Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage I

Support for those diagnosed with stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

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numbness after lung surgery

By slimmm · New reply 4:58 pm
12 replies
had the lower lobe of the left lung removed. still have no feeling on my left breast or areas around it. other than that there is very little pain will i have feeling in these areas again? it has been ...

recur

By slimmm · New reply 12:09 pm
9 replies
if the cancer recurs are you automatically a stage 4 with no option for surgery? just seems like it would be the start of the end ...

What were your first symptom now thinking back before u found out u had LC?

By dcrmt · New reply 9:48 am
110 replies
Actually and form of LC ...

who will get chemo

By slimmm · New reply 9:24 am
24 replies
had my lower left lung removed two weeks ago was stage 1b with no spread next week find out what is next. hopefully i will not be told Chemo any thoughts ...

adjuvant chemo

By slimmm · New reply yesterday at 10:39 pm
5 replies
Hi, i am the one who just had an operation to remove my LLL about a month ago. Was staged at 1b. lucky me. told you all i did not want to do Chemo but would if my doc recommended it. He did. I will be ...

Percentages, Life expectancies II

By saintsfan1 · New reply yesterday at 10:27 pm
18 replies
In the recent post someone mentioned that there are so many factors with the vast number of people in any given group as far as survival rates. Two silly questions..... 1.) If someone dies from heart ...

Percentages regarding life expectancies

By Dunmore (Inactive) · New reply yesterday at 10:18 pm
25 replies
My surgeon told me after my upper right lobectomy on July 12, 2012 that I had a 75% chance of being alive in 5 years. I told him how mortified I was at such poor odds because the margins were clear, PET ...

chemo

By slimmm · New reply June 17, 2013
8 replies
i thank all for your comments. what you all say is correct. to not do the chemo is crazy. tomorrow i see the doc. if he thinks i should have chemo, i will do it ...

smoking

By slimmm · New reply June 17, 2013
13 replies
Started smoking at 22 years old i have smoked around 3 pacts per day for the last 10 years. two months ago they found the tumor on my lung i stopped smoking that minute and will never smoke again. i am ...

First sixth month checkup

By Ruthmatts · New reply June 16, 2013
10 replies
I am so thankful to God that my husband's 6th month check up since the surgery is cancer free ...

Looking for advice

By judstir · New reply June 11, 2013
9 replies
on may 20, 2013 my husband had his lower left lobe removed, was considered stage1a at that time, probably no chemo required. After surgery, tumor was stage1b and now you should have treatments. he was ...

Spots in Lungs

By Evansville · New reply June 6, 2013
24 replies
Dear Fellow Survivors, My background is a diagnosis of stage 1B Adenocarcinoma of the lower left node that was removed with no known lymph node involvement. My surgeon declared me cancer free but I chose ...

VATS vs Thoracotomy w/Lobectomy

By Mkangas · New reply May 30, 2013
80 replies
Happy Holidays everyone ~ Now we are at this Juncture ~ If anyone is still "speaking to me" I would like to ask mainly one question. Other than the obvious (very invasive vs. minimally invasive) - what ...

Severe aotic stenosis complications with left upper lung lobectomy surgrey

By elerouge · New reply May 27, 2013
9 replies
Hi, Everybody. I have been scheduled for a left upper lobe lobectomy. I'm don't think my pulmonologist, cardiologist, surgeon a talking to each other -- or just not talking to me. I have a 12-millimeter ...

Testing for Genetic Mutations

By Suka · New reply May 25, 2013
12 replies
I had my left lung removed in 09 and they saved the tumor, 4.6x4.8 cm. recently the spots/nodules I've had on my right lung started to grow. There are 4 and they are very small, one nodule grew from 8mm ...

New to group

By MrsJW · New reply May 22, 2013
7 replies
My husband's cancer was found early, by accident. A bit of lung just happened to show up on an abdominal scan, and there it was -- a 4.6 cm. adenocarcinoma, moderately-poorly differentiated, no lymph ...

It's been a while

By seb1 · New reply May 21, 2013
3 replies
It's been a while since I have said anything here, years in fact. In 2009 when I when they first found the spots, I practically lived here. You were all instrumental in me getting through the experience ...

Wheezing

By Sallyangelina · New reply May 20, 2013
19 replies
My husband had surgery jan 10 NSC stage 1 a. All is well, thank god no lymph involvement. No chemo or radiation just follow ups. However he has a been wheezing and breathless since then. Has been to the ...

Cisplatin & kidney toxicity

By MrsJW · New reply May 18, 2013
7 replies
Does anybody know if the patient is supposed to drink 2-3 quarts of water daily throughout the treatment or just the 48 hours after an infusion? My poor husband is about to float away! Thanks in advance ...

Going to have a left upper lobe removed

By elerouge · New reply May 18, 2013
8 replies
Hi, Everybody. I'm going to have my left upper lobe removed in about a month. I have a 13-millimeter nodule -- not diagnosed as cancer yet, but it has grown two mllimeters since last November. My surgeon ...

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