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NSCLC - new life expectancy stats

debs322
  • By debs322 · Posted August 22, 2008
  • 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 ...

So Disturbed by a Post I Read

SusanL1
  • By SusanL1 · Posted July 4, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 12 recommendations
  • Hi All: I just read a post that I can't get out of my head. I am so disturbed by it because not only did it basically say in a roundabout way that if we smoked we deserve lung cancer, but also blamed ...

Suwaree, my wife wants to say ‘GOOD BYE’ to you.

ponnatee
  • By ponnatee · Posted June 9, 2009
  • 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 ...

Ten Years!

KatInNM
  • By KatInNM · Posted March 25, 2009
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 10 recommendations
  • Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of my diagnosis of inoperable stage IIIB NSCLC, adenocarcinoma, 7x8 cm tumor. At the time, I didn't think I would live a year, much less 10, and for the last 9 I've ...

extensive sclc..any survivors past 2 years?3yrs?4yrs??

Daughter816
  • By Daughter816 · Posted March 15, 2009
  • 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 ...

I like this new site!

sb
  • By sb · Posted March 19, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 10 recommendations
  • Gee, I feel like I must speak up because so many people are saying they don't like the site! I was on Dave Grant's original site, then the site changed to the one before this and now this. I think with ...

Dirty Little Secret...for ksep

stage4survivor
  • By stage4survivor · Posted June 26, 2009
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 9 recommendations
  • Most of you know me from this forum, you can read my journal and my posts, I really don't hold back much but, there is something I have never discussed with anyone and certainly never posted here because ...

My Recovery

KatInNM
  • By KatInNM · Posted March 26, 2009
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 9 recommendations
  • As I mark the 10 year anniversary of my lung cancer diagnosis, several people have asked what I did, what I ate and etc. So I am posting a summary of what I did during my treatment that I think may have ...

15 year old daughter with Stage 4 lung cancer

dyal62
  • By dyal62 · Posted December 6, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 9 recommendations
  • How does a perfecty heathy girl get non-small cell lung cancer? Has anyone seen this before? And if so, i would like to hear how things went. Here is a link to My girls sight for her story. http://www.haleydyal.com ...

What can you do in the fight against Lung Cancer

SaltyDog
  • By SaltyDog · Posted April 3, 2008
  • In Survivor stories · 9 recommendations
  • I have been on this site and its predecessor for two years. I have often read someone asking: HOW can we band together to fight lung cancer? I have a clear personal view but , in the interest of full ...

Please let me know I'm making a difference. I'm losing my "drive."

Dana
  • By Dana · Posted May 29, 2009
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 8 recommendations
  • Is anybody seeking second opinions? I was stage 3B . . . very sick at the time. They told me to contact hospice because I might not make it through the next month or two in which they'd hoped to give ...

I need your help.....

D1
  • By D1 · Posted March 11, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 8 recommendations
  • If we have ever connected.....If I wrote to you or you wrote to me.....if we shared advice, fear, ideas, hope, kindness, resources, encouragement, humanity, may I ask you to please, please say a prayer ...

You decide what you want to do after this true story!

cuddles53
  • By cuddles53 · Posted June 9, 2009
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 7 recommendations
  • Hi, I am writing this as something came up today to fill me with so much hope, it also brought back many of my cancer journey memories, I was answering a post to someone on here, and remembered this woman ...

OPI's LUNG CANCER BREATHE LIFE CAMPAIGN

Lori1028
  • By Lori1028 · Posted March 22, 2009
  • In Lung cancer in the news · 7 recommendations
  • Thanks to everybody who is on this site and PLEASE pass the WORD on the OPI Breathe Life Campaign! I am a co-Founder of the Lung Cancer Foundation of America. We were able to tell the Founder of OPI ...

..condolences..

a_white_rabbit
  • By a_white_rabbit · Posted June 9, 2008
  • In Help desk · 7 recommendations
  • ..i so hate losing a sheep, how much more so to lose a human.. ..i know we're gonna have fall-out here, it's in the nature of our problem, but damn, damn, damn, we shouldn't have to go to the fighter's ...

Re; I finally figured out why the family stays away!

cuddles53
  • By cuddles53 · Posted October 6, 2009
  • 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 ...

9 YEARS TODAY!

jazzbo
  • By jazzbo · Posted August 17, 2008
  • In Good news · 6 recommendations
  • Hi everybody, Today I'm a nine year survivor of 3A NSCLC. Amen, thank God. I'm not to religous guy but there is someone's plan that kept me here. I had 5 rounds chemo, 30 rads treatments w/chemo once ...

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTACTED YOUR SENATORS RE: LUNG CANCER FUNDING

hermanade
  • By hermanade · Posted July 18, 2008
  • In Lung cancer in the news · 6 recommendations
  • I think that everyone touched by lung cancer, directly or indirectly, has an obligation to contact their senators regarding the lung cancer funding issue that is pending. Somehow, that seems as important ...

In what ways has lung cancer changed your life?

gonehiking
  • By gonehiking · Posted July 13, 2008
  • In Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 6 recommendations
  • A couple of recent posts by others have got me thinking more about the impact that lung cancer has on our lives. It's a topic that my husband and I have been discussing quite a bit in recent weeks ...

We need your help!!!! This could put a face on LC in the news!!!

amymaura
  • By amymaura · Posted March 31, 2008
  • In Good news · 6 recommendations
  • LCA-NE advocate John Atkinson is a finalist in the Golf Digest US Open Contest! Vote for him today! LCA is proud and excited to announce that John Atkinson, LCA-Nebraska Chair, is one of the five finalists ...

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