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Blood clots with lung cancer

Logcabin1
  • By Logcabin1 · New reply yesterday at 11:14 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
  • I was Diagnosed in October have been on tarceva EGFR mutation. I am also starting my 5th round of cisplatin/Alitalia. Scans are extremely positive. I am also taking 2 shots a day of lovanox for clots ...

Husband's pain in Right ribs and spine

lynn-rich
  • By lynn-rich · New reply yesterday at 10:43 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 5 replies
  • Today was our first day out of the hospital after 3 hospital admissions in the last month. No bleeding from the nose or rectum today and no strokes today. Shortness of breath isn't bad, oxygen saturations ...

New gig

linnea
  • By linnea · New reply yesterday at 10:40 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 14 replies
  • I have been presented with a new opportunity to raise awareness of our disease. In addition to my personal blog I will be posting once a week on everydayhealth.com This is not a paid gig, so I imagine ...

My mom's final days :(

Donttakeher
  • By Donttakeher · New reply yesterday at 10:20 pm
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • My mom is in stage 4 NSCLC and after a long fight her suffering is about to end. Hospice has come in and says she has days left. Her body has started shutting down. She is only 54 years young and her ...

Bad news from the scan

Lisalynne
  • By Lisalynne · New reply yesterday at 10:17 pm
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • In my heart I knew my mom was getting worse. I still felt shocked and devastated to find out that after all the treatment she endured my poor mom got bad results. The huge primary tumor grew. One shrank ...

XALKORI QUESTIONS

Fountain23
  • By Fountain23 · New reply yesterday at 10:17 pm
  • Journal · 18 replies
  • My husband will begin taking Xalkori today. There are so many scary articles on the web thought it would be beneficial to get first hand info from real people like yourselves. Is there a better time of ...

Update on Mom after Emergency Spine Surgery

autowoman
  • By autowoman · New reply yesterday at 9:55 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 4 replies
  • Just unreal! This tiny little Mom of mine is 83 and SO TOUGH! Nothing is going to get her! It has been less than 1 week since T6 was rebuilt and titanium screws and rods were put in from T4 to T9 to make ...

sclc

reflection571
  • By reflection571 · New reply yesterday at 9:45 pm
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • my husband was just diagnosed with sclc on march 28th 2013 after going to the er with shoulder pain. our whole world has been turned upside down. God is good while at the hospital the er dr. we had made ...

Shes gone,in a blink of an eye

cb0018
  • By cb0018 · New reply yesterday at 9:33 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage III · 9 replies
  • words cant say what just happened, if any of you followed my other post my mom who was only 54 was diagnosed back in aug 2012 with stage 3 NSCLC... well she got weak and sick last week and found out she ...

A decision to enter a study with dacomitinib

Awife
  • By Awife · New reply yesterday at 9:30 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 6 replies
  • Today our Dr recommended that we go into the phase 2 study, using Dacomitinib vs going on tarciva. We know that we will get the "real" drug as this study is about dealing with the side effects of Dacomitinib ...

New study regarding Chinese herbal medicine with Chemotherapy

KMMM
  • By KMMM · Posted yesterday at 9:17 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 0 replies
  • http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Nutr ition/Supplements/chinese_herbal_medicin e_lung_cancer_0522130614.html ...

TARCEVA DIVAS AND DUDES

Marie-Zee100
  • By Marie-Zee100 · New reply yesterday at 9:13 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 125 replies
  • Welcome Newbees Divas and Dudes! Is your Tarceva pony out of step? Do you have the too long winter blues? What's cooking in TARCEVALAND? After 3 years on tarceva THE RASH has found my back and trunk ...

Hey, G...here's the long-ago promised pic of Buck!

buckshot2
  • By buckshot2 · New reply yesterday at 8:45 pm
  • Discussion in Hope, friends and humor · 19 replies
  • My oldest son is home from college, and he was willing to put my picture of my baby Buck, aka Buckshot, Buckmeister, Buckaroo, Roo, and sometimes names not-so-kind (tee hee)...on for me....yes I know ...

Whats your opinion on the next Best chemo for my mom ?

Jennarose
  • By Jennarose · New reply yesterday at 8:20 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 22 replies
  • 48 years old stage 4 nsclc with bone mets- she has a collasped left lung- tumor on scan is "inseperable with trachea" she was diagnosed July 2012 . Has success with alimta/carbo/avastin- had a 5 week ...

STAGE IIIB NSCLC VS STAGE IV NSCLC

Sunshine4me
  • By Sunshine4me · New reply yesterday at 7:55 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 7 replies
  • Is there a substantial difference between these two stages of NSCLC?... Due to being diagnosed with a pleural effusion, I was told i was Stage IV...the present onc says I am Stage IIIB ...

Transferring my mom to sloan Kettering..

Jennarose
  • By Jennarose · New reply yesterday at 7:32 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 46 replies
  • Ill find out tomorrow if they will accept her case so I can have her moved from morristown hospital to sloan... Crossing my fingers they accept her. Morristown hospital said there's nothing more they ...

Gone, in the blink of an eye

cb0018
  • By cb0018 · New reply yesterday at 6:57 pm
  • Discussion in Family members and caregivers · 23 replies
  • words cant say what just happened, if any of you followed my other post my mom who was only 54 was diagnosed back in aug 2012 with stage 3 NSCLC... well she got weak and sick last week and found out she ...

Survivors of extensive small cell lung cancer

catfancy
  • By catfancy · New reply yesterday at 6:28 pm
  • Discussion in Small cell lung cancer - Extensive · 52 replies
  • I would love to hear from anyone on this site that has small cell lung cancer. I would like to learn more. When I looked at the statistics they are so depressing. I know this is a rapidly spreading type ...

Anyone on Crizotinib/Xalkori, Ariad's AP261, and LDK/378 (ALK gene) Part 3

matson001
  • By matson001 · New reply yesterday at 5:27 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - General · 2723 replies
  • I am looking to make contact with people who have the ALK gene and/or are taking Crizotinib, (Xalkori) (PF-1066). I'm also looking to hear about the Ariad Drug, AP26113 and LDK/378. I think this would ...

UF Shands and the insurance dance

roosty
  • By roosty · New reply yesterday at 4:46 pm
  • Discussion in Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV · 19 replies
  • As many of you know my dad was accepted at UF Shands to have his primary tumor and a spine met treated with SBRT. They use the Vero machine if you are interested in reading up on it. http://www.vero-sbrt.com ...

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