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Lung cancer
Share your personal experience with lung cancer. Discuss your treatments, share information you've learned along the way, and discuss strategies for screening and prevention.
now what??
- By slj1229 · New reply February 26, 2009
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- My Grandmother who is 66 had lung cancer 15 years ago, she had the lower lobe removed and 5 years later the cancer spread to her other lung. She did very well with radiation and 5 years later the cancer ...
Lung Cancer mets to clavical, lymph nodes, c-spine, liver
- By nurselin · Posted February 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- The picture that I am using shows my mother on her 85th birthday last may. I didn't realize that may be her last one. My mom was just diagnosed with metastatic lung ca, mets to the bone in her shoulder ...
Mother Has Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and is scared to do treatment
- By shielabrown · New reply February 16, 2009
- 11 replies
- My mother was dx with NSCLC just recently. She has a large (I don't know exact size) tumor in her left upper lung just at the bronch and lymph nodes are involved. Oncologist states she is at Stage IIIa ...
diet & treatment
- By kamalssn · Posted January 28, 2009
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- my mom is having fever of abt 7 month duration cough with haemoptysis & pain in the right shoulder. there is no other problem. on evaluation her bronochoscopy showed lobulated growth in the right main ...
Just Wondering...............
- By janet54 · New reply January 25, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hello I am a LC survivor,I was diagnosed Feb.2007 with nsclc stage 1 adenocarcinoma.I had an upper right lobectomy done,the surgeon said he got it all.That really is not the correct wording and it angers ...
My 80 year old mother has emphysema & recently diagnosed with lung cancer
- By youngestdaughter · New reply November 15, 2008
- 2 replies
- Hi. My 80 year old mother has decided not to undergo any treatment for a newly diagnosed tumor in her upper left lung. She has been on oxygen for 4 1/2 years for emphysema and figures since the emphysema ...
mesothelioma - what to expect?
- By tjoyce · New reply November 2, 2008
- 2 replies
- My father has mesothelioma involving his right lung, extending into the mediastinum, pretreacheal area and possibly a lymph node in his abdomen. He has had 6 treatments of carboplatin/alimta; now is going ...
Lung cancer that has metastasized to the brain
- By mpatten · New reply October 15, 2008
- 10 replies
- I was wondering if anyone could share their experience regarding full brain radiation. I was diagnosed with latter stage lung cancer in July of 06, the doctors gave me very little hope for survival. Happy ...
Getting Weary......
- By janet54 · Posted September 28, 2008
- 0 replies
- I posted in May and had PET-scan.Good news ned! I had an upper (r)lobectomy in 2-07,Afew months ago I started having horrible pains near my surgery site and and it also hurts under my arm,upper chest,and ...
Not again!!!!
- By janet54 · New reply September 27, 2008
- 1 reply
- Hello to all, I just posted a question on LCA site and didnt know how to get it here.A few months before finding lung cancer,adenocarcinoma,I had only 1 symptom I had a deep ache in my back almost under ...
T-Shirts to Support Lung Cancer
- By Rock44 · Posted July 27, 2008
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- Just wanted to let you know that I've designed some shirts and things that will benefit lung cancer. A portion of all proceeds from the sales of the bands, huggies and t-shirts shown here http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/photoMain ...
Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy at the same time!
- By sunshineray · New reply July 9, 2008
- 3 replies
- My mum was first diagnosed with Limited SCLC in late May. We were at the doctor's yesterday for her review and the doctor said that my mum's tumour has shrunk dramatically after her second round of chemo ...
Advice please
- By daz · New reply July 6, 2008
- 8 replies
- Hello all, Im looking for some advice here please and hope some-one can help. I have had terrible aching pains all from my shoulders to my feet and wondered if anyone else has this problem. I finished ...
Taxotere+Cisplatin treatments
- By strong_daughter · New reply May 9, 2008
- 2 replies
- Hello, my mother is diagnosed with Stage 3b nsclc. She just finished her 1st cycle of chemo and gets her next cycle in 20 days on May 27th. I am wondering if there is anyone who has this same treatment ...
anemic-still wonder how?
- By janet54 · Posted April 13, 2008
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- Well here I am again.I posted on LCA with this question.I also did some research and now I am totally confused!As I stated I'm 1yr.stage1B lung cancer survivor.Had an upper right lobectomy 2-07.I did'nt ...
Thoughts on losing the ability to eat orally or swallow
- By jecca · Posted March 28, 2008
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- My mom was drinking coke and eating a turkey sandwich last week when she aspirated some of her food. This in turn caused pneumonia. She has stage 4 lung cancer and at one point couldn't eat because of ...
Lung cancer
- By Anna7 · Posted November 2, 2007
- 0 replies
- My parents smoked a lot when I was a kid (those long winter car trips with the windows rolled up were torture). Now I'm worried about my risk of lung cancer. Are there any early signs I can look for ...
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