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Not sure where I'm at

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted 10:22 am
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 7 replies
  • These dr's are confusing me, after my last scans my onc wanted me to go on hospice. Then a week later when I refused that he wanted stereoactic radiosurgery on my brain right away. Went to radiation onc ...

Great American Smoke Out

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted November 20, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 1 reply
  • This is not really a discussion, I'm just here to rant and rave. I, like everyone else, have sympathy for those with breast cancer. November is LUNG cancer awareness month, butt out. I just saw yet another ...

rib pain

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted November 18, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 9 replies
  • I was wondering if anyone else has had the problem of pain to the bottom / side of the rib cage. My last scan did come back with new mets to the clavical area and the right adrenal gland. It is on my ...

Question for SCLC members

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted October 30, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 8 replies
  • Or anyone else that would like to respond. Some of you have read and responded to my discussion yesterday on my bad news. I appreciate each and every piece of advise and supoort recieved. I am coming ...

Bad News

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted October 29, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 14 replies
  • Three months ago I got scan results NED. Here I am now with new results. Like 5 new tumors (I lost count) and 2 lesions on my brain, one of them bleeding. Doctor said I could try Irritecan, but he does ...

we just can't win

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted October 8, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 11 replies
  • Anyone see the footage of them lighting up the white house in pink. Shame we can't get the same exposure ...

Another blood pressure post

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted October 5, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 9 replies
  • What is safe blood pressure. Mine is almost always low, (hospitalized twice). I know when I don't feel well, but don't know what is considered low and what is critical ...

Behind every cloud..........

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted September 12, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
  • Yesterday was a really bad day, or so I thought. It ended with a smile on my face tho. I work for city government and our asst. fire chief who passed away from lung cancer was buried yesterday. I did ...

Getting the word out

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted September 9, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
  • Need some help with figures here. I remember that $1400 is the amount spent on research for people with lung cancer, but what is the figure for other cancers. Todays headline in our local paper was that ...

SCLC

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted September 2, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 28 replies
  • It seems as if most of the posters here have nsclc. And I've read the stories of survival. That it is curable. What I would like to ask is for the sc survivers and caregivers - can you tell me how long ...

2 Questions

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted August 24, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 19 replies
  • I am 4 days out from PCI and wanted to know if anyone else who has had it had their head actually hurt to the touch. It feels like my head is bruised. Yesterday my hair reallllllllly started falling out ...

Post Treatment

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted August 6, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 5 replies
  • Does anyone know of a good web site that deals with post treatment after effects? (does that make since) I have SC and had very good sucess with chemo and radiation but I'm experiencing some numbness ...

brain radiation

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted July 7, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 17 replies
  • Just curious, has anyone who has had brain radiation had permanent hair loss? Any other side effects? I'm going to radiation oncologist tomorrow and I have a feeling he's going to recomend it. Thanks ...

Social Security Disablility

jadams
  • By jadams · Posted May 26, 2008
  • In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 25 replies
  • Has anyone had any dealings with regard to filing Ifighting) for social securtity disability because of this disease? How did it go? Denied - appealed? What were your limitations at the time of filing ...

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