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Thanks folks for the replies. Guess I'll talk to my doctor about this. Don't know if Medicare pays for preventive care.

I've been hearing some about LC spreading to the brain and this is new news to me. I started my treatments for LC almost 2 years ago and there has been no sign of it coming back, but no one haa suggested to me the possibility of it already having spread to my brain. I am scheduled to see my oncologist December 1st this year but wonder if i should ask my internest about an MRI for my head before that?

Well son of a gun; and all along I thought I was coming down with Alzheimer's. It's been over a year since I took my last Chemo and I had a follow up exam yesterday and got a clean bill of health from the doctor as far as the cancer is concerned. Last week I started trying to learn to speak Spanish and am having a heck of a time with just the simplist words.I can't remeber any sentence longer than 4 words. Now I at least know I'm not alone with this memory problem

Thank you Randy that explains that acronym for me. I think my memory is slipping a bit also.

Thanks to all the wonderful people who replied to my post. By the way what does NED stand for. I am terrible about understanding these initials and have to ask the meaning of most all of them.

I went back to the Oncologist Dec. 1st and he said I was cured. He had given me a brief exam checking for lumps I guess, in my neck and under my arms. He looked at my x-ray and said it was clear. However he wants me back in 6 months. I'm thankfull and gratefull for the treatments and all the prayers from friends and family and I've said a few for myself. I guess I will always be a bit aprensive with the thought of it returning in the back of my mind; but the back of my mind is where it will stay. My love and prayers will be with all the LC survivors and remember there is HOPE

I should have known that! I am suffering from sob also. It was bad enough but after a bout with pneumonia it seems a lot worse. That was scary, the 5 foot walk from a hospital bed to the toilet made me huff and puff.

Thank you Welthy for the response and the encoragemet. I have a dumb ? for you. what is sob?

Thank you all for the replies to my post. I believe that when the time comes I will certainly seek a second opinion if my present oncologist still has a negative outlook for me. Did I mention that I am 73 soon to be 74 God willing and that the doctor might be taking my age into consideration? I guess also there is the quality of life to consider. Tho I feel OK now 3 months afer my last chemo. I stil remember the rough times during treatment. I'm not sure my wife can go through all that again. She is the one who nursed me though the rough spots and cared for me.

I know several people with various type of cancer who continue taking meds of some sort even tho the cancer is in remission. but my Doctor told me that he has done all that is possible for me. 7 weeks of radiation plus 6 months of chemo. He has me scheduled for a CT scan this month (the27th) he talked like if it shows the cancer returned it's good bye Max. Nothing else to do! Do I need to get another opinion?

Hello all from Arkansas I took my last Chemo on April 4th 2006 and was told to come back for a cat scan in August. I have an appointment with the medical oncologist the first week in September. He said regardless of what the cat scan says there will be no more treatment. As far as he is concerned all has been done that can be done. My last cat scan showed the cancer to be gone except for a small trace which could be dead cells. I'm 73 years old and also have emphysema. My lungs now are functioning at less than 40% A bout with pneumonia a month ago did nothing to help. I followed that with a hernia operation 10 days after getting out of the hospital for the pneumonia. Wondering if I'll ever get my strength back?

I would like some opinions on exercise from People who have recieved Chemo and radiation or are still recieving treatments. I have gotten downright lazy and blaming it on the treatments. but don't know if I shoud push myself the way I did before coming down with cancer.

Thank you all for the replies to my post. Snowflake I mixed some corn bread into a glass of boiled custard and heated it slightly in the microwave. I ate all of it but it took almost an hour. And this morning I managed to eat a full bowl of oatmeal with butter and sugar and milk. Did just like you said. Kinda let it slice down without that big swallow. Let gravity do the work. Karen; I will write down the name of that ulcer med and talk to the doctor when I see him [/b]

I think you nailed it Don. I have some Nexium left over from a bit of acid reflux 8 monthes ago. Started taking them again 2 days ago. forgot to mention that in my firs post.

Thank you for the reply. The thought of a tube to the stomach scares me, because when I eat it also burns like fire in my stomach as well as my Esophigus