responses, so I am suggesting you visit the Inspire web site. There are many stage IV lung cancer survivors there, and lots of information. I visit the site as I had a primary lung cancer and a lower right lobe removed via vats on 9-23-10. The reason it was caught was because I was having follow up scans for the anal cancer in which I completed tx on 6-30-09.
Lori
So glad to see a friendly face again on here! I just joined Inspire and hope maybe some of the folks there can give me some advice. It's like my mum won't get a second opinion. She likes her doctor and says that he confers with many other doctors even some in Boston. So I can't force her I guess. Hoping someone on Inspire can speak with me. Thanks for the suggestion I really appreciate it. I am glad you are doing well! You were always so supportive of me last year when I was going through my anal cancer. Thank you again! Hugs!0 -
Hi Chris,Chris Ptown said:Hi Lori!
So glad to see a friendly face again on here! I just joined Inspire and hope maybe some of the folks there can give me some advice. It's like my mum won't get a second opinion. She likes her doctor and says that he confers with many other doctors even some in Boston. So I can't force her I guess. Hoping someone on Inspire can speak with me. Thanks for the suggestion I really appreciate it. I am glad you are doing well! You were always so supportive of me last year when I was going through my anal cancer. Thank you again! Hugs!
I am so sorry that
Hi Chris,
I am so sorry that your family is going through this. Fluid buildups when like the one you described are almost always caused by cancer cells. I am going to try to borrow someone else's analogy. Think of cancer like a dandelion. When the cancer is at stage one, the flower is in one piece and all the petals can be cut off as one whole. At stage 4, the dandelion petals have turned fluffy and white, when you cut the flower off you don't know if some of them have blown off already or will blow off when you cut it. If there is one cell floating unchecked it is enough to start the cancer somewhere else.0
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