SusanK2's journal
- By SusanK2 · Posted October 10, 2008
- 15 replies
- Three years ago, on Oct. 10, 2005, we started this journey with NSCLC Stage IV. Three years was longer than we expected, after hearing the statistics, but we are grateful for every day. I have been fortunate ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted August 10, 2008
- 13 replies
- I finally got a call yesterday - yes, I do mean Saturday - telling me that after evaluating the new MRI, the radiation oncologist said that everything looks good and I am recovering from the brain mets ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted August 6, 2008
- 3 replies
- I was hoping to have conclusive results by now, but things got a little complicated. The MRI was performed and read at a local hospital, rather than the University hospital where my oncologist works ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted August 4, 2008
- 8 replies
- It won't be long until I know how well the Whole Brain Radiation worked. It's been four weeks since my last treatment, so it's time for the first evaluation. At noon today, I'm scheduled to have an MRI ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted June 7, 2008
- 21 replies
- Here we go. I'd been having daily headaches for a week, but blamed it on the migraines that I have had for many years. Went to a top-notch headache clinic, where they prescribed a beta blocker and an ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted April 22, 2008
- 29 replies
- This site usually perks me up, but this morning, I found it a little depressing. I was reading the posts by a couple of caregivers, who were describing in detail the difficult times that they and their ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted April 14, 2008
- 6 replies
- I guess I've been holding my breath (figuratively) for the last month. At my appointment with my oncologist on Mar. 12, he told me that the CA125 tumor marker results in my blood test had gone from high ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted April 2, 2008
- 0 replies
- By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A few days of fasting might help protect patients from some of the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of cancer chemotherapy, researchers ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted March 26, 2008
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- Note that this is research being done in mice - how long until it gets to humans? Medical Research News March 24, 2008 A small RNA molecule, known as let-7 microRNA (miRNA), substantially reduced cancer ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted March 25, 2008
- 4 replies
- I was trained as a journalist, and I have been reading news about Lung cancer since I was diagnosed with NSCLC Stage IV in 2005. I thought I'd share some of what I read ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted March 25, 2008
- 2 replies
- 18 Mar 2008 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles /100874.php Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) -- an interventional treatment that "cooks" and kills lung cancer tumors with heat -- greatly improves survival ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted March 25, 2008
- 0 replies
- MAR 18, 2008 http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.a sp?id=12008 Excerpt: People undergoing surgery for lung cancer tend to fare better when the procedure is done at a teaching hospital, a new study ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted March 25, 2008
- 0 replies
- MAR 05, 2008 http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.a sp?id=11952 Excerpt: Response to a regimen of celecoxib plus erlotinib is likely if a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has low baseline ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted December 23, 2007
- 1 reply
- The only tests were the blood work, but it was still good news at my recent visit to see my oncologist. When I asked him if he thinks I am able to take on a more active volunteer schedule, he said a full ...
- By SusanK2 · Posted December 14, 2007
- 1 reply
- More than 2 years after being diagnosed with Phase 4 lung cancer, I think I am beginning to think of myself as a survivor, not just a patient. And I consider myself very lucky - not lucky to have lung ...
