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desperate daughter
- By SADBB76 · New reply 8:23 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 13 replies
- Somebody help me please... my dad has stage 3B possibly 4 NSCLC and I'm devastated... does anyone got better over this ...
Folic Acid and B12 & other info
- By llacy · New reply 8:22 pm
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 3 replies
- There is a post in the Non small cell group re: an article that states folic acid and b12 are not good supplements for cancer patients. etc. Thought I should mention this. I just told my mom to make sure ...
too hard
- By -T- · New reply 8:19 pm
- Journal · 13 replies
- early this morning around 2am my husband harvey started having trouble breathing. i called the ambulance and he was taken to hospital. they kept him going till our eldest could make the 2 hour trip to ...
Finished first 6 dose-dense rounds...
- By mandaylen7 · New reply 8:17 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- I'm Stage IV small-cell lung with metastatis to the shoulder, spine and liver. After the first 4 heavy-duty rounds of taxol, avastin, zometa, etc., all the tumors had shrank, some were even zapped. The ...
Long post...
- By drawing3d · New reply 8:17 pm
- Discussion in What, me worry? · 30 replies
- 2 years ago I came to this board a broken woman. Dying in my body, dying in my heart, lost frightened, confused, in a complete state of shock, I turned to the keyboard and typed in "Terminal Lung Cancer ...
My Partner Has 40% Shrinkage!!!
- By raizinlove · New reply 8:16 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 10 replies
- Hello Everyone, We just got the greatest news! After 7 weeks on the new ALK inhibitor drug, there is 40% shrinkage. She is doing really well, there are very few side effects on this new pill regimen ...
Saying Good Bye To Mom.
- By lucy56 · Posted 8:15 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- We layed mom to rest today , we are the last three of her children and lm the oldest now we all knew it was coming but oh how hard this is, mom didn,t die of cancer but she lost two son's to it she was ...
I do not worry
- By nheepdanes · Posted 8:11 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 0 replies
- I do not worry about my cancer coming back. I was in the medical profession and I am very aware that it will come back someday, somewhere in my body. So, why worry until it does come back. All I am doing ...
Fear
- By llacy · New reply 8:10 pm
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 1 reply
- My whole life has been driven by fear. I grew up with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. From the time I was a little girl, that has been my driving force. I have OCD as a "result" or one of the results ...
How about a group of people battling small cell lung cancer?
- By Waterspirit · New reply 8:07 pm
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 34 replies
- "Small Cell Lung Cancer R Us," or something? I found one group which touted that it was a "Small Cell Lung Cancer Group" however, the lead person had some other lung cancer. I for one, would like to find ...
REASON WHY I ASKED WHAT WOULD YOU DO
- By angel3023 · New reply 8:07 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
- Thank you and I appreciate each and everyone of you responding to my post "WHAT WOULD YOU DO".. The real reason I ask is to try and understand in this crazy cancer world, why some choose to have quanity ...
NCLC Good Read.
- By llacy · New reply 8:06 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 2 replies
- Thought I would post this "good read." Its interesting at the bottom the "disclosure" about financial conflicts of interest. What I hope is there is information in here that would be of help to someone ...
Bottoms of Feet Hurt - especially the Heel
- By Peggy59 · New reply 7:55 pm
- Journal · 38 replies
- I've had a new development in the last couple of months in that the bottom of my feet hurt, especially the left heel. I brought it up with my apt with my rheumatologist in October and he said I may need ...
yoohooo, granny where are you?
- By tiffmomiff · New reply 7:53 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
- you haven't posted in a bit ...
ADVICE REGARDING CONSTIPATION
- By kitkat4ever · New reply 7:52 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 26 replies
- I have tried everthing, including now a chemo break. I have tried MOM liquid, caplets, Ducolax pills, daily Miralax, 400mg stool softens daily. Ugh. I have increased my fiber to more fruit, veggies and ...
Still so hard to believe this is happening ...
- By lovingdaugther · New reply 7:52 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
- My young Mom - she's only 63 - has stage IV lung cancer. When she was first diagnosed in March I went through the emotions ... denial, anger, grief, acceptance ... My Mom had concurrent radiation and ...
November 20
- By wifeofhubby62 · New reply 7:40 pm
- Journal · 8 replies
- I had the wrong date all day. Thanks for all your responses and prayers and kindness. It's nice to know that this web site is so great. Love and kisses to all of you' we inspire each other, and give everybody ...
Brian Williams Made a HUGE Factual Error -- Please LET HIM KNOW!
- By Cancerblog · New reply 7:34 pm
- Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 16 replies
- Go to NBC and listen to the first story about breast cancer screening. I wrote to NBC about the factual error of their reporting. You should write them and ask everyone you know to write them uring them ...
Whine
- By Jim08 · New reply 7:24 pm
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 25 replies
- Please excuse me, I really need to whine. I stopped treatment a year ago with the plan to get a CT scan in one year. I had that scan two weeks ago and I am still waiting for the onc to call with results ...
Is activia effective in opiod induced constipation?
- By montanaskies · New reply 7:02 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 3 replies
- In the what seems to be a never ending effort to regulate our bowels, has anyone tried activia-- was wondering if it might help opiate induced constipation... and thank you everyone for the replies to ...
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