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Husbands CT results/Future Chemo Treatments
- By annie56 · Posted 7:00 am
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
- Husbands CT showed tumor in lung grew. He was on Avastin only - 4/22/09-present- Drs said this was not helping -Now he will start Altima 7/10/09-(second line ) From what I read this seems like a pretty ...
Going to San Antonio for research trial
- By byHISgrace · Posted yesterday at 7:06 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- No research trials available here at Mary Crowley Dallas, so we will be going to Cancer Therapy Research Center in San Antonio next week. We have to be there next Tuesday for all the eligibility testing ...
Back home and feeling lonely
- By rebaj · Posted yesterday at 7:06 pm
- Journal · 2 replies
- Thanks to all who posted on my Mom's passing. Your words were salve for the brokenness. I am trying to pick up the pieces after my 2 week stay in Iowa and the loss of my Mom. I know Mom is here with me ...
Happy 4th of July
- By jstuc · Posted yesterday at 4:14 pm
- Journal · 2 replies
- I have been reading all the posts for several months now and it has been very good for me. Thanks to all of you. This is my first time writing, mostly because things have happened so fast , I haven't ...
Hospice & Chemo
- By murrayranch · Posted yesterday at 3:44 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- My husband has just been diagnosed with both stage iv nsclc and sclc. He starts chemo next week. Can we get hospice help while still taking chemo? The chemo will not cure him ...
Is Tarceva covered by Medicare while in hospice?
- By dwareham · Posted yesterday at 3:11 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- Dad is in the hospital with pneumonia, which means we have stopped the Tarceva. We want to start it up again as soon as he is home and off the antibiotic. We can bring him home more quickly if we sign ...
Stage IV Small Cell & Non-Small Cell Diagnosis
- By murrayranch · Posted yesterday at 2:44 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- When my husband, Woody, said his lung cancer was diagnosed as both stage IV small cell & non-small cell, I thought he was confused. We talked together with the oncologist yesterday and it turns out to ...
Almita/Carboplatin side effects
- By DadsHurting · Posted yesterday at 2:29 pm
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 reply
- Has anyone had their shoulder or neck hurting after chemo with almita/carboplatin? My dad had his first chemo on Monday and on Wed and Thurs his neck and shoulders were hurting very bad ...
Father passed away
- By fearful · Posted yesterday at 1:27 pm
- Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 6 replies
- I am a new member and just wanted to let anyone know if you need to talk I am here. I feel I have been led by God to join this site. My father passed away not to long ago from lung cancer (he was a long ...
HELP-Has anyone tried crushing Tarceva?
- By NYMelissa · Posted yesterday at 11:27 am
- Discussion in Treatment options · 1 reply
- Hi, My mom's last treatment resort is tarceva which after a week we just got it delivered. The problem is we got it in pill form, apparently they don't make it another way, and she can't swollow! She ...
Drug & Herbal Interactions
- By drawing3d · Posted yesterday at 10:42 am
- Discussion in Treatment options · 2 replies
- I stumbled on this list of common prescription drugs with an associated list of common herbal interactions/cautions: ------------ Major Interaction Do not take this combination * Amphetamines interacts ...
Results?? of CT Scan
- By dusteerose · Posted yesterday at 10:01 am
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 1 reply
- Hello All, I got the "results" of my 2nd ct scan. Still not sure. Still can't tell if there is cancer or not. First scan on 6/2 showed a few very small things and nothing on the liver. Second scan showed ...
Confusing Report After Surgery
- By JulieBee · Posted yesterday at 9:36 am
- Journal · 2 replies
- The nurse practioner from the surgeons office called with mom's pathology report from her bi-lobectomy. We are all pretty confused as to what it all means.... They removed a 3.5 cm tumor, and all 12 lymph ...
Lung cancer
- By Mawfy · Posted yesterday at 8:28 am
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 replies
- My Dad is in hospital right now. As optimistic as I'd like to be I don't think he will be coming out. He has Stage IV lung cancer. Spread to his pancreas, femour, thigh and both adrenal glands. He was ...
HELP!!!! BREAKING OUT IN RASH ON ARMS AND NECK
- By Mikestratton2009 · Posted yesterday at 8:11 am
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 7 replies
- Hi my husband has NSCLC stage 4 ..taking Taxotere IV for a hour and Carboplatin for 30 mins and has to take Vandetanib 100mg every day(this is his study meds) He was supposed to have his last treatment ...
Exposure to whooping cough?
- By easterbaby · Posted yesterday at 2:24 am
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
- Hi, I know there are some nurses here on the message board so i wanted to get your thoughts. My sis was dx stg iv nslc dec 23 08. She finished her chemo and is now halfway thru her radiation. The tumor ...
Midnight Ramblings
- By Granny888 · Posted yesterday at 12:56 am
- Journal · 6 replies
- I doubt I'll be short. You all know I'm long winded, so read at your own risk. It's just stuff anyway. First, as most of you know I'm a nurse. At least until last August I was a renal nurse. I had lost ...
infection nsclc stage iv
- By ttt · Posted July 2, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
- hello all my friend has nsclc stage iv with mets to brain. He began wbr with cyber knife 2 weeks ago. He also had a chest tube inserted. Recently he developed a very bad infection and had to have surgery ...
Tarceva + Avastin
- By momshere · Posted July 2, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
- My daughter saw the medical oncologist today. He said she has stage IV BAC Lung Cancer/bilateral. Plus in her lymph nodes. His plan of treatment is: Tarceva (oral 3 weeks) + Avastin through a port every ...
Cathys CT Scan results are in and looking good.
- By bayrealtor · Posted July 2, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 6 replies
- Hello all! Cathy had her CT scan this morning and I just read the report and all is "stable" after "dramatic improvement" in both lungs back in April! This all after starting Tarceva in Feb. Febs CT showed ...