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- By ScaredCheryl · New reply 2:10 pm
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- Hi Everyone: I know there is a general rule about staying off the internet, or at the very least not putting much stock into what it says. I tried really, really hard, I swear I did, not to look it up ...
- By elkspringer · New reply 1:06 pm
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- Well, we found out, it is cancer. It is about an inch. The doctore was happy with the size, but he's worried about the lymp nodes (SP). I too, am scared to death. I don't know if they will do another ...
- By EddieSD · New reply 12:47 pm
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- I was diagnosed Stage IV in May. Holidays have always been a time for me of incredible joy. I am a child, the ghosts of Past, Present and Future. Some us will survive to fight after the next year... some ...
- By charlie44 · New reply 12:25 pm
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- SINCE I RETIRED 3 YRS AGO THINGS HAD BEEN GOING FAIRLY WELL WITH MY RETIREMENT FUNDS. BUT IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS I'VE LOST BIG TIME!!!! SO I DECIDED SINCE THEY "DON'T MAKE HEARSES WITH LUGGAGE RACKS" I ...
- By johnnyH · New reply 11:55 am
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- I just had an MRI to my brain on Sunday, Wed. the doctor informs me that it is now in my brain, shows me the different spots, few of them, tells me I have between 3 and 6 months left. I have tried the ...
- By elkspringer · New reply 10:35 am
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- What an emotional 2 weeks this has been, and we aren't finished yet. My mom goes in on Wednesday to see if the lymph nodes are involved. If they are, will they be able to do surgery? She is only 50 years ...
- By jam · New reply 10:29 am
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- I can't seem to get past the depression. Nothing to look forward to. Life span limited. Maybe 7 months and then again maybe two years. I can't seem to do well with limits. The point is my life is to come ...
- By Walter · New reply 10:27 am
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- Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...
- By stage4survivor · Posted 8:14 am
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- Many people ask what I've done to account for my success... Truth is? Nothing, no special diet, no supplements, no chinese herbs, no vitamins, little real exercise. I pray twice a day but, I'm not particularly ...
- By ScaredCheryl · New reply yesterday at 11:16 pm
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- Hi Everyone: Last week I asked for everyone's prayers because I was having surgery for a biopsy of my right lung. Well, I found out on Thursday that I have lung cancer. That's all we know so far ... don't ...
- By mpatten · New reply yesterday at 8:48 pm
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- lord I love you, but I don't want to go though I know it's not up to me or even the doctors I see Is It wrong for me to want to stay even though I know they wIll be ok I love them so much it breaks my ...
- By sjudy537 · New reply yesterday at 7:47 pm
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- I too had lung cancer, 7 years ago. We caught it early thank God, so they operated on me as quickly as possible. they remove the top half of my right lung and some limp nodes. Every year God blesses me ...
- By inHim · New reply yesterday at 6:52 pm
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- Hello everyone, I am new to this group. My husband has stage 4 adeno carcinoma with mets to his right hip. He is in a lot of pain although he's been prescribed 3 different pain killers at this point ...
- By Bettie · New reply yesterday at 6:34 pm
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- Regarding the pain after removal of a lung... I had my left upper lobe removed in Jan. 08. I h ad pain for over 4 months... until someone else who had the surgery suggested I see a holistic chiropractor ...
- By jam · New reply yesterday at 6:05 pm
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- I am 20 months past left lobectomy. Everything seemed good and then I had a seizure. Single brain met about 2.5 cm. Going for Gamma knife and I want to know if anyone else has had good results. We have ...
- By brisbay · New reply yesterday at 5:39 pm
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- I looked at my sister today and wondered if this would be our last Thanksgiving together. She was really coughing bad and breathing hard. She is scheduled for chemo Monday and I think at least that will ...
- By sweetmama · New reply yesterday at 4:29 pm
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- Thank you all for your kind words. You know after I had time to regroup think and most importantly sleep I decided that this was the most humbeling (sp) experience that I have ever had. I did not think ...
- By apple9 · New reply yesterday at 4:12 pm
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- Hello my name is Laura & my dad was recently diagnosed with Stage IV Lung cancer - adenocarcinoma. He is currently receiving chemo consisting of cisplatin & etoposide. HIs cough is still persistent ...
- By shb152 · New reply yesterday at 9:19 am
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- My husband was dx with sclc May 2007. He has had chemo - radiation - WBR - SRS. The mets to his brain have started to grow again. Since they are the same ones that were subjected to SRS he cannot have ...
- By bobsdoe · New reply yesterday at 8:25 am
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- We finally arrived here to see dad. My question is this. he was telling me about how he felt during this second cycle of chemo. The second was tougher than the first. But one thing he reported was that ...
