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- 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 elkspringer · Posted 7:52 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 · Posted 5:02 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 EddieSD · Posted yesterday at 11:40 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 · Posted yesterday at 9:14 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 Bettie · Posted yesterday at 5:15 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 apple9 · Posted yesterday at 3:04 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 sjudy537 · Posted November 29, 2008
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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 barbaray · Posted November 29, 2008
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- Lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. While doing this, use your right hand to draw the number 6 in the air. Your foot will change direction. (Bet you try it more than once, too ...
- By shb152 · Posted November 28, 2008
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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 inHim · Posted November 28, 2008
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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 johnnyH · Posted November 28, 2008
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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 jam · Posted November 28, 2008
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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 · Posted November 27, 2008
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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 · Posted November 27, 2008
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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 FrankClem · Posted November 27, 2008
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- Hi Inspire Family, OK. I don't know how I was elected to do the Thanksgiving dinner this year. I would have thought that the cancer would have gotten me out of it, but NOPE! I do it every year and there's ...
- By bobsdoe · Posted November 27, 2008
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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 ...
- By FrankClem · Posted November 26, 2008
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- Hi- I met with my surgeon yesterday, and he told me that the surgery is a little more extensive than initially thought and that he might have to remove a few ribs. YIKES! And so, here are my questions ...
- By crlyn · Posted November 26, 2008
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- I was diagnosed with lung cancer about 6 weeks ago. I felt helpless and hopeless after seeing the tumor from the CAT scan and even more when I went online to read up on lung cancer. With conventional ...
- By elkspringer · Posted November 26, 2008
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- Thank you all, for your support and comfort. I am scared, no lie about it. We find out on Wednesday, what the stage its in. The cancer itself is small, we are more worried about lymph nodes (SP). She ...
