Cancer/Chemo Recovery....Need Info

I have small cell lung cancer. I have had it since February of 2002. I first had radiation and chemo together that was very tough. I had esophagitis 2 times that was painful. I was tired all the time I slept a lot. I had to have procrid not sure of that spelling. You should ask your doctor about that it will help build up her blood and will make her feel so much better. I also had 2 blood transfusions. I had the cough and it goes away and I had that for over a year before they found the lung cancer. My doctor said it was allergies so sent me to an allergist for a year a simple cat scan would have proven them wrong but they only did chest xrays. I finally got a new doctor she took cat scan found lung cancer. I had lung cancer in the lympth nodes they got rid of that now It moved to the brain. I had full head brain radiation. I had 15 hits of radiation to the brain. I had to take a steroid that made me gain 50 pounds. That was the hardest thing to take. Add 50 pounds to your body and try to walk around with it. It is quite painfull and I got blood clots in my legs because of it and along with that broken arches. After doing the full head brain radiation. They still could see one tumor in my brain. This meant that I had to do 15 hits of radaition to that tumor. I had to have a halo screwed into my head so as not to move I was put on a table and they hit that tumor 15 times with full radation. I will not know the results of this until April 15th. I have not been able to taste food for over 6 months I try my best to eat but the food taste so bad it is very hard to eat at all. I take pills to help. I have lost some of the weight since I no longer have to take that steroid. But it sure is not coming off they way it went on. You should be talking to her oncologist to see what they can do to help her. Radiation stays in the body for some time. If the tumor is still in me then they will do surgery. If more have developed then I will not do any more treatments. They have come a long way with lung cancer I am greatful to be alive this long. I will take all the days that god will give me without pain. This has been painfull the whole experience, I lost my hair not once but twice, I have thrown up alot I have ben in the hospital for over 11 days at a time. I have had many problems, but you know what I am still alive, I am still fighting it. I will continue to keep fighting it as long as it does not become to painful. I sure hope for the best for your mom. Sounds to me like she is not giving up. She is doing ok to have 3-4 good days. Please talk with her oncologist. June