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For those of you who might have had "fuzzy brain" or hve a lved one with it

iahawk97

Give me strength...

Dyan
  • By Dyan · Posted 8:17 pm
  • In Family members and caregivers · 3 replies
  • Hello, I am a new member. My brother passed away quickly and painfully from small cell lung cancer. A month later my father was diagnosed with stage 3A non-small cell. He had his lower right lobe and ...

Advice needed - Is my dad giving up?

Hope4Pops
  • By Hope4Pops · Posted 7:27 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
  • I hope the title doesn't offend anyone. My dad has had wbr and has done 2 rounds of Gamzar and Carboplatin since diagnosed in September. Ended up in ER w/ dizziness and vision problems last week. Tumers ...

NED!!!! YEAH!!!

MarionW
  • By MarionW · Posted 6:41 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 3 replies
  • WE just returned from my second sixth month check-up and it looked, "beautiful"!!! I am so relieved. It does get a little better as time goes on with this but I still get little panicy attacks before ...

For Those Who Have Nausea

BrendaMousey
  • By BrendaMousey · Posted 3:27 pm
  • In Treatment options · 2 replies
  • So many on this site have mentioned nausea, after surgery, from Chemo. There is a short article in the Dec. issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine on page 36 of a simple help for nausea. Was from lead researcher ...

New Photo of me doing some charity work.

Niall
  • By Niall · Posted 2:09 pm
  • In What, me worry? · 2 replies
  • Hi All, just completed an abseil at the weekend down a hotel in my home town for an assistance dog for an autistic child. We had a great day in the freezing cold it was minus 1. We raised approx Euro ...

I need lots of information

bing
  • By bing · Posted 1:20 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 3 replies
  • My husband Kent is now on his third chemo set of treatments.He did Tarciva for three years, then Carbo and Gemsi. He just took the third treatment of Pemetrexed last Tuesday and he was down with the flu ...

Type of Cancer and chemo drugs used

afd1212
  • By afd1212 · Posted 11:06 am
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 4 replies
  • I was diagnosed with Nsclc of the squamous type in October 2008. My Pulmonologist referred me to an oncologist that he believed to be one of the best in the area. She started a Chemo round of Carbo, Gemzar ...

carboplatin/taxol - any feedback ?

Mon
  • By Mon · Posted 5:53 am
  • In Treatment options · 3 replies
  • hi everyone! I feel i always have to start my posts with a thankyou and to tell everyone how wonderful and inspirational they are! My mum has just started a treatment programme for her squamous cell NSCLC ...

New member!

Peri
  • By Peri · Posted yesterday at 8:34 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 9 replies
  • Hi All, My husband was dx'd in October with nsclc at a stage 1b. He had his upper right lobe removed and did well. He started chemo 3 weeks ago and will have his second round this week. Not knowing what ...

Adenosquamous - Mixed Cell Type ?'s

karilynn
  • By karilynn · Posted yesterday at 7:27 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 2 replies
  • Is anyone familiar with this cell type. Sorry if you saw this before, but I wanted to throw it out there again. There isn't much info on the web and I thought I would turn to my trusty friends on Inspire.com ...

Rare nsclc

mitziger
  • By mitziger · Posted yesterday at 7:05 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 13 replies
  • Does anyone have experience with this type rare lung cancer? I have not seen anyone on here mention it, it is called adenocarcinoma with broncheoalveolar features or bac features. They do not know what ...

Anti-Nausea Med Kytril - Now Generic

SusanL1
  • By SusanL1 · Posted yesterday at 5:49 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 3 replies
  • Hi All: I know a lot of you recommended Kytril when I asked about different anti-nausea meds. Well, I received a prescription for it from my onc and went to pick it up today - I was pleasantly surprised ...

Thankful we all have each other here

planejocke
  • By planejocke · Posted yesterday at 3:36 pm
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 13 replies
  • We all are so lucky to have each other here at this web site. You all must think about the support we have given each other here. How much love is shown every day by and for people who have never met ...

Sunday Morning on CBS

Marg
  • By Marg · Posted yesterday at 9:45 am
  • In Good news · 2 replies
  • Right now CBS has a story about a Lung Cancer survivor who is in REMISSION! It did say he was a smoker, that was the lead, but it is HOPE of REMISSION ...

Nine year anniversary

stage4survivor
  • By stage4survivor · Posted yesterday at 9:43 am
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 2 replies
  • I post this only to assure and encourage others that this scourge can be beaten. As many of you know I was dx'd stage 4 NSCLC(adeno) 11/30/99 with brain mets larger than the LUL primary. Read my journal ...

my first time here

nybundys
  • By nybundys · Posted yesterday at 8:17 am
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 14 replies
  • my name is angela i am 41 on october 10th 2008 i found out i had nonsmallcell lung cancer stage 3 on my sons birthday i have 5 kids this is my first time on this website and i have to tell you i cant ...

Just having a bad couple of days ...

iahawk97
  • By iahawk97 · Posted November 29, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 3 replies
  • Mom was diagnosed with NSCLC stage 111b in August. We've been through 10 chemo treatments (Cisplatin, VP-16) and 35 radiation treatments. She's really been a trooper in my opinion. initially she was put ...

Second, third opinion is important!

Veronique
  • By Veronique · Posted November 29, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 5 replies
  • Last December I was diagnosed IIIb non-operable lung cancer. I got chemo-radio-chemo for half a year. After the CT showed big shrinkage. I sent the CT to an other hospital (in Frankfurt) where they told ...

Bloody noses, headaches etc.

bobsdoe
  • By bobsdoe · Posted November 29, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 7 replies
  • While visiting with my pop today he was telling me of some of his latest aches and pains. I am just curious as to whether anyone else out there is suffering from the same etc. Mom will be calling the ...

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