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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 22 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 ...
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 ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- Journal · 9 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I'm no longer an air head
- By Toddy · Posted November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Survivor stories · 2 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 ...
TO: GOD.COM
- By angel3023 · Posted September 9, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 2 recommendations
- Dear Lord, Every single evening As I'm lying here in bed, This tiny little Prayer Keeps running through my head: God bless all my family Wherever they may be, Keep them warm And safe from harm For they're ...
I NEED MY FRIENDS PRAYERS AGAIN
- By stage1 · Posted November 6, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I · 1 recommendation
- The doctors just found 2 lumps in my sisters breast, one in the left and one in the right breast. They don't know if it is cancer but they said it looked "suspicious". I am so afraid for her. She is very ...
I just need to vent... I am so mad!
- By AngelBoBaby · Posted November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 1 recommendation
- I am just so tired of the ignorance of people when it comes to lung cancer. I am absolutely at my wits end. To make a long story short, a message was written by a family member about hating cigarettes ...
Mom
- By wantanswers · Posted November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 recommendation
- My mom just turned 65, and went from going to the gym daily, eating healthy, spending her days doing more than a 20 year old to hardly having enough energy to get off the couch. At the end of September ...
What to do?
- By gatnus · Posted November 5, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 recommendation
- My wife has been diagnosed with nsclc in her left lung an now has found she also has cancer in her left breast and possibly in her colon. She is 78 and has locked herself in the house. She refuses to ...
Tarceva - bad experience
- By annie56 · Posted November 5, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- My husband started it on 9/8/09 as of 11/1/09 he was stricken so sickly. Total loss of appetite, severe stomach pains, severe nasaea. called dr on 11/4/09 he just told him to stop the tarceva and he will ...
Nancy Grace show
- By karenere · Posted November 4, 2009
- Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 1 recommendation
- Did anyone see the ending of the Nancy Grace show last night? She acknowledged that Nov. is lung cancer awareness month and how it kills more people than other cancers combined. she also posted cancer ...
new journal from caroline
- By lientje · Posted November 4, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- I am Caroline, 29 years and I live in the Netherlands. I have NSCLC, stage IV at the age of 29 in september 2008. Right now I am doing ' fine' . I use tarceva as a first line treatment and it did a lot ...
My awareness campaign
- By Jim08 · Posted November 3, 2009
- Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 1 recommendation
- Inspired by nanag I will get this in front of as many eyes as I can: November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Regardless of how you feel about smoking, lung cancer victims need your help. More people ...
news i have been fearing
- By betterdays · Posted November 3, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 recommendation
- Today, my dad received the worst possible news from last weeks pscan. the doctor informed us that the cancer has spread rapidly throughout his body. The pain, shortness of breath and everything else is ...
Any survivors??
- By Nannysgirl28 · Posted November 2, 2009
- Discussion in Small cell lung cancer · 1 recommendation
- Hello! My grandmother was recently diagnosed with extensive small cell lung cancer. It has not reached all of her body, but has started to spread. I am in desperate need of some inspiration and hope ...
LCA Kicks off November with a New Awareness Campaign!
- By kcofrancesco · Posted November 2, 2009
- Discussion in Lung cancer in the news · 1 recommendation
- LUNG CANCER ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW NATIONAL CAMPAIGN STARRING DR. ARMANDO LUNG LOVE Spreads the Word about Lung Cancer in new Video, “Waitin’ Room Service†Washington, DC [November 2, 2009]— Lung ...
On My Soap Box at Walgreens
- By Chi-Dreamer · Posted November 1, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- I just had Walgreens remove the pink cap from my prescriptions. I then went on to explain that it is now Nov and Lung Cancer awareness month. And guess what the pharmacist said, "well it could be prevented ...
MY SISTER'S STORY TOLD IN NEWSPAPER
- By angel3023 · Posted November 1, 2009
- Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 1 recommendation
- PORT CHARLOTTE -- It was dawn Saturday when Debra Tindall and her sister, Starr Smith, made their way from the parking lot to Charlotte Sports Park, with teddy bears in tow. "It is going to be a tough ...