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My mom passed peacefully

By LeahC · 11:10 am
In Family members and caregivers · 5 replies
My mother, 45, passed peacefully in her home late last Friday. Her last words to me were "I love you." It's been a long, tumultuous 11 months and I do not believe the serious of this situation has sunk ...

taxotere

By regapi · 10:45 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 0 replies
I started yesterday with the medicine taxotere troday iI woke up nice, have you ever been with taht medicine, and of course antialergicas too. I had sis paltinum a gemzar last time and it was hard. my ...

Headaches - Part 2

By SusanL1 · 10:41 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 9 replies
My headaches are back again. It's really strange. I called the doctor this morning and have a Brain MRI set up for 1:30 - yuck! Of course now I'm wondering if the location where they did the biopsy is ...

Port

By LindaFL · 9:30 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 7 replies
What's involved in getting a port in? Do they do it while you're awake? Is it painful? My mom's doc mentioned that one of the possible complications of getting one in is a collapsed lung. Thanks doc ...

STABLE

By greccogirl · 9:11 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
Well guys. I've been doing Gemzar/Xeloda at the Mayo clinic recommendation since March - had a bad week last week, had to have three blood transfusions (two of whole blood and one of platelets) because ...

Brain Radiation

By Aubyn · Yesterday at 8:59 pm
In Small cell lung cancer · 1 reply
My dad has the Small Cell Lung Cancer and it is not in the brain but the doctor says he wants to do radiation on the brain to prevent it from coming there. Has anyone had this done? Any side effects with ...

oh crap!

By kandyxxo · Yesterday at 6:09 pm
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage II · 19 replies
Ok I was officially diagnosed with stage 2 non small cell lung cancer adnocarcinoma.The cancer has spread locally in lymph nodes near the cancer tumor she called it a N1 node?anybody have any input ...

Who has had brain mets cut out?

By drawing3d · Yesterday at 5:35 pm
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 9 replies
Hello everybody; I have a stubborn brain met that slowed down in response to stereotactic "one-shot" radiation, but after 8 months of being stable it is now growing and they are going to operate on my ...

Thrush

By VJoan06 · Yesterday at 5:15 pm
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 11 replies
Does anybody know the symptoms of thrush? I started Taxotere last week and now my mouth feels different. I have a coating on my tongue and the roof of my mouth feels rough. My tongue is a little sore ...

need help

By neel · Yesterday at 12:15 pm
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
my dad is suffering from non small cell carcinoma , chemo is not working , how can i find which medicin as chemotherapy is best suitable for him ...

Headaches and Alimta?

By SusanL1 · Yesterday at 11:21 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 10 replies
I had my first Alimta treatment on Friday. Went okay but didn't feel too great for a few days (today is the first day I feel pretty decent). The problem I have now is I have HORRIBLE headaches. Is this ...

Mom just diagnosed w/lung ca - can't get parents to consider 2nd opinion

By Inkblot · Yesterday at 11:11 am
In Family members and caregivers · 10 replies
Hello - my mom was just diagnosed with lung ca (adenocarcinoma). We (mom, dad, me [daughter]) are meeting with the oncologist on Friday (she had a PET scan done yesterday). I don't know the stage yet ...

Doctor said Ironotecan doesn't work as well as the hipe.

By CGsdaughter · Yesterday at 10:40 am
In Small cell lung cancer · 1 reply
I recently asked my dad's onc about Ironotecan and she said that it doesn't work as well as previously thought and this is why it wasn't given to my dad. Has anyone else heard this? I am only suspicious ...

IM SO CONFUSED!!!

By kandyxxo · Yesterday at 10:35 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage II · 14 replies
Ok so I start looking up the prognosis of lung cancer small cell and non small cell.All of these web sites state that after surgery only 5% of the population live past 5 years?I just dont get any of it?My ...

Chemo treatment

By dpharr · Yesterday at 10:27 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
My normal day to have chemo is on tuesdays. However, I was told I wouldn't be having chemo yesterday because my white blood cells were to low - I had to have a blood transfusion last wednesday because ...

San Diego Lung Cancer Walk

By ljphoto · Yesterday at 2:13 am
In Lung cancer in the news · 0 replies
March 8th, 2009, there will be a 5k lung cancer walk in San Diego, starting at Survivors Park and walking around Harbor Island. The money raised will be going directly to lung cancer research. This walk ...

confusion and memory loss

By cancerconfused · Yesterday at 1:19 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 10 replies
I have some questions on some things that make no sense to my family and I. My father in law has stage 4 lung cancer. About 2 weeks ago, he stopped eating, during his most current round of Chemo. This ...

Thrombus happens with radiation

By Ramona · Yesterday at 12:14 am
In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 0 replies
My understanding is that this is not a good thing for a few reasons. Does anyone know how or what supplements they have heard or where to read about or who to ask about what would help to minimize this ...

can someone tell me what this means?

By jmejia8913 · August 26, 2008
In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 2 replies
hi my mom had her first pt scan after 2 rounds of treatment chemo/rad he said that it showed that something went from a level 19 down to 10 i just dont know what that means and was 19 really bad or high ...

GOOD NEWS

By sandi1010 · August 26, 2008
In Good news · 11 replies
Hi everyone, Well after two weeks of hell. The results from the PET scan are back, and everything looks good. Whatever it was that showed up on the xray and CT scan didnt show on the PET scan, so they ...

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