kallygirlie's discussions
- By kallygirlie · Posted September 2, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 7 replies
- Hey all. In the past 6 months I found many friends and a lot of support on this site. With that being said I feel the need to update all my friends on here. I know I haven't posted since Moms passing ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted July 29, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 51 replies
- Hello to all my amazing extended LCA family. First let me tell you Thank you for all the support you have givin me over the past 6 mos. When Mom was first diagnosed I searched for days and weeks trying ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted July 22, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 10 replies
- So here is another bad day for you guys to read about. It seems like every time I turn around im reporting more scary news. As I reported a few days ago, moms in the hospital getting continuous feeding ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted July 20, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 13 replies
- So here I sit yet again in the hospital with Mom. What was supposed to be a over night stay putting in the PEG tube has turned into so much more. Thurs the PEG tube was scheduled to be placed. With malnutrition ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted July 16, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 3 replies
- well all, today was chemo day. what a day it was. I FINALLY convinced moms onc to do refer her to the gastro doc to get a PEG tube. tomorrow morning she will be getting the feeding tube place and hopefully ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted July 12, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 14 replies
- So last Tuesday mom had her Gamma Knife procedure on her brain met. With the MRI they did there they were able to find 2 other brian mets that had just gotten started that the normal MRI could not get ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted July 1, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 5 replies
- So I haven't been online for a while cause its been crazy busy around here. Mom came home from the hospital over a week ago. She's been eating more, taking her nausea meds and magace. Still not eating ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 22, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 2 replies
- Hey all. This past friday was my Relay for Life event. I wanted to thank everyone who sent me there picture so they could be there in spirit. My family seeing survivors of the exact beast my mom is fighting ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 19, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 10 replies
- Every once in a while I would like to have a piece of good news. I don't know maybe a hey no pregression, i would be blessed by the words stable at this point. I'm not greedy, yeah NED would be the dream ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 16, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 4 replies
- Alrighty everyone. It's been a few days, just wanted to update everyon on moms stay in the hospital. Its been a hard few days with lots of what ifs in there heres the info. Friday she came in and needed ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 14, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
- So I'm sitting in the hopital right now. Just met with the nutritionist. They were saying that the aggressive way to handle the situation is a feeding tube. I knew this and last week was wanting it. I ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 13, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
- Hey everyone. Just wanted to stop in and update everyone. I wanted to Thank everyone for there wonderful advice on my last post about my mom and I have truely been takin all of your words to heart. I've ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 10, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 38 replies
- So I finally reached the Doctor today about mom not eating. i told him that she is trying to put food or drinks down but it just comes back up. I also told him that last week when on the steroids she ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 8, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 12 replies
- So after a month of fighting to get mom to eat I've decided to contact her doctor about this tomorrow. Each week we've gone into the doc office, they weighted her, ran blood work and did vitals. Vitals ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted June 5, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 9 replies
- So mom had her first round of Alimta yesterday. I was surprised to find out that this drug is infused extremely fast. Is it common to have Alimta to take less than an hr? I'm used to the taxol/carbo taking ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted May 28, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 5 replies
- So Just returned from the Oncologist office with mom. I guess you can say the emotions right now run somewhere between, angry, scared, frustrated among many more. Mom was taking Carbo and Taxol every ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted May 21, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 25 replies
- So mom had her 5th weekly round of Carbo/Taxol. Doc is feeling good about it working because the pain she was having in ther kidney area has gone away which he said originally was the adrenal gland mass ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted May 14, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 13 replies
- I've come to love chemo day. Every Tuesday I take Mom to Chemo. Of course they give her the pre meds that pretty much knock her out the 3-4 hrs we're there but when we come home she is full of energy ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted May 12, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 7 replies
- Ok so mom will go tomorrow for her 4th treatment of Chemo. It's the last one before we update CT scans to see if its working. Heres my question. I've been keeping a journal of her day to day life as far ...
- By kallygirlie · Posted May 4, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 7 replies
- Well mom will have her 3rd chemo treatment of taxol and carbo tomorrow. She's really worried cause of one thing, the diarrea. The paper work they gave us lists it as a possible side effect of the taxol ...
