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Chemo Round 5 of 6
- By MajorMike · New reply 11:25 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- Well tomorrow I get the full five hour chemo infusions, that will be round 5 of 6 scheduled. No significant changes in the side effects to this point - a touch of neuropahy primarily in the hands, legs ...
my first blog is up for "lung cancer foundation of america"!
- By tiffmomiff · New reply 11:22 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 6 replies
- check it out.... www.lcfamerica.org ...
My mom is NED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- By tanyamartinez · New reply 11:14 pm
- Journal · 9 replies
- To all of you who were so nice praying for my mom's CT scan she is NED one year later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank God!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy right now I am crying ...
Ex's Brain Radiation, Day 2 of 15
- By Ex_turned_Caregiver · New reply 11:02 pm
- Journal · 5 replies
- Today was a better day than yesterday. We were ready for radiation an hour early due to an errant clock that has still not reset itself back to standard time. We used the extra time to stop at the Post ...
Living with husband with Lung Cancer
- By Linnie156 · New reply 10:50 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- My husband was diagnois in March of 2008 with stage iv. Even though the tumor in lung is small it has spread to spine and lymph nodes. He has been on chemo for a little under 2 years. Doing okay but very ...
Todays "Today Show"
Chemo/Radiation on 11/4/09 - STAGE IV NSCLC
- By kjseal · New reply 10:42 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- Long day today. 5 1/2 hrs at the cancer center. Blood work show WBC taking a beating and RBC 2.97. I'm anemic so they gave me a shot of Aranesp. The oncologist is concerned about my peripheral neuropathy ...
CONGRATS on 5 YEARS CHUCK!!!
- By BetsyT · New reply 10:39 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 1 reply
- Today marks 5 years for our Buddy Chuck. (Stage 4) Keep knockin this puppy down my friend & blowing those stupid statistics away. Thanks for sharing the journey.You ROCK! Love ya, Betsy ...
Nancy Grace show
- By karenere · New reply 10:38 pm
- Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 7 replies
- Did anyone see the ending of the Nancy Grace show last night? She acknowledged that Nov. is lung cancer awareness month and how it kills more people than other cancers combined. she also posted cancer ...
Xeloda?
- By hellored · New reply 10:38 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 1 reply
- FIrst of all I want to thank you all for jumping in and passing along your recommendations for an Oncologist up at Yale for my Dad. I was wondering if anyone has been on Xeloda? For the last 10 days in ...
Missing My Mom....
- By jmichelle · New reply 10:36 pm
- Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 17 replies
- This has been a rough week for me. Of course I'm now dealing with My Dad's diagnosis of SCLC in the last month. Thank goodness he is feeling good and responding well to his treatment. Yesterday, 9-29-09 ...
cancer nutrition
- By ak88 · New reply 10:34 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 5 replies
- Hi everyone in a previous discussion someone mentioned cancer diets and to avoid sugars etc. can someone tell me exactly what this diet is, can we eat honey, spaghetti, etc or is this to be avoided as ...
Chelsea is finally back home...
- By Kymomof4 · New reply 10:27 pm
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 10 replies
- Hi All, I just wanted to let everyone know Chelsea came home Monday night....been so busy haven't had the chance to share the great news!!! She is still on oxygen at home and receiving IV antibiotics ...
Great Job in Philadelphia
lung cancer chemo treatment
- By lge · New reply 10:19 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 4 replies
- my sis went to get her chemo yesterday and the doc didn't give her her chemo he said it was cause she had bronchitis and he would make her sicker. Does anyone know if this is true or if it is because ...
Nancy Grace
Prayer request , please from one of our own.
- By cuddles53 · New reply 10:06 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 32 replies
- One of our team members e-mailed me today to ask if I would post on this site for her. Her husband is Bobby and she is Marie, Bobby was doing real well, for a while there,I mentioned him before in a post ...
Clark Update-Prayers Needed
- By BexterF · New reply 10:05 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 11 replies
- Monday night, the doctors made the decision to move Clark to the Medical Surge ICU so he could be monitored more closely. He was having more difficulty breathing and his body was working too hard. His ...
Bobs Day
- By medium · New reply 9:46 pm
- Journal · 7 replies
- To everyone who responded to my good friend Sandy's journal asking for prayers for Bobby . A HUGE BIG THANK YOU. Sandy is right we do feel loved. Bobby had a pet scan today and we have the dreaded meeting ...
There is hope.
- By jstuc · New reply 9:44 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- I was diagnosed stage IV NSCLC in Feb. of this year. After a lung resection, thoracotomy, bi-lateral hernia surgery and gamma knife surgery, then 12 weeks of chemo and 7 weeks of radiation with chemo ...
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