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Stage 4 lung cancer
by: Ruth
on Wed, Feb 20 2008
I had a two inch blood clot in my coriod [carotid] artery in Sept 2007. They found lung cancer by accident. I started Chemo and radiation within a month. I had some shrinkage last p.e.t. scan. Stopped the treatment for a month and started again in Feb 2008. I did not lose my hair(everyone said I would) I did not get sick and lose weight. I have been pretty positive til this last chemo session. I had shaved my hair off(it was to my waist) wish I wouldn’t have listened to that.lol I have gained 15 lbs.THe doctor thought I would need a feeding tube. After this don’t know who to trust . I need to go to another doctor . Or even a naturalpath.. I turned 55 Dec 2007 not ready to give up
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Fri, Jul 11 2008
Thanks Ruthie. I'm so relieved you like it as my intention in writing it was to help those of us dealing with cancer, both directly and indirectly. Af...Read
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Thu, Jul 10 2008
How did you get so smart???lol I loved this. It just opens anything and everything up to look at... thanks again Ruth...Read
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Thu, Jul 10 2008
It's so good to hear from you, Ruth (not sure if you prefer Ruth to Ruthie). Yeah, sure, we all need to slow down a bit or we'll be in danger of meeti...Read
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Thu, Jul 10 2008
Bernadette, I'm still getting treatments. I have no white cell count so I've been down a bit. Well I had to stop running around so much lol..Last repo...Read
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Sat, Jul 05 2008
Ruthie, always thinking of you and wondering how you are doing. You're probably grabbing life by the tail and giving it a good old swing...lol! Foreve...Read
February 2008
- A Courageous Fight - by P L - (Wed, Feb 27 2008)
My husband was having a pre-op exam January 2007 for a routine hernia repair when a huge abdominal aortic aneurysm was discovered by CT scan, along with a suspicious shadow in his lower right lung. He had successful aneurysm surgery the next day, but that suspicious shadow was not diagnosed as Stage 3 non small lung cancer until late June of 2007
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- Lung carcinoid - by Linda Huss - (Thu, Feb 21 2008)
I was diagnosed last year with a lung carcinoid 1.0 cm. It was surgically removed in Sept. & I am doing great. I’m still on the mend but needed no chemo .
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- my grandma has lung cancer - by Amy Tran - (Wed, Feb 20 2008)
My grandma is 80 yr old and she was diagnose with lung cancer 2 weeks ago, I believe it’s stage 3B. Chemotherapy is a possible treatment right now, but the doctor said it going to be very tough.
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- Stage 4 lung cancer - by Ruth - (Wed, Feb 20 2008)
I had a two inch blood clot in my coriod [carotid] artery in Sept 2007. They found lung cancer by accident. I started Chemo and radiation within a month. I had some shrinkage last p.e.t. scan.
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- Right in the Nick of Time - by Donna Ruth - (Fri, Feb 01 2008)
I will never forget it, on Memorial Day 2006 I woke up with this sinking and uncomfortable feeling. I was unable to process a good breath. At first I thought it was a heart attack and 911 ambulance emergency room the entire gamut.
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