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janiegirl's journal
Progression of disease....need support
- By janiegirl · Posted November 15, 2008
- 22 replies
- I have not posted in quite a while but have been reading others posts and trying to keep up. I am now 6 months post treatment ( 4 chemo drugs and 37 radiation, no surgery) for stage 3a squamous type/mixed ...
Update on disability application....approved in 15 days
- By janiegirl · Posted August 21, 2008
- 13 replies
- I applied for disability on Aug 4th and completed the second phase of questions about doctors, tests, etc on Aug 10. I did everything online and have yet to meet with a live person except to hand over ...
A True MRI story
- By janiegirl · Posted July 28, 2008
- 7 replies
- I am going to be participating in a clinical trial for stable stage 3 NSCLC using the Stimuvax vaccine starting this Friday. In order to be able to participate, a brain MRI is required to be sure you ...
Finally, a doctor listened to me!
- By janiegirl · Posted June 23, 2008
- 4 replies
- I don't know if anyone else has had a problem with a rapid heart rate during and after chemo and radiation. but this has been an ongoing problem for me. I have been mentioning it to my oncologist for ...
Upcoming scan and a decision about participating in the START trial
- By janiegirl · Posted June 13, 2008
- 2 replies
- Hi everyone! I completed treatment for stage 3a nsclc on May 13. Mine was inoperable and I participated in a study at UNC that used Carbo/ Taxol/ Avastin for 2 rounds, 3 weeks apart. Then I had restaging ...