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Timeline for Chemo

iceblue
  • By iceblue · Posted 7:39 pm
  • Discussion in Treatment options · 0 replies
  • It's been almost 6 weeks since my surgery and I had an oncologist appt yesterday. He wants to start chemo like next week. Here is my question. I want to move to another state and I'd like to do it as ...

The BWP is still here

pkitts
  • By pkitts · New reply 7:30 pm
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Hi Friends, I've had computer problems and haven't been able to write. I've been in the Pacific Northwest for a little over a week and am heading home today...boo-hissssss. I've had a great time! Went ...

Need support

kbt
  • By kbt · New reply 7:28 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 16 replies
  • My mom has been diagnosed with stage 3a adenocarcinoma recently. Her tumor is located at the right upper lobe. PET scan lit up in the hilar and pre-treacheal lymph node. Doctor recommended chemo and radiation ...

SCLC

jadams
  • By jadams · New reply 7:15 pm
  • Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 17 replies
  • It seems as if most of the posters here have nsclc. And I've read the stories of survival. That it is curable. What I would like to ask is for the sc survivers and caregivers - can you tell me how long ...

Edit

LTLCS
  • By LTLCS · New reply 6:55 pm
  • Discussion in Help desk · 1 reply
  • Can someone please tell me how I can Edit my messages if need to after I post them? I can't find an edit button. Thanks for your help. LTLCS ...

Ankle/Foot Swelling?

liznj226
  • By liznj226 · New reply 6:42 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
  • My mother's last chemo treatment of carbo/taxotere was about a month ago and her last CT scan showed no evidence of her cancer. She had been on prednisone for a few months since she had developed radiation ...

My daddy went to heaven

hope4dad
  • By hope4dad · New reply 6:11 pm
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • Well today was not only the day my father was born,it was also the day that he passed away...He was born 9/5/50 and passed 9/5/08..Just wanted to let all of you who were so supportive of me what had happened ...

LCA in Stand Up To Cancer Magazine

lorihope
  • By lorihope · New reply 6:01 pm
  • Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 10 replies
  • I don't know if anyone from LCA posted this (I often miss things), but I just found this on the SU2C site, an interview with LCA Spokesman and Baseball all-time star Cal Ripkin, Jr.: http://su2c.standup2cancer.org/node/2405 ...

Back to the land of the living!

Munker
  • By Munker · New reply 6:00 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 17 replies
  • I ended up having an upper right lobectomy. The nodule was difficult to locate but thank goodness i had a great surgeon and he was able to remove it. I was just released from the hospital today after ...

Another bump in the road....

risliz1218
  • By risliz1218 · New reply 5:55 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
  • Of course anyone knows that with cancer there are so many ups and downs. One of my worst fears with the downs, is to be awoken in the middle of the night with bad news. My mom got me up at 4:30 and said ...

Chemo schedulled

biker90
  • By biker90 · New reply 5:39 pm
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • We met with the oncologist today and finally got the chemo schedule. I have to go to chemo class on 8/29 then get a port on 9/3 then have the first session on 9/5. He's giving me Alimta and Cisplatin ...

automatic neupogen shots?

LindaFL
  • By LindaFL · New reply 5:29 pm
  • Discussion in Treatment options · 15 replies
  • My mom and I met with a 3rd oncologist today. Still trying to find one to administer chemo closer to home and just use the cancer center to monitor. This doc wants to use Taxol and Carbo (one dose every ...

scan results are in!!

andmegab
  • By andmegab · New reply 5:07 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 22 replies
  • met with the surgeon today. he was an hour late due to an emergency surgery. my oncologist was there too. that made me really nervous, expecting bad news, but...THE CANCER HAS NOT SPREAD, AND THERE IS ...

Fever and stomach problem

Lindonna
  • By Lindonna · New reply 5:03 pm
  • Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 1 reply
  • My father , 65, is with Small Cell Lung Cancer, extensive stage, with metastases to bones, liver and lymph node at the time of diagnosis. He is now in recess after 4 times of chemo and 2 chest radiation ...

Mom's Therapy Is Going Great!

nscarfan88
  • By nscarfan88 · New reply 4:59 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 4 replies
  • Hey Everyone! Mom had her physical therapy today and did great took 3 steps, ate lunch up-right in a chair and worked out in bed. Doc came in today and I believe he is eating crow. He said she is doing ...

upper right lobectomy

joe_s17050
  • By joe_s17050 · New reply 4:09 pm
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • I had a an upper right lobectomy, 06/05/2008. Through the mercy/grace of God I am doing very well. The sample of my lymph nodes came back negative, and more good news, my oncologyist does not suggest ...

Freedom Short Lived

JSC
  • By JSC · New reply 3:44 pm
  • Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 13 replies
  • Well here I go again. Remember way back in June when I was so excited with the news of being "cancer-free?" My world just came crashing down this week. The lastest scans show mets to my spine (C-7) and ...

Radiation / Sore Throat

Marie400
  • By Marie400 · New reply 2:52 pm
  • Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 6 replies
  • Somewhere on this site I have read about a liquid that is helpful for the sore throat radiation patients get. My Mom starts her radiation treatments next week and I wanted to plan ahead and have some ...

ATLANTA - Dancing for Joan 2009

joegaeta
  • By joegaeta · Posted 2:29 pm
  • Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 0 replies
  • My mom, Joan Gaeta, a life-long non-smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2004. She fought a three and a half year battle before succumbing to it in July of 2007. Mom was a devoted wife, teacher ...

9 YEARS TODAY!

jazzbo
  • By jazzbo · New reply 1:05 pm
  • Discussion in Good news · 44 replies
  • Hi everybody, Today I'm a nine year survivor of 3A NSCLC. Amen, thank God. I'm not to religous guy but there is someone's plan that kept me here. I had 5 rounds chemo, 30 rads treatments w/chemo once ...

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