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DragonKing, Welcome here. I'm also a retired-retired Army guy and we share a diagnosis except my cancer was in my right lung. I also had 5 day radiation and weekly chemotherapy and that was 13 years ago. I'm still around and if I can live, so can you. As you start treatment, you'll likely have questions and this might be a good place to ask them. As for a special diet recommendation, it is to EAT! You'll likely have side effects that challenge your digestive system and radiation takes a lot out of you. So, you'll need appetite and calories. Stay the course. Tom

Dragon King, Forgive me, this is my first post here. I hope it works right. My husband will be a three year survivor of stage IV Adenocarcinoma Lung cancer in July and Tom's advise of just EAT is spot on. We couldn't believe he had gotten severely dehydrated by not eating enough. Get nausea medicine from the doctor and don't be afraid to take it. If it makes you sleepy, ask for a different one. My David took one that just made him sleep which defeated the purpose. Hope this helps. Vivian R Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm Hello Jeffrey, I was just diagnosed with Squamous cell (non-small cell) Carcinoma of the left lung. I am a Vietnam vet. My intro tells you more about me under DragonKing cause my name was taken. Any how, the Bay Pines VA hospital is great, great staff, great nurses and great doctors. They diagnosed me but they also wanted to treat me there. I live in Cape Coral and it's too far to drive daily and I refused to stay without my wife. If you're wondering, they do treatments that's no problem. If I didn't live so far away I would go there. I don't want to wait another month or two to get my veterans choice referral, I am opting to use my Medicare and tri care for life. The veterans choice just takes too long to get approved. If you have any other insurance you might check on that too. Best of luck to you and hope you get better. Dave (DargonKing)

Sorry Mally about your news. Basically you have your type of cancer and stage. Try to enjoy each day and stay the course.

I am fortunate to have a big family and many friends including my church family who have been literally a life saver for me. I hope you can get connected with a church or a local cancer support group, no one needs to go through this alone.