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rare cancer of lung

mitziger
  • By mitziger · New reply 8:07 am
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • I was diagnosed on August 18, 2008 with adenocarcinoma with bac features when a biopsy and wedge resection were performed at Moffitt Cancer center. All they said was some live for years and others don't ...

I'm going to confess...

FrankClem
  • By FrankClem · New reply 8:03 am
  • Journal · 32 replies
  • OK. I'm going to get a lot of slack for this and, well, I should. I deserve it. Are you ready? I can't seem to kick the cigarette habit. While I can do it for weeks at a time, I always end up back on ...

What could we raise

bing
  • By bing · New reply 7:44 am
  • Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 26 replies
  • I read a e-mail last week that asked us to check out John Kanzius site www.Kanziuscancerresearch.com, so I did cause I have been trying to find out what had happened with him after his 60min interview ...

eating healthy

magazine2
  • By magazine2 · New reply 7:34 am
  • Discussion in Nutrition · 9 replies
  • I am so mixed up on what to eat. I do all kinds of research and now I am more mixed up. I would appreciate any suggestions that could help. I had such bad eating habits before the cancer . I am a big ...

lung cancer and ldn

matrix
  • By matrix · New reply 7:31 am
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
  • hello friends, I was wondering if anybody could help my mother inlaw. She has lung cancer and she has tried everything her doctors told her to do but nothing has worked. She is now taking a pill called ...

Sigh....Hospice

hopefuldaughter
  • By hopefuldaughter · New reply 7:12 am
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 8 replies
  • So, my mom was supposed to come to Boston (two hours) tomorrow for another Gemzar treatment. She is in terrible pain, losing more weight, lethargic and on lots of meds. My dad talked to DF today, and ...

Pink in the Rink!!

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · New reply 7:09 am
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 3 replies
  • We have a minor league hockey team here, the Mississippi Sea Wolves. They have a game coming up,, "Pink in the Rink" night. The players will be wearing pink jersies that night and the jersies will be ...

New Chemo is Not Fun for Dad

bluiiis75
  • By bluiiis75 · New reply 7:08 am
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
  • So my Dad is on his 2nd round of chemo. The first round was a mix of carboplatin and taxol. He handled the chemo okay, although it caused a normally not anxious person to be very anxious. The chemo didn't ...

Caregiver burnout

UAMS
  • By UAMS · New reply 7:07 am
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • I am tired, weary and worn. I don't know why God is torturing me and my husband ...

radon

magazine2
  • By magazine2 · New reply 7:02 am
  • Discussion in Help desk · 8 replies
  • I have radon in my home 4.5 and I have just sent in my 2nd. test. No one will do anything about it except it would cost me money I dont have. I dont know what to do. Its a poisionous gas and I am breathing ...

Lost Brother and feeling alot of guilt

sdoh58
  • By sdoh58 · New reply 6:44 am
  • Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 5 replies
  • It has been a month since my brother passed away and it doesn't seem to be getting easier. Yes, I don't cry as much, but the guilt I feel is terrible. I keep thinking I missed something, maybe I made ...

Livin' Life

GypsyGirl
  • By GypsyGirl · New reply 6:10 am
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Well we did it! We have always wanted to go white water rafting down the Grand Canyon, so I made our reservations for this June! It is crazy to 'wait' for this disease to catch up to us... we are going ...

Music that uplifts you....

SuzzieQ
  • By SuzzieQ · New reply 6:09 am
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone... I just finished watching the video of Lee Ann Womack's "I hope you dance". I love this song!!! I started thinking about all the other music that uplifts and comforts others. I've been ...

Xrays tomorrow

jazzbo
  • By jazzbo · New reply 2:59 am
  • Discussion in What, me worry? · 9 replies
  • Hi Everybody, I just want you all to know even being out over 9 yrs since my diagnosis. I still have anxiety over these once a year check ups with my pulmanologist. No where near as bad as before but ...

BAC

magazine2
  • By magazine2 · New reply 2:36 am
  • Discussion in Treatment options · 8 replies
  • I just had surgery for non small lung cancer (bac) which is the kind that cannot be treated with chem or radiation. They removed my right low lobe and wedged out part of 2 upper right ones. I was told ...

Great Scan Results!

StacieK
  • By StacieK · New reply yesterday at 11:28 pm
  • Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 11 replies
  • I am very happy to report my Dad's CT scan today showed significant reduction in liver tumors and the lungs and other organs are still clear. Dad was diagnosed with SCLC in Feb 2007. His appetite is good ...

I'm back and so is the cancer

Kneessaa
  • By Kneessaa · New reply yesterday at 11:04 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 14 replies
  • Things have been moving rather fast for me these past two weeks. In October of 2006 I had the middle right lobe removed. Adenocarcinoma Stage 1A. This month when I went for my pet scan two spots showed ...

Ups and Downs

shb152
  • By shb152 · New reply yesterday at 10:31 pm
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • Deryl had a seizure on Sat. Dec 27th. I just knew this was the beginning of the end. He could not walk - spoke in single words - and so on. We had several rough days. He did not eat for 5 days, refused ...

Longest Living Survivor on Avastin for Lung Cancer in Trouble???

SKIP1
  • By SKIP1 · New reply yesterday at 9:53 pm
  • Discussion in Survivor stories · 21 replies
  • Well It's been a hell of a ride and the ride is not over, I can promise you that. First I need to bring you all up to speed. I am the longest living survivor in the world that was in the first phase of ...

stage iv lung and brain metasis

rosie422
  • By rosie422 · New reply yesterday at 9:46 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 9 replies
  • Hi, my Mom was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer and has a cluster of 4 tumors on the front of her brain and 1 in the back. I am just confused on her prognosis - I know it can not be good, but doctors ...

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