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Article: A screening that would save lives
- By LC_News · Posted April 7, 2008
- 6 recommendations
- A screening that would save lives By Beverly Beckham, Boston Globe Columnist | April 6, 2008 She is angry, but who can blame her? Her sister - "my beloved sister" - died of lung cancer, writes a reader ...
Question about mushroom trial ....
- By GutsyCheryl · Posted July 25, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- Hi Everyone: My oncologist wants to put me on a Phase I mushroom study. The drug is an extract that comes from the Shiitake mushroom. I know they use it for breast cancer and are now beginning with lung ...
Scott is an Angel now
- By sisabella · Posted May 17, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- To let everyone know, Scott passed away on Friday morning, very peacefully. He chose his time, his place. The last few weeks were are very hard struggle for him as new cancer areas were discovered and ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- 5 recommendations
- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
- By EddieSD · Posted December 13, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- The following was written for me by my partner, Bill: Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the ward Not a patient was stirring, we all were so bored. The IVs were hung by each patient with ...
RESENTMENT vs GUILT
- By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...
CELEBRITIES WITH LUNG CANCER (past and present)
- By kimba1 · Posted July 7, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- Okay guys here as I promised is the list that I found online of celebrities with lung cancer be ready to be shocked! This is all info gathered from www.celebritieswithcancer.com check it out; Edward Albert ...
Bald Warrior Princess here
- By pkitts · Posted June 1, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- Hi Friends, Wanted to let you know I HAD A GOOD SCAN.....FINALLY! No new lesions although there was VERY slight growth on one of the lung lesions and also the liver. They showed the scan too and admitted ...
Learning to Cope with Cancer
- By mamafrog33 · Posted April 9, 2008
- 5 recommendations
- As a cancer patient or a caregiver, you will learn so much about a devastating disease that rarely leaves survivors. Everyone is hoping and praying for a cure to be found quickly, but more research is ...
Neurontin for pain management/neuropathy
- By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- I've written before that anecdotally, drugs like Neurontin are used off-label. Most drugs are prescribed off-label. One must be cautious that off-label remedies are fully discussed with patients and must ...
Ex_turned_caregiver, going back to Ex
- By Ex_turned_Caregiver · Posted October 24, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- It was just starting to feel like home again. I knew where I was when I woke up and I eventually recovered my memories of where we keep stuff in our home. Our cupboards here are as sparse as the Ex's ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
The stats are not zero.
- By saltypenguin · Posted May 25, 2009
- 4 recommendations
- Ok I did what I did not want to do, and what I was warned not to do by doctors, friends, family, and people on this site. I looked at statistics on my odds of living a long time since I have stage 4 Non ...
NOW IT IS IN MY BRAIN!!!!
- By johnnyH · Posted November 28, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- 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 ...
so lonely
- By brisbay · Posted October 24, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- I have just found out my sister has lung cancer and I am devastated. We are unusually close as I never married and had kids. Our dad died of lung cancer and I am scared to death. I am praying but feel ...
Last trip to Boston
- By pkitts · Posted July 11, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- Hi Friends, My CT scan showed growth in my liver and lungs, so I'm off the study. Needless to say this is a pretty big blow. I really thought things were going ok and that if there was to be progression ...
Bald Warrior Princess here
- By pkitts · Posted May 22, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- Hi Friends, Just wanted to let you know I'm still here! I don't spend nearly as much time on the computer though. I'm still going to Dana Farber about once a week for the clinical trial. I went off the ...
My sweet sweet John has lost his battle....
- By deciccork1 · Posted May 3, 2008
- 4 recommendations
- Hi everyone, At 1:00pm on May 2nd John went to sleep. I am so beside my self with grief. I have just lost my best friend,buddy and soul mate for life!!!! I CAN NOT believe this happened!!! I knew deep ...
Dave Grant
- By Maureen · Posted February 15, 2007
- 4 recommendations
- “We have stories of great courage, and sad stories when we lose one of our own, but when we do lose one of our own, we are quick to step in and support the family members and friends.” – Dave Grant An ...
ONE YEAR TODAY ..........
- By GutsyCheryl · Posted October 23, 2009
- 3 recommendations
- Hi Friends & Family, I hope everyone is well. But I know many of you are not, so I pray every night that you get better. Just wanted to share that exactly one year ago from today, October 23, 2009, I ...