treatment for stage 4 lung cancer

tropicgirl2780 said:

I was diagnosed with Stage
I was diagnosed with Stage IIIB which they later upgraded to stage 4 on Nov. 5th of 2009. I had noticed the lymph node involvment in my neck back in April of '09. I started chemo with carboplatin, avastin and pemetrexed on Dec. 22. After 2 treatments the tumor in my lung was gone and lymph nodes shrank 80%. Now after completing 12 weeks of that regimen there is no detectable trace of a tumor anywhere, not even a mark and all my lymph nodes measure 9mm or less - down from almost 4 cm a piece. They said today that according to the scans the cancer is not showing up at this time and I am to continue with a maintenance dose every 21 days of the avastin. My dr's are in shock and have no idea how or why I am doing so well. I can honestly say it's been great friends, my children, and my attitude regarding the cancer. I have abso9lutely refused to allow it to run my life. I run my life and I viewed it as a mere road bump inthe way of me doing what I want to be doing. SO yes i went to treatment but I didn't dwell on it every day and i decided that crying is the way wrong way to go because you miss out on so much when you are sad and in bed. You are alive at this very moment and no matter what the hell the dr says you can have an influence on your prognosis. If you choose to believe everything that will become reality. I challenge everyone to create their own reality and live each day full and with hope. It is hard sometimes I know because it is such a scary cancer and so aggressive BUT you are stronger and youhave to wage a war inside yourself to prove a point. Good luck to everyone in their battles and just have faith you can be happy and healthy!

My dad has stage 4 cancer
Hello tropicgirl2780,
I pray and hope you are well, still happy and healthy. I wanted to know what your diet was like when you where going through chemo tx. I want to try to give the best fight along with my dad as I can. Any other advice would be appreciated.

Lung Cancer
6 years ago I was diagnosed with Stage 3B Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. I put on an experimental Chemo called Herbatox.(not sure of the spelling). It was orignally used for people with rectal cancer. They discovered that for some reason when used along with radiation it worked for people who had lung cancer. The side effects were very bad pimpling(large white heads)of the skin, mostly the face. The worse the pimpling the better the drug worked. Well it worked for me. Ask your doctor about it.