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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 23 recommendations
- Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...
NSCLC - new life expectancy stats
- By debs322 · Posted August 22, 2008
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 17 recommendations
- My husband, age 54, has Stage IV, NSCLC -adenocarcinoma. Upper left lobe, mets to left adrenal gland and right lymph node in neck (which was removed.) He has had 2 of 6 chemo treatments of carbo/taxol/avastin ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 12 recommendations
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- Journal · 10 recommendations
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
Suwaree, my wife wants to say ‘GOOD BYE’ to you.
- By ponnatee · Posted June 9, 2009
- Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 10 recommendations
- Dear Brothers, Sisters and Friends, “First of all, I would like to thank you for your prayers during my battle with cancer for these six years. Lots of miracles have become testimonies to many people ...
extensive sclc..any survivors past 2 years?3yrs?4yrs??
- By Daughter816 · Posted March 15, 2009
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 10 recommendations
- Please tell me there are you miracles out there that are still going strong with extensive sclc???? Anyone in remission??? I need my Dad and he just began the battle,he's doing ok,feels good and no reaction ...
Long post...
- By drawing3d · Posted November 19, 2009
- Discussion in What, me worry? · 6 recommendations
- 2 years ago I came to this board a broken woman. Dying in my body, dying in my heart, lost frightened, confused, in a complete state of shock, I turned to the keyboard and typed in "Terminal Lung Cancer ...
Hard Decision: 1B adjuvant chemo or not?
- By dm6maj7 · Posted October 27, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 6 recommendations
- I've been advised by my surgeon, who removed a 4cm adenocarcinoma last month (RLL, RML removed; no lymph node involvement) that the cancer has been removed, not to get chemo, just to live my life and ...
Re; I finally figured out why the family stays away!
- By cuddles53 · Posted October 6, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 6 recommendations
- I was just thinking, and thought I would write a little something about myself. I think I am in the mood for a pity party so thought you might like to join me. For those of you out there who get into ...
Try to Laugh About It All: Best and Worst Said to You Since Diagnosis?
- By terrywind · Posted July 9, 2009
- Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 6 recommendations
- Worst: "We were talking and we decided that if you had to be married to anybody while going through lung cancer, you're the one to be married to." Best: "Whatever happens, I will be beside you and I WILL ...
Learning to Cope with Cancer
- By mamafrog33 · Posted April 9, 2008
- Journal · 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
- Journal · 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 ...
New Facebook Group: "WTF" (Where's the Funding) for Lung Cancer
- By JJW · Posted October 30, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 4 recommendations
- Hello all. I started a Facebook Group called: "WTF" (Where's the Funding) for Lung Cancer? Yes, you get the double-entrendre. Some may find it a bit crude. I find it necessary to get peoples' attention ...
Ex_turned_caregiver, going back to Ex
- By Ex_turned_Caregiver · Posted October 24, 2009
- Journal · 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 ...
Home Again
- By Toddy · Posted October 21, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 4 recommendations
- My brain isn't working yet nor are my fingers. I want to thank everyone for their prayers, good thoughts and wishes and say how humbled and thrilled I was to see all the messages of hope when I logged ...
Just a few friendly reminders about the rules
Bedtime Prayers: Now I lay me down to sleep
- By Ex_turned_Caregiver · Posted November 10, 2009
- Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 3 recommendations
- I need a simple bedtime prayer for my terminally ill SCLC patient, but I can't bring myself to say, "if I should die before I wake..." So, I made some up! Do you have any comforting bedtime prayers for ...
Daily Survival Kit for Serious Illness
- By Yankeespie · Posted November 8, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 3 recommendations
- You don’t have to agree with all of this all of the time. But if it generally speaks to you, try to read all or parts of it every day, or have it read to you. Part of the help is in the doing, regardless ...
I'm no longer an air head
- By Toddy · Posted November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 3 recommendations
- Just a little update. I went to see my neurosurgeon last Monday. He had a CT done and all the air that had accumulated in my cranial cavity had been reabsorbed. Then he checked the brain shunt and it ...
ONE YEAR TODAY ..........
- By GutsyCheryl · Posted October 23, 2009
- Journal · 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 ...