SURGERY SCHEDULED

DONCARLOS
DONCARLOS Member Posts: 66
edited March 2014 in Lung Cancer #1
I posted my "JUST DIAGNOSED" a few days ago and received lots of good advise and great suppport from all of you.

Today I met with my Doctors at Robert Wood Johson and scheduled surgery for next Tuesday June 30, 2009. I AM GOING FOR IT. My family was asking me to postpone it for a week but I insisted on NOW!. Dr. Langenfeld gave me the right to decide and so it is for a week from today. I am very nervous as I have learned so much about this "C". However, I know that I have no options if I want to live "I DO WANT TO LIVE". My stage is stage 2, however I do have some lymph node problems so he is going after that also. I just hope they let my wife stay at the hospital for that night at lest so that I can see a familiar face when I come out of it. I want you all to know that the most important thing you need is to have faith in your doctor , yourself and our lord. I will keep you posted on my new experience.

THANKS TO YOU ALL.

Doncarlos

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  • PBJ Austin
    PBJ Austin Member Posts: 347 Member
    #2
    My thoughts are with you
    Doncarlos, I will be hoping and praying for a positive outcome, and I will anxiously await your news. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
  • looch969
    looch969 Member Posts: 27
    #3
    Go For It!
    Don Carlos,

    My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family. I start my first chemo treatment tomorrow (Wednesday, June 23, 2009) I am also very nervous but anxious to get started. Please let us know how your surgery goes, Im sure everything will be fine.

    Tamie
  • marlar1
    marlar1 Member Posts: 1
    #4
    DONCARLOS
    I will pray that your surgery goes well and things will look brighter for you afterwards. My husband has just been diagnosed with lung cancer as well. The internist said stage 2 to 3. We are meeting with the oncologist next Tuesday. This is a nasty disease and we can only hope and pray.
  • nanaof7
    nanaof7 Member Posts: 127
    #5
    surgery
    I am 3 weeks out of surgery and am very happy I did it, I dont even remember going in to the operating room or out of the ICU I just woke up in my room and my family was there and the pain was not even as bad as I expected,.I am doing well and had alot of support from this web site I even got a new friend CAZ what a great person she helped me thru the whole thing. I had my lower left lobe removed 9 lymph nodes and they put me together with some kind of glue or something on the outside never had pain from incision good luck to you I will keep you in my prayers and questions just ask Pat
  • DONCARLOS
    DONCARLOS Member Posts: 66
    #6
    Surgery scheduled
    I tried to see the oncologist after my PET-SCAN and they told me that I had to see the Thoracic doctor first. I accepted surgery after the Thoracic Doctor told me that I had to have it. After that I may have to go to the Oncologyst. Tell your husband to take it easy as he goes It took me three weeks after diagnosed, to get to this point and it was all very hard on me and my family, so I asked my oldest daughter to help and she is handling every detail of it. After Surgery is another issue. I am not an easy person for these things. I am pain tolerant but I cannot stand the "TAKE IT EASY PART" If I am not on the move I feel like I am strapped. I cannot wait for people to do things for me and this is the only part I
    cannot think about without getting upset. I guess its time to learn to adapt to a new life.

    Good Luck to you and your husband.

    DonCarlos

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