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does anyone out there have carcinoid lung cancer?
- By marcia1 · New reply April 5, 2009
- 12 replies
- I'm looking for people who have or had typical or atypical carcinoid lung cancer. It's a neuroendocrine cancer. I would like to hear about how you discovered it, what were your symptoms, how it was treated ...
cetuximab/ertibix
- By tonsil · New reply April 2, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi Can anyone help with late side affects from cetuximab/ertibix. i am experiencing hair loss 14 months after treatment finished. i also have a very itchy scalp and the spots have returned that you get ...
New Decision regarding posting events and products
- By amymaura · New reply March 31, 2009
- 51 replies
- Greetings, From time to time, we see posts regarding a product or an event for a variety of organizations and individuals. We often get mixed responses about these posts, both publicly and privately ...
HELP! I'm drowning in insurance bills
- By willets · New reply March 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hi guys I just got my 1st group of chemo etc. hospital bills...very confusing. How do you check these figures for accuracy if they seem extreme? Is there a lc for dummies book that might help? Do you ...
Small cell without lung
- By dphud · Posted March 14, 2009
- 0 replies
- I have a journal going but I have a new question - I am curious how many of you out there are diagnosed as small cell carcinoma, but have absolutely no lung or other organ involvement??? ?? We are having ...
Extremely emotional after thoracotomy
- By liligoldman · New reply March 12, 2009
- 18 replies
- Just wondering if anyone else out there has experienced this: I am extremely emotional after having open thoracic surgery 3 weeks ago. I can't even watch a touching commercial on TV without starting to ...
crazy question........any problem with flying 2 months after surgery
- By snowflower · New reply March 7, 2009
- 20 replies
- Crazy question.....Has anyone ever had any problems flying while healing from lobectomy. I am planning a 2 1/2 flight next week. I am a little concerned because I get SOB often and sometimes a little ...
Moffitt or MD Anderson?
- By kailani · New reply February 27, 2009
- 24 replies
- I'm wondering if anyone has first hand information they can give me about thoratic and radiation oncologists at both of these facilities. I'm trying to make a choice for treatment for my recurrence of ...
My mom
- By KATHEF · New reply February 23, 2009
- 6 replies
- My mom had beyond slurred speech today. It wasn't medications and it was only for a short time. She took a couple of aspirins, and by the time I got over to her house she was fine. Could this be from ...
Carbioplatin/Taxol/Avastin
- By Leilani · New reply February 7, 2009
- 22 replies
- I have seen that a few of you all have been on this coctail before. This is my 4th different treatment. This combination is really kicking my butt. By the second night, I'm down for the count, hurting ...
Agent Orange Claim Denied
- By Nova_Scotia · New reply February 6, 2009
- 9 replies
- I have been informed by the local benefits office that they have unofficially heard that the VA is going to deny my Husbands service connected claim for Lung Cancer/Agent orange because he was a smoker ...
Agent Orange Compensation Claim
- By Nova_Scotia · New reply January 13, 2009
- 14 replies
- My husband was Diagnosed with EX SCLC in June 2008. He has filed for a service connected disability with the VA in July/08. Does anyone out there know how long it takes to have his claim approved? He ...
radon
- By magazine2 · New reply January 6, 2009
- 14 replies
- I have radon in my home 4.5 and I have just sent in my 2nd. test. No one will do anything about it except it would cost me money I dont have. I dont know what to do. Its a poisionous gas and I am breathing ...
Anyone know of a survivor that had Breast, lung, liver cancer?
- By jboyer40 · New reply December 28, 2008
- 4 replies
- My sister in law has breast cancer which spread to both lungs, trachea, liver and possibly her bones. Does anyone know of anyone that had this and has survived it after treatements. Thanks ...
I hope someone out there can halp me
- By sandy45 · New reply November 21, 2008
- 14 replies
- Hi, I have now gone from 131 to 176 in less than a year, since I was put on Prednisone. It really does help me feel much better so i hate to stop taking it. I honestly do not overeat, which brings me ...
Proclamation in WV
- By robinwd · New reply November 13, 2008
- 2 replies
- Just received phone notification from Gov. Manchin's office that he did, indeed, proclaim November Lung Cancer Awareness month. The governors rep says that the proclamation was issued in Sept., and that ...
I have a question
- By cosmogal_7 · New reply November 10, 2008
- 7 replies
- My mom went for her chemo yesterday and she couldn't have it done because she has a gum infection. She had been complaining about her teeth as of late. Anyway, he put her on penicillian for 10 days and ...
Clots
- By sisabella · New reply November 7, 2008
- 2 replies
- I am again experiencing pains in my legs and feet. They have removed me from Taxol but informed me the side effects will last quite some time. I have been feeling more pain in my right side (upper and ...
Hair Regrowth After PCI
- By malisu1255 · New reply October 31, 2008
- 6 replies
- I wondered if anyone here could share their experience regarding hair regrowth after PCI. At the end of my chemo the doctor suggested PCI. One of the chemo nurses said "They forget to tell you that your ...
Correlation between lung cancer and appendicitis?
- By casey2 · New reply October 5, 2008
- 2 replies
- My 83 year old mother had a lobectomy in late June to remove a stage 1B (?) 3 cm mass from her upper left lobe. It was a haul..and she needed to be rehospitalized..for an additional week after her first ...