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JLA

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    Lung cancer patient/survivor

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  1. JLA

    Guilt???

    This is interesting reading about guilt. Not sure why, but I never really feel guilty about smoking or getting lung cancer. People always ask when they find out that I had lung cancer that smoked and I always tell them yes, but I also lived in a house with smokers (parents), visited relatives that smoked (uncles that died from lung cancer), worked around chemicals without respritory protection, and lived in a neighborhood when I was a child that has had 5 people I know die from a cancer, and another 6 that have had cancer and survived. While I know I've made some bad choices regarding smoking, I've never felt that smoking was the primary cause of my cancer. I may be dillusional in my thinking, but I feel that smoking was just a piece to the puzzle.
  2. I smoked for 20+ years, made many false attempts to quit but was never really serious about it. Was diagnosed with L/C, and smoked until my surgery. After my surgery I went in to a coma for 18 days. When I woke up I was cigarette free, no cravings, no yearning for another smoke. Had to be the easiest way to quit, other than that whole losing part of a lung, chemo, radiation part.
  3. I had 36 treatments and the main side effects were fatigue and trouble swallowing. The trouble with swallowing didn't start until the final week and lasted about 2 weeks after I completed everything. I also had the magic mouthwash, but couldn't keep it down. I just couldn't stand the taste. Hope everything goes well for you and your family.
  4. I had the exact same thing. The radiation was pretty easy for me until about 5 weeks in, then the burning in the esophagus started and lasted about 2-3 weeks after radiation was finished. I hope everything works out for your mother.
  5. Connie, I just came off of predisone for radiation pneumonitis in January. I hope that you have a better experience with it than I did. Initially everything went fine, then about 6 weeks in I developed shingles due to a weakened immune system. Thankfully we caught it in time to keep from developing the rash that normally comes with it, but the nerve pain is still there. I also gained weight, broke out like a teenager, had mood swings and was more tired than normal. But the good news is I got rid of the pneumonitis. I was led to believe from my doctor that the pneumonitis is not something that you have to worry about coming back in the future, but you have to make sure it is completely gone or it could flare back up. I was on the prednisone for 7 months.
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