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Rj's discussions
BUTT! YOU LOOK SO GOOD?
- By Rj · Posted October 19, 2009
- In Gay and lesbian health · 1 reply
- I remember the first time I herd "butt, you look so good" all I could say to them was thank you, to myself, I thought 'oh if you/they only knew. I'm now N E D, but suffering from the aftermath of chemo ...
can i survive a divorce?
- By Rj · Posted February 24, 2009
- In Gay and lesbian health · 3 replies
- i don't know where to turn with my problem, my spouse is trying to hold on to me and to keep all of his friends so he wont be lonely when i'm gone. his friends disappeared when i was diagnosed and i wrote ...
CAN ANYONE HELP - NEW DX,RCC
- By Rj · Posted September 9, 2008
- In Cancer Consultants · 14 replies
- I'm a N.S.C.L.C. survivor. I have a friend that had a cancerous tumor and kidney removed recently. I understand that there are METS to both lungs and possibly brain. Anyone have this problem, Are there ...
HELP! newly diagnosed RCC
- By Rj · Posted September 8, 2008
- In Cancer Consultants · 0 replies
- Hello RCC Survivors, I chose this category / topic because I need info and input on treatment options, second opinions, and finding a doctor . . . I am a almost 3 year lung cancer survivor and the LCS ...
VIDEO TAPE INTERVIEWS - UPDATE
- By Rj · Posted July 24, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 8 replies
- Hi to all of you brave survivors that responded to my post, "HELP PUT A FACE ON LUNG CANCER" posted April 08. My doc's are still 'advising' me not to go. Yet!. I've had a few LC complications and a few ...
Lights on / nobody home
- By Rj · Posted July 18, 2008
- In Bones, joints and muscles · 3 replies
- I'm a post op nsclc stage III 'survivor' no mets to the bones or brain, that can be diagnosed YET been to all the ortho specialist and MRI,CT,& Bone Scan light up like a Christmas tree. butt, We(docs ...
IS 'SURVIVING CANCER' WORTH THE EFFORT?
- By Rj · Posted July 16, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 30 replies
- I haven't been posting lately but I continue to read this and many other sites. I apologize in advance for what might be considered less than a "positive attitude". I have constant pain that began with ...
Has Anyone heard of : Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy???
- By Rj · Posted July 1, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 2 replies
- I've been to many specialists since I was diagnosed Dec.2005, with stageIII-B-NSCLC, and each of them have sent me to other specialist. This is the latest diagnoses for my continued pain. May 2008 marks ...
my Asthma is getting WORSE !
CAN'T BELIEVE
- By Rj · Posted April 23, 2008
- In Gay and lesbian health · 10 replies
- I can't believe I don't see more gay's on this site/group. is there another that I don't know about? surely, I'm not the only HIV- person with lung cancer! I think it's great that Inspire included this ...
Help! "put a face on lung cancer"
- By Rj · Posted April 13, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 14 replies
- I'm a NSCLC Survivor and hoping to fulfill my life long desire to see/experience whats between the east and west coast. Hopefully beginning April 2008. I'll be traveling from Washington,DC, west along ...
HELP
- By Rj · Posted April 11, 2008
- In Gay and lesbian health · 2 replies
- I am a 54 year old gay male NSCLC survivor. I will be traveling through the U.S. looking for cancer survivors in the gay community. If you would like to tell your 'cancer' story on video tape, to help ...
Survivor Interviews For Documentry
- By Rj · Posted April 7, 2008
- In Cancer Consultants · 2 replies
- Hi All, Does any one know or have heard of, Or more importantly live near the 'Lincoln Highway'? It's the first road to connect New York to San Francisco. I want to invite any and all of you to meet with ...
NEW FINDINGS-NODULES IN RIGHT LUNG
- By Rj · Posted February 12, 2008
- In Cancer Consultants · 4 replies
- Anyone know anything about this. i'm waiting anxiously for more info. anxious Rj ...
NEW FINDINGS-NODULES IN RIGHT LUNG. . .
- By Rj · Posted February 11, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 3 replies
- hi all, does anyone have experience and/or knowledge about nodules found in lung? lesion on vertebra? waiting for ins. authorization for further tests! please help anxious Rj ...
any knowledge of lesion on vertabre/lc spread????
- By Rj · Posted January 31, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 0 replies
- Hi All, i've been looking for info re: cancer spread? i was diagnosed w/nsclc Dec.05 had radiation, chemo, and surgery May 06, left lobectemy . so far the scans have not detected more cancer. i have lots ...
OLD FRIENDS & RELATIONSHIPS?
- By Rj · Posted December 18, 2007
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 25 replies
- I don't want to sound 'ungrateful' But has anyone noticed a difference in your relationships with friends, family? When the 'C' word was used. I had 'friends' desert me, leave me for dead as soon as they ...
DEPRESSION
- By Rj · Posted December 18, 2007
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 28 replies
- I don't see any discussion on depression surely I'm not the only one? This is not a new symptom? I have been dealing with depression since my diagnosis and it's an constant battle. Why do I not see any ...
cancer after winning lung cancer battle
- By Rj · Posted October 19, 2007
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 4 replies
- looking for lung cancer survivors who later developed other cancers ...