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What, me worry?
Support for those concerned with upcoming scans, pain management, medication response, family issues.
Discussion leaders: Barb and SabineTawni
NCI responsed to my funding question
- By Barb267 · New reply yesterday at 1:50 pm
- 4 replies
- I had e-mail back and and forth with NCI and I think that someone finally took the time to formulate an answer that would shut me up. I put my last e-mail then theirs. It's long. > Sent: Friday, October ...
LC and RA link?
- By sharpie · New reply yesterday at 12:34 pm
- 4 replies
- I am 6 months post op VATS LL lobectomy for carcinoid lc. I recently developed Rheumatoid Arthritis in my thumbs/hands and am now developing nodules on my hands as well. Wondering if anyone here has had ...
Is There Anyone Who Has Had Breast Cancer that has gone to the Lung?
- By Sharon0808 · New reply November 6, 2009
- 5 replies
- I had Breast Cancer in 1999, and in 2007 it moved to the Lung. They took out my upper lobe on the left side. In March of this year the Pet Scan showed the Breast Cancer again moved to the lower lobe now ...
my town
- By kentmere · New reply November 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- I live in a town in the U Kwhere lung cancer is smoking related,usually between the ages of 55/65 .I also live in the middle of two nuclear power stations although miles away .Cancer rates are really ...
Wal-Marts Response about LC Awareness Month
- By Barb267 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 9 replies
- A few months ago, I sent out a mass mailing to big box stores asking them to ask their customers if they want to donate $1.00 to help fund lc research during LC Awareness Month. In this packet that I ...
Anyone have Taxol chemo for sclc or nsclc?
- By Dukess158 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 7 replies
- My Doctor has suggested that I begin Taxol treatments before T-giving. One treatment per week, for 1 hour. I have a recurrence of sclc or nsclc (no biopsy this time) in exact same place in lung. Had concurrent ...
When your doctor says it's "funky"
- By Granny888 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 7 replies
- For 's sake -- listen. My neurosurgeon said my MRI was "funky." I was prepared to face loggerheads with my oncologist who would not want me to have radiation without symptoms following the surgery on ...
What is going on?????
- By scared1 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 28 replies
- I have been a member of this board for a little less than a year. When my 79 y/o father was diagnosed with Stage 4 NSCLC last November all I knew about LC was old people who smoke alot got it. Since then ...
Help with a response
- By Barb267 · New reply October 30, 2009
- 6 replies
- I have been sending letters to the TV stations in Nebraska. Well one responded wanting to know if there were any events planed for lung cancer awareness month. I replied that unfortunately there were ...
CDC sent an answer, sort of
- By Barb267 · New reply October 23, 2009
- 17 replies
- This is a cut and paste of the e-mail I just got back from the CDC. My question to them was why did they give $205 million to breast cancer and nothing to lung cancer. I am tired and maybe I am not seeing ...
Anyone else with both Stage IV NSCLC & SCLC diagnosis?
- By murrayranch · New reply October 21, 2009
- 8 replies
- My husband has both Stage IV NSCLC & SCLC. The NSCLEC is large cell. I understand it is unusual to have both and would like to know if anyone out there has experience with this and can give us a clue ...
What I've done today for Lung Cancer Awarness
- By Barb267 · New reply October 21, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am stuck at home this morning (getting a new garage door) and since the computer is right here, I decided to send out some e-mail. I contacted two news papers and one TV station so far. I changed the ...
Scan Time Again
- By PattyLynn · New reply October 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- Well it is time again for my CT scans. I went last month for a brain MRI, my first since dx in 3/07. Tomorrow I go for my chest CT and the doc also ordered CTs of the abdomen and pelvis. I will get the ...
Ascites
- By Granny888 · New reply October 16, 2009
- 9 replies
- I haven't been in pain and the liver has shrunk since my new/old chemo. That's good. I've had the equivalent of two rounds. This is my usual week off, by Friday I'll be missing and I'll be gone 2 weeks ...
Letter to CDC
- By Barb267 · New reply October 15, 2009
- 17 replies
- I was looking on the LCA website and saw that in 2009, the CDC gave $205 million to breast cancer and a big nothing to lung cancer. So I wrote them a letter asking them why. I put in the letter some facts ...
Hope to have her courage
- By Barb267 · New reply October 6, 2009
- 7 replies
- Had no idea where to post this but I wanted to share it as it is beyond beautiful. I hope I have to have this young womans strength and courage through my own battle with cancer. I never want to give ...
Constant small fluids in the left lung
- By Brigitte08 · New reply October 6, 2009
- 5 replies
- It is seven months now out of chemo, Ct scan shows that small fluids is remaining, so since march 09 until todate the fluid is constant not reducing or increasing. and no tumor is seen. But i have much ...
Where's our Levi today?
- By cards7up · New reply October 5, 2009
- 2 replies
- He's usually comments early in the morning. Oh, Levi where are you? Take care, JC ...
Barrett's Esophagus
- By WingGirl88 · New reply October 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello Everyone! I am just concerned because I was diagnosed with Barrett's this week and I am only a 22 year old female. I hear this disease happens to people in their fifties and beyond, and mostly in ...
One more day...
- By orlando77guy · New reply October 2, 2009
- 13 replies
- Well I had to think about where to post this, good news, treatment, or my old stand by.... Okay, well in 48 hours I will be resting in recovery after my surgery! Jacob and I leave for Moffitt in the morning ...