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Options for diagnosis?

By JPatriciaB · Posted May 11, 2013
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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 ...

New tumor in left lung 4.9 blocking airway as it enters left lung

By CST · New reply May 5, 2013
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I am currently on weekly chemo as follows to try and shrunk new tumor in left lung and para esoph tumor between lungs. First week is CPT 11 and low dose Erbitux, week two just low dose Erbitux. Have had ...

Mom with SCLC and Coma

By llll1lll1 · New reply May 4, 2013
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Any insight on this? Background...Diagnosed in early Feb 2013, my 82 year old mother was diagnosed with extensive small cell lung cancer ( SCLC ). She's tried chemo, but it took her down and she never ...

on our journey,sclc

By reflection571 · New reply April 30, 2013
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my husband and I will be going on the first oncologist appt since being diagnosed with sclc during an emergency rm visit. As per the information received from tests given at hospital no cancer has been ...

pain pump implanted, pros and cons

By Barbiej · Posted April 29, 2013
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Dear Friends, Husband was just advised he may have to have a pain pump implanted because either the sclc has gone to this spine or the multiple myeloma cancer has gone to his spine and he can hardly move ...

Late Phase Sweet's Syndrome

By Pox1 · Posted April 20, 2013
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Well I was diagnosed with a late phase of Sweet's Syndrome in early 2002. Among my many biopsies I went through a bone marrow biopsy for Hodgkins Lymphoma and Myelodysplastic syndrome. Both of which were ...

Pain in good lung

By Kathy-49 · New reply April 4, 2013
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Hi everyone, for the last wk or so I have been in quite a lot of pain in my left lung ( I av nsclc squamous in my right lung ) the pain is at the lower part of my lung nd sometimes feels as though its ...

Pain with chemo after surgery

By Lostnconfused · New reply March 18, 2013
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Hi all, I have another question: I had a upper left lobectomy I did quite well after a pain/nerve block. Since I started chemo I have lots of pain in the left area. I'm not sure if it's because the block ...

scared

By janmoe1 · New reply March 18, 2013
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I have to have a CT scan Wed. Radiologist spotted a 9mm spot on my lower left lung from previous CT scan. I am so scared that it is cancer. I had kidney cancer in 2010, mass removed, 40% of right kidney ...

MRI and treatment Plan

By Linders · New reply March 11, 2013
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First, I want to thank all of you for your continued support and notes of encouragement while I was in the Hurry Up and Wait Mode. I finally saw my Onc yesterday for final results and a treatment plan ...

lack of screening

By ruthy123 · New reply February 19, 2013
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To all of you who, like me, are victims of the new "less is more" philosophy and practice in healthcare I offer to talk with you by phone. I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer a few months ago and ...

Thymus cancer

By LeylaNasehi (Inactive) · Posted February 17, 2013
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Hi every body We have started a study on Thymus cancer patients who are treated with new ablation techniques in UCLA voluntarily, but there are some costs besides which made us looking for fund raising ...

no quality of life

By Barbiej · New reply January 16, 2013
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I bet some of you have already been here but there is always a lot of decisions. Small cell lung cancer is not usually curable especially after it spreads to the liver. Hubby has had it since last Jan ...

Survivor video that is inspirational!

By BenBC · New reply January 6, 2013
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Tear jerker!!!! This is my new favorite song my friends! I can think of hundreds of people to send this to. Get some tissue first! Ben https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v= 10150974868803463 ...

Hepatic granuloma, Liver, Lung necropsy

By Pox1 · Posted January 5, 2013
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CALCIFICATION IN THE HEPATIC PARENCHYMA WHICH IS LIKELY TO REPRESENT A GRANULOMA is what I was diagnosed with and now I am having pain under or in my right lung. My father whom I have not spoken to for ...

Partial Lumpectomy, but they found something new

By Pox1 · Posted January 5, 2013
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I had a partial lumpectomy of a Intraductal Papilloma reved 2003....I guess they also found suspicious microcalcifications in the same breast after the lumpectomy. I'm due for another mammogram and have ...

Thankful for this site

By Barbiej · New reply December 12, 2012
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I would like to thank everyone on this site for all their suggestions and words of kindness and hope. Some days are worse than others and there is always someone on this site that is worse off than you ...

neuroendocrine cancer support group

By Barbiej · Posted December 5, 2012
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Dear Friends, I have a friend whose mother has had part of her intestine removed and is having trouble with flushing and night sweats and now they think she has an carcinoid tumor. I would like to be ...

We got some MUCH needed good news today :)

By SuzanneMW · New reply December 4, 2012
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Just a quick note for those of you that aren't familiar with our situation: Mom has small cell limited stage, dx on 9-10-12 and she has completed 2 rounds of cisplatin/etoposide and finished 30 radiation ...

cancer, grandad.

By Kimx · New reply November 23, 2012
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well my grandad was due an operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer in his jaw. He also got a small bit of his lip removed because there was some cancer there too. The surgeons were extremely ...

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