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    chris47 reacted to Tom Galli in Radiation and chemotherapy finished   
    Unfortunately Merilee, yes - I've had those symptoms after radiation or chemo.  Medications didn't help me much either during treatment but the symptoms did wane somewhat in about a month.
     
    Some effects unfortunately linger to this day.  These are radiation dermatitis and taxol toes (foot pain and burning toes).  First line treatment side effects vary from person to person so you should monitor them and if after say about a month, report them to your doctor.
     
    And, yes, I hope your treatment fries your chest nodes.
     
    Stay the course.
     
    Tom 
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    chris47 reacted to eric byrne in INTRODUCE YOURSELF   
    Hi Chris,
                 Welcome to LCSC,congratulations on your survivorship,this brings such hope to many others here,as we say here in Scotland "Lang may yer lum reek"
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    chris47 reacted to Tom Galli in INTRODUCE YOURSELF   
    Chris,
     
    Welcome aboard.  You've obviously been through treatment - a lot I'd venture with more than a decade of survival under your belt.  I'm still looking for answers also if it is any consolation.  
     
    This is a good place.  Settle in and get to know folks.  Your experience to the newly diagnosed will be invaluable.
     
    Was watching a re-run of The Shawshank Redemption last night.  This was in Andy's letter read by Ned near the end of the movie.  "Hope is a good thing.  Maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies."
     
    Stay the course.
     
    Tom 
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    chris47 reacted to Tom Galli in Newly Diagnosed Adenocarcinoma - 40 year-old   
    Welcome Meloni,
     
    A list of questions you say.  Well here are some good ones to start with - http://www.lungevity.org/support-survivorship/asking-right-questions.
     
    Have you had a biopsy?  I ask that because you report your type as adenocarcinoma and the type of cancer is normally identified by biopsy.  
     
    It sounds like you are on the go - no go surgery path.  The brain scan and PET scans are used to assess the stage of your disease.  Here is some material on staging - http://www.lungevity.org/about-lung-cancer/lung-cancer-101/lung-cancer-staging
     
    When I went down the go - no go surgery path, my thoracic surgeon plucked a large number of lymph nodes throughout the mediastinal area because my tumor was so large, he found it hard to believe it was confined to my right lung.  When my wife heard the number of lymph nodes removed, she asked if that might be a problem and his answer was "don't worry, he's got plenty left."  Your tumor is 1.3 cm; mine was 8 cm long x 3 cm wide, almost filling my main stem bronchus of my right lung. Moreover, metastatic disease in lymph nodes normally shows up on PET scans.  So if it didn't, I think you might have a tumor in situ and that would mean an early find, and perhaps surgical removal.
     
    You'll have many questions and feel free to ask away.  We are not doctors but most doctors haven't had the disease and we know what it feels like to have it and cope with it.
     
    Stay the course.
     
    Tom
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