Support for family members and caregivers of those diagnosed with lung cancer.
Discussion leaders: SabineTawni, Chanwit and amymaura
- By Dyan · New reply 11:21 pm
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- 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 ...
- By Pametha · New reply 7:59 pm
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- My Dad is having a hard time getting into bed and I don't know how to help him. Just trying to get him turned so he can get into bed seems to be really hard for him. He is having such a hard time breathing ...
- By southernfriedmom · New reply November 26, 2008
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- I am new to this site. I actually heard about it on the Today show a few weeks ago and today I find myself desperately searching for answers. My father, who is 68, has just been diagnosed with a invasive ...
- By jj826 · New reply November 26, 2008
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- Today my dad got the final diagnosis that he had small cell cancer limited. His has a large hilar mass 9cm and is going to start chemo on Monday. I am glad we are finally getting treatment since we have ...
- By jj826 · New reply November 24, 2008
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- I need some help from anyone who knows the VA system. My dad had been dx with Lung Cancer. He was exposed to agent orange in Vietnam. I have mentioned several times at visits but no doctor will put this ...
- By sdoh58 · New reply November 24, 2008
- 10 replies
- About 3 weeks ago my brothers health declined terribly. His calcium levels flew up and w/b cell count was extremely high. He went into the hospitial and spent 5 days. He was miserable in the hospital ...
- By chris79 · New reply November 21, 2008
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- I am new to this site and didn't even come across it until I was searching for lung cancer awareness pins. My mother is 49 and was diagnosed in October with stage IV NSCLC along with mets in the bones ...
- By Debi1 · New reply November 21, 2008
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- My "Ma" went to Heaven on October 9th after a two and a half contest with NSCLC. She had many chemo treatments of different kinds, many radiation treatments. BUT... the day before she left, she winked ...
- By leslie81 · New reply November 20, 2008
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- My mom is a registered nurse at a local hospital. She told me today that they told her that she has to back to work because her FMLA is running out or else she has to resign. If she resigns, she will ...
- By jacqsnjamesmom · New reply November 18, 2008
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- my mom diagnosed may '07 / radiation .. thought to be successful.. until it wasn't.. then 6 rounds of taxol carbo chemo.. giving it a break now.. 7-8 weeks into the break... AND NO CHANGE.. my mom is ...
- By sdoh58 · New reply November 15, 2008
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- My bro 47 dx in 06. This week he was in the hospital for a variety of things, weakness, high calcium levels, WBC high and pneumia (spelled wrong) and now edema in the legs. The only good news is his oxygen ...
- By Sappho9433 · New reply November 13, 2008
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- My Dad recently had his first Taxotere treatment, this being second line, first treatment did not work. He is weak and down physically and mentally. I tell him he is brave and strong....but what does ...
- By Julie5350 · New reply November 12, 2008
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- Mom passed away almost three weeks ago from Stage IV NSCLC. I am devastated and cry all the time. My doctor put me on some meds so its a tiny bit better. I am looking for a support group in Florida ...
- By Sooz · New reply November 11, 2008
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- My mother had a spiculated nodule (1 cm) detected in her right upper lobe (PET scan). Pulmonologist wanted to take her in for surgery to remove the upper lobe. She failed the Pulmonary Function Test due ...
- By cosmogal_7 · New reply November 10, 2008
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- Hi, My mom was diagnosed in July with lung cancer. It all started really back in March when she hurt her knee at work and it wouldn't get better. In May it was so bad she could barely walk. She went to ...
- By jj826 · New reply November 9, 2008
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- I need help in knowing if what seems like a long time to get treatment is common. My dad has the VA Hospital in TN to treat him. He had a chest x-ray in April that they said was normal. About two months ...
- By sweetmama · New reply November 8, 2008
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- Guess what I got in the mail today!!!!!!! An Executive Proclamation from the Gov. Of South Dakota proclaiming November 2008 Lung Cancer Awarness month! ITs not forever but it is for this year and it is ...
- By NSCLCdaughter · New reply November 6, 2008
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- My mother has just passed after almost a year battling lung cancer. My sisters and I are convinced that WBRT played a key role in her quick demise. But, how do we separate this impact from the impact ...
- By ShellyNY · New reply October 31, 2008
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- My husband has been receiving chemo, cisplatin / navelbine, when he can. The dr. is talking about stopping chemo for it is not doing anything for my husband except making him weaker and knocking down ...
- By sdoh58 · New reply October 31, 2008
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- My brother is on Tarceva and has lost alot of weight and is always so sick, but thankfully the onc doc is going to give him a break so he won't be sick for the holidays. He's my younger bro and has absolutely ...
