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rosenrot

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  1. Thank you for the kind words! I've been reading through more of the "good" stories, and it's making things a little easier to deal with because it gives some hope. I'm glad I came here!
  2. Hello, I am new to this site, so please pardon if I'm not in the right area for this subject. My 54 year old mother was just diagnosed with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer. She's had COPD ever since I can remember, and has always had trouble breathing. Well, recently her doctor had her get a CT scan because she was having pains on her upper left side. After reviewing the results, he found that she had a mass in her right lung. A few days later she got referred to an Oncologist for further testing. When she went to see the Oncologist, he had her get a PET scan done to check and see if it was "active". Which that test came back that it was in fact "active". He called her up on the phone and told her it was cancer and that 2 more masses showed up on the results. The Oncologist then sent her to get a needle biopsy done, because the cancer treatment place here wouldn't start treatment unless the had a biopsy first. Well, the biopsy results showed it was stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer. The Oncologist then told her that she had one mass on her right lung, and that it spread to a lymph node in the center of her chest (on the trachea). No words on the supposed other mass, just those two I just mentioned above. She starts chemo next Monday. One treatment, once every 3 weeks, for a total of 3 treatments for 9 weeks. They said she'd be there for 5 hours each time while receiving chemo through IV, I believe. I guess I'm kind of in denial, because I can't process the fact that my mother has lung cancer! I'm going through many emotions right now, and seeing these survival statistic on her type of lung cancer scares me even more! I'm worrying myself sick, I feel as if a mental break down is pending. I don't want to lose my mother! I came here in hopes of seeing success stories from people who's survived this type of lung cancer or people who have loved ones who have. I don't really have anyone to talk to that understands. I'm trying to be positive and optimistic, but I'm failing horribly. Please forgive me if my sentences run together, or if some things doesn't seem to make much sense, I'm trying to be calm, but this fear is taking over to where I can't concentrate very well. I love my mom with all my heart and it kills me to think she doesn't have much time left here.
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