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Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV
Support for those diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Husbands CT results/Future Chemo Treatments
- By annie56 · New reply 8:37 am
- 1 reply
- Husbands CT showed tumor in lung grew. He was on Avastin only - 4/22/09-present- Drs said this was not helping -Now he will start Altima 7/10/09-(second line ) From what I read this seems like a pretty ...
Hospice & Chemo
- By murrayranch · New reply 8:33 am
- 2 replies
- My husband has just been diagnosed with both stage iv nsclc and sclc. He starts chemo next week. Can we get hospice help while still taking chemo? The chemo will not cure him ...
HAS ANYONE TRIED ALIMTA
- By JenniJ · New reply 7:47 am
- 8 replies
- Today I was told by my Ocologist that Tarceva is not working (I had been taking it for 2 months) as the Scan showed my Adrenal Gland met.had grown from 2m on 1 April to 9 cm on 1 July - scary. He suggests ...
HELP!!!! BREAKING OUT IN RASH ON ARMS AND NECK
- By Mikestratton2009 · New reply 7:33 am
- 7 replies
- Hi my husband has NSCLC stage 4 ..taking Taxotere IV for a hour and Carboplatin for 30 mins and has to take Vandetanib 100mg every day(this is his study meds) He was supposed to have his last treatment ...
Exposure to whooping cough?
- By easterbaby · New reply yesterday at 10:14 pm
- 5 replies
- Hi, I know there are some nurses here on the message board so i wanted to get your thoughts. My sis was dx stg iv nslc dec 23 08. She finished her chemo and is now halfway thru her radiation. The tumor ...
Almita/Carboplatin side effects
- By DadsHurting · New reply yesterday at 9:15 pm
- 1 reply
- Has anyone had their shoulder or neck hurting after chemo with almita/carboplatin? My dad had his first chemo on Monday and on Wed and Thurs his neck and shoulders were hurting very bad ...
Guilt
- By byHISgrace · New reply yesterday at 7:17 pm
- 7 replies
- It's been 3 months now with having had no chemo, and we are out of options at this point. John's breathing is becoming worse, and he is now using an oxygen machine at night. His tumors are still growing ...
Lung cancer
- By Mawfy · New reply yesterday at 5:57 pm
- 2 replies
- My Dad is in hospital right now. As optimistic as I'd like to be I don't think he will be coming out. He has Stage IV lung cancer. Spread to his pancreas, femour, thigh and both adrenal glands. He was ...
Is Tarceva covered by Medicare while in hospice?
- By dwareham · New reply yesterday at 5:47 pm
- 2 replies
- Dad is in the hospital with pneumonia, which means we have stopped the Tarceva. We want to start it up again as soon as he is home and off the antibiotic. We can bring him home more quickly if we sign ...
Question on brain mets
- By Granny888 · New reply yesterday at 12:23 pm
- 8 replies
- I have a question. I had a single brain mets, near the surface, removed the old fashioned way the beginning of June. Recovery has been pretty speedy and I've been pretty much normal since 2-3 weeks post-surgery ...
I have a female question??
- By jeannie-babs · New reply yesterday at 11:50 am
- 6 replies
- Hi Ladies..........I started chemo last sept. 08 and ended this past January.09 since last October till now I have had no Periods but I started about 2 weeks ago and it just won't quit......seen my regular ...
infection nsclc stage iv
- By ttt · New reply yesterday at 11:15 am
- 5 replies
- hello all my friend has nsclc stage iv with mets to brain. He began wbr with cyber knife 2 weeks ago. He also had a chest tube inserted. Recently he developed a very bad infection and had to have surgery ...
Nausea Cause?
- By KathleenO · New reply yesterday at 10:27 am
- 9 replies
- The last round of chemo Mike had was during the 1st. week of March. Today is April 6th, & he has been experiencing nausea for approximately 1 1/2 weeks now. Since a round (in his case) is typically 3 ...
Tarceva + Avastin
- By momshere · New reply yesterday at 8:14 am
- 4 replies
- My daughter saw the medical oncologist today. He said she has stage IV BAC Lung Cancer/bilateral. Plus in her lymph nodes. His plan of treatment is: Tarceva (oral 3 weeks) + Avastin through a port every ...
Cathys CT Scan results are in and looking good.
- By bayrealtor · New reply July 2, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hello all! Cathy had her CT scan this morning and I just read the report and all is "stable" after "dramatic improvement" in both lungs back in April! This all after starting Tarceva in Feb. Febs CT showed ...
Whole Brain Radiation
- By DaveM · New reply July 2, 2009
- 32 replies
- In Oct 2008, I was diagnosed with lng cancer and started chem almost immediately. In December they found a brain met and I went is for radiostereo surgery. In February they said that the brain tumor showed ...
Alimta and B12 Allergy
- By claires · New reply July 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- I've been on Alimta for a year and a half and am allergic to B12. Until now, I've tolerated the 10 days of sickness from the shot, but I now have shingles that will either become chronic, disappear, or ...
this awful journey is over now
- By here4myDAD · New reply July 1, 2009
- 37 replies
- A loving father, loyal husband - dedicated Grandpa, and all around genuinely amazing man lost his battle today to this god awful disease. It was the fastest and most awful 3 months of my life - and now ...
Cathys MRI results are good!
- By bayrealtor · New reply July 1, 2009
- 19 replies
- Been awhile since I have posted. Sorry all....please know we think and pray for you all the time. Cathy had her brain MRI last week as it had been 6 months since the last one. She was a bit concerned ...
Tarceva and insurance coverage?!!
- By shansdaughter · New reply July 1, 2009
- 10 replies
- my mom was dx in April 09 with stage iv (nsclc). We met with another onc for a 2nd opinion and I asked about tarceva use in the future as I had heard alot about it on here (currently doing chemo and eval ...