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Celebrate With Me!

By jmills · New reply yesterday at 10:23 pm
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I finished my OS3 Exam 3 parts 2 and 3 today!! All done with in-house exams, woohoo!!! Now I just have a neurobio miniboard next Tuesday and a cumulative miniboard next Friday. One...More...Week...I can ...

So Scared

By Cry1 · New reply yesterday at 11:36 am
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Hi everyone, I am new to this group. On May 8th,2013 is a day that I will never forget. This is when we got the new that my mom was dx with lung cancer. A little history, March 6 th of this year I took ...

Presentation? Check!

By jmills · New reply yesterday at 9:37 am
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I finished my community health oral presentation, it was excellent! Now back to the hospital where I will attempt to finish studying for my exams that I have tomorrow and Friday. =/ Apparently my kidney ...

Five million

By Brian · New reply May 16, 2013
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Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

low sodium levels

By reflection571 · New reply May 16, 2013
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Well our onc pa called us back advising that my husband go to the hospital where he gets chemo for hydration or saline solutions not sure so he can get his sodium levels up....He Is very happy he got ...

Treatment to start on Wed.

By Cry1 · New reply May 16, 2013
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Today we went to meet with the onc for the 1st time. There was so much info, very hard to process all of it. We were given a package of reading materal. It is really starting to sink in that this is really ...

I'm Back

By jmills · New reply May 15, 2013
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Sorry I've been gone, I haven't been feeling well. I wound up staying with my brother's godmother for a few days, but then my dad came up to take care of me, so I'm back at my apartment now. He cleaned ...

Sources sought for article on BRCA genes

By John2 · Posted May 15, 2013
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From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, As part of followup to the news about actress Angelina Jolie and her preventive mastectomy, a senior writer for the health page of TODAY.com ...

carbo vs cisplatin

By bjoyi956 · New reply May 15, 2013
Discussion in Chemotherapy · 7 replies
I have decided to go ahead with chemo. One oncologist is recommend ing cisplatin with gem and one wants me to have carbo with taxol. I would appreciate any feedback from those who have had either ...

My son won't go back to doctor

By vichar · New reply May 15, 2013
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First of all, hope all is well or as well as can be expected with all my Inspire friends. I will get right to the problem. My son, 36, had his bladder removed 12/20/12. He was suppose to go back for checkup ...

Flu-like Symptoms Caused an Emergency CT Scan and CBC Today.

By Jer_ · New reply May 15, 2013
Journal · 17 replies
This morning began in a left inguinal lymph node being a little touchy during a shower. I passed it off for being out in the yard all weekend. However, when I drove to work and got out of the vehicle ...

Some Very Special Mothers

By Mickeral · New reply May 12, 2013
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength… Oprah Winfrey@BrainyQuote Dear Fellow Travelers: May I offer a big Mother's Day salute to all of you ladies who face tremendous struggles against what ...

Title

By jmills · New reply May 12, 2013
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Been getting weird, fast, stabbing headaches and shakes today. Also, I'm on Ambien and Benadryl right now, so things make little sense. My jaw has been hurting, too. It cracks and locks up. My stomach ...

What do I do

By jesichashope · New reply May 11, 2013
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My ying and yang are having a debate. Do I or don't I, that is the question. So what do I do? Before my daughter was sick, well, cancer is not sick, she always said that, so she will have to forgive me ...

Options for diagnosis?

By JPatriciaB · Posted May 11, 2013
Discussion in Support · 0 replies
I have no idea if I have colon cancer or not. I can't afford health insurance and it is very difficult to get on medicaid in my state. The health department has a program for colonoscopies but it is only ...

A lecture about medical errors

By dribrook · New reply May 11, 2013
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I recently gave 45 minutes Grand Rounds lecture for the Departments of Medicine in Louisiana State University about medical errors I personally experienced as a patient with cancer. I also discuss their ...

tarceva - what medications interact with it?

By PeteinOz · New reply May 11, 2013
Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 5 replies
My wife has been taking tarceva for six weeks and is having a rough time with it. Nausea and diarrhoea, and very itchy skin, which we're treating with moisturiser creams. I have read that calcium channel ...

Medical Errors

By dribrook · New reply May 10, 2013
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The Washington Post Health Section published a story today about medical errors which included also my own personal experiences as a patient with throat cancer. I hope that this publication will contribute ...

At Lung Cancer Summit

By Jrodrig414 · New reply May 7, 2013
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Dear friends, I am At the LUNGevity Lung Cancer Summit, sitting listening to Dr. Lucia Sequist of Mass General talk about the advancements in lung cancer. Quite powerful to have over 120 lung cancer survivors ...

First CT

By 2bbcontinued · New reply May 6, 2013
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Tomorrow I actually am finally having my first chest scan since lobectomy last September. Don't understand why he waited so long. Guess in the long run doesn't really matter. If there's anything there ...

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