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localsun's discussions
Started Tarceva today
- By localsun · Posted February 23, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 13 replies
- Thought I would pop in and say hello to you guys, My mom started tarceva today 150mg daily, if you have not followed any my previous post my mom has stage IV NSCLC (adenocarcinoma) bone mets and liver ...
Alimta failed now on Tarceva?
- By localsun · Posted February 8, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 9 replies
- If you have not followed in my previous I will give you the short and skinny of a 5 month ordeal, my mother is early september was diagnosed with stage 4 NSCLC (adenocarcinoma) and was found to have bilateral ...
Alimta
- By localsun · Posted January 28, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 4 replies
- Hello all, my mom just got her first dose of alimta today it was only about an hour infusion which has been different than other times, they have found a few spots on her liver and has bilateral adrenal ...
Alimta after carbo/taxol failed
- By localsun · Posted January 22, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 1 reply
- We met with moms oncologist yesterday and after 4 rounds of the carboplatin and taxol with the latter two being without the avastin after my mom developed a pulmonary emobilsm, we will be starting alimta ...
No response and tumor progression after 4th chemo
- By localsun · Posted January 6, 2009
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 5 replies
- My mom just finished up her 4th chemo infusion of the carboplatin and taxol and had intially started with the avastin as well but had to stop it because she developed a small pulmonary embolism oppisite ...
Round 3
- By localsun · Posted December 21, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 0 replies
- I havent been on here for awhile so I just wanted to share with you that my mom has completed her 3rd round of chemo we went to the carboplatin and taxol without the avastin because my mom developed a ...
Carboplatin and Taxol alone?
- By localsun · Posted December 4, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 17 replies
- We had an appointment with the oncologist today and he said we are going to try the taxol and carboplatin without the avastin because my mom had developed a blood clot after only her 2nd round of chemo ...
NO chemo today and blood clots
- By localsun · Posted November 25, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 3 replies
- Well my mom was supposed to have chemo today and had a CT done last week and waited until today to start anticoagulants or blood thiners which I dont quite understand but anyways no chemotherapy today ...
2nd round of chemo down
- By localsun · Posted November 10, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 1 reply
- My mom just finished her 2nd round of chemo on the 5th and we are just hanging in there, last time she had received chemo she had developed neutrapenic fever and had to be hospitalized but they lowered ...
Some good news
- By localsun · Posted November 4, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 2 replies
- My mom went to see the oncolgist and is lucky because before he was an oncologist he was an internal medicine doctor and he see's all his patients, anyways to make a short of a long story my mom felt ...
Anything positive
- By localsun · Posted October 31, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 7 replies
- I find myself this morning trying to be positive as I talk to my mom who is losing her hair in clumps and is wandering if the chemo is just only doing that, my father is 73 yrs old and has health problems ...
Back out of the hospital
- By localsun · Posted October 29, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 1 reply
- Just thought I would drop a line and say hello to everybody, my mom got released from the hospital yesterday after being their on IV antibiotics for 4 days and because she became neutropenic after receiving ...
1 week after chemo
- By localsun · Posted October 23, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 1 reply
- Hello everybody, as I have mentioned in previous post my mom is receiving taxol, carboplatin and avastin combonation and has stage 4 lung cancer with mets to Right humerus and bilateral adrenal glands ...
Mom started chemo today
- By localsun · Posted October 15, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
- I just thought I would drop a line or two to say hello, my mom started chemo today with a little bit of a rocky start but overall pretty smooth, they started by placing an IV only after they had her morning ...
disappointing to say the least
- By localsun · Posted October 7, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 6 replies
- We were supposed to start a clinical trial, mom has NSCLC (adenocarcinoma) and the clinical trial was to consist of carboplatin, avastin and toxotere and then my dad got a phone call this morning and ...
what do you guys think of clinical trials?
- By localsun · Posted September 27, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 3 replies
- We see the Oncologist Monday to discuss whether my mom wants to do a clincal trial or I guess standard chemotherapy and I am just curious to see what your guys thoughts on Clincal trials are. They are ...
Still watiting to start chemo but have somewhat of a game plan
- By localsun · Posted September 25, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 2 replies
- We seen the oncologist today and had a CT of the head done along with Nuclear bone scan and the CT of the head came back ok, no malagnancies but the Nuclear bone scan showed some cancer to the Right Humerus ...
adenocarcinoma lungs
- By localsun · Posted September 6, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 12 replies
- hello, I am under my wife's loggin and my name is Carl and my mother just recently got diagnosed with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung with a metatastis to the Right humerus with a pathological ...
Lung Cancer with Metatastisis to the Right Humerus
- By localsun · Posted September 6, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 4 replies
- hello, I am under my wife's loggin and my name is Carl and my mother just recently got diagnosed with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung with a metatastis to the Right humerus with a pathological ...
Mother in Law with Adenocarcinoma
- By localsun · Posted September 4, 2008
- In Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors · 0 replies
- My father was diagnosed in May 08 with NSCLC Stage 3b. Now my husbands Mother going diagnosed today with adenocarcinoma. She has a mass in her lung. She has a tumor on her humerus which has caused it ...