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Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV
Support for those diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Finished first 6 dose-dense rounds...
- By mandaylen7 · New reply 8:17 pm
- 2 replies
- I'm Stage IV small-cell lung with metastatis to the shoulder, spine and liver. After the first 4 heavy-duty rounds of taxol, avastin, zometa, etc., all the tumors had shrank, some were even zapped. The ...
REASON WHY I ASKED WHAT WOULD YOU DO
- By angel3023 · New reply 8:07 pm
- 5 replies
- Thank you and I appreciate each and everyone of you responding to my post "WHAT WOULD YOU DO".. The real reason I ask is to try and understand in this crazy cancer world, why some choose to have quanity ...
yoohooo, granny where are you?
- By tiffmomiff · New reply 7:53 pm
- 4 replies
- you haven't posted in a bit ...
Still so hard to believe this is happening ...
- By lovingdaugther · New reply 7:52 pm
- 4 replies
- My young Mom - she's only 63 - has stage IV lung cancer. When she was first diagnosed in March I went through the emotions ... denial, anger, grief, acceptance ... My Mom had concurrent radiation and ...
Is activia effective in opiod induced constipation?
- By montanaskies · New reply 7:02 pm
- 3 replies
- In the what seems to be a never ending effort to regulate our bowels, has anyone tried activia-- was wondering if it might help opiate induced constipation... and thank you everyone for the replies to ...
Sqaumous Cell Treatment Options
- By pnut · New reply 5:49 pm
- 1 reply
- All-I've posted a few times. My dad was diagnosed in May. Cancer in both lungs, "some" lymph node involvement and "spots" on L4/L5 vertebrea. He had 4 chemo treatments of carbo/taxol with modest results-some ...
new on alimta with questions---
- By montanaskies · New reply 4:21 pm
- 10 replies
- Hi everyone---Diagnosed over a year ago with stage 4 NSCLC, had the 6 rounds of carbo, taxol and avastin, initially tumors had shrunk, was placed on maintenance avastin, some tumor growth, switched to ...
$85,000 raised in Jacksonville, FL for Lung Cancer
- By mare · New reply 2:42 pm
- 16 replies
- Just want to share the good news. The first annual Free to Breathe Lung Cancer Awareness race was held on Nov 7 in Jacksonville, FL. We raised $85,000. We are already working on next years. There are ...
anyone use oncoplex?
- By tiffmomiff · New reply 12:37 pm
- 2 replies
- i have read so much about oncoplex, i finally ordered it for brandon. its mainly broccoli seed extract. i purchased it through johns hopkins, and was initially told about it on here. anyone else using ...
Anyone with Experience with Carboplatin/Taxotere. Dad starts Monday
- By Kristinalee · New reply 11:28 am
- 8 replies
- Well the Chemo of choice from the Dr is Carboplatin/Taxotere. Has anyone gone through this and what was there experiences? They said dad will have it done (1) week, then wait three weeks and go again ...
"Like he never responded to treatment"
- By tlm2005 · New reply 10:38 am
- 2 replies
- It has been 6 long, trying months since Tom's diagnosis of stage IV lung adeno with mets to pleura, lymph nodes and bone. During his chemo, he had shrinkage per CT scans. He had 6 rounds of carbo/alimta/avastin ...
spinal decompression -drs visit outcome
- By annie56 · New reply 10:01 am
- 5 replies
- went to ortho surgeon today. No surgery too risky since my husb had cancer I guess above and below the T9. Gave him a script/we got a corset/back brace. he states touching that are may affect the other ...
I am confused what's happening
- By cosmogal_7 · New reply yesterday at 8:15 pm
- 14 replies
- My mom is now at home and is recieving hospice care. In the last couple of months, (bear with me) her cancer spread to her brain (did WBR) and then found the cancer in her back (did radiation on the two ...
No Primary Tumor
- By Lia1111 · New reply yesterday at 4:59 pm
- 5 replies
- I just finished 6 rounds of chemo and I will be starting avastin maintenance therapy tomorrow. I never had a primary tumor in my lungs, the cancer metastisized to my lymph nodes. I was wondering if anyone ...
Tarceva with Avastin, who's on the study???
- By kelkie1 · New reply yesterday at 4:30 pm
- 10 replies
- My father, and my best friend--was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC in may 08. By time they found the cancer after being misdiagnosed for 3 years, the tumor in the left lung covered the whole lower lobe ...
He's gone. :(
- By immamama · New reply yesterday at 4:11 pm
- 39 replies
- My daddy died last night. I can't breathe. I can't stop crying. I can't believe he is gone. This was too fast. I can't even absorb this kind of pain it's just too much. RIP daddy. Melvin Don Boots (aka ...
Will a massage spread my cancer?
- By cynthialcsw · New reply yesterday at 3:07 pm
- 15 replies
- I had heard that massages can spread my cancer. Perhaps it is b/c the lymph nodes are emptied with massage. I got a gift certificate for a 60 minute massage and I am hesitant to go...I can choose something ...
I havn't seen Levi in 2 days.
- By bayrealtor · New reply yesterday at 12:26 pm
- 2 replies
- Has anyone heard from Levi? We pray he is doing well. Bill & Cathy ...
spinal decompression
- By annie56 · New reply yesterday at 11:20 am
- 4 replies
- my husband has to see an ortho surgeon today- an area of his spine I guess has been eaten away by the cancer and now his 2 vertebraes are on top of each other (t9-T10)the onc. said something about the ...
I Think Its Neuropathy from Paclitaxel
- By Steph49 · New reply yesterday at 10:36 am
- 7 replies
- Hey everyone, My husband is having problems with the tingling almost stabbing pains in his feet and sometimes it affects his ankles. It started when he was on chemo and continued throughout his use of ...