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Sorry, it's been ages since I signed on posted here. We are aware how we treat scans, has been 8 years since I started this journey and still hanging in there. Last scan Was July 27th and result were stable, I praise the Lord every night for he holds my hand as I walk through life. I have been in chemo now over three years straight, but again I look at the other side. I want to thanks all those who were there for me from the start. Good luck to each and everyone who is walking our walk.

I wish I had more answers for what lies ahead also.
 
There is this ever present uncertainty in lung cancer.  I'm a 12 year survivor and wish I had answers for what lies ahead.  In speaking with my oncologist, now more than a friend than a doctor, he validates my uncertainty.  He's seen the disease re-occur in long tenured survivors, and moreover when it does, it rages through the body like water gushing through a failed dam.  I still have two scheduled sessions with him yearly with diagnostics and scanziety and uncertainty.
 
For me, it comes down to this.  When one seeks treatment for lung cancer, one is choosing life.  It won't likely be the life enjoyed before diagnosis, but it will be life.  If life is the choice, then live it.  Embrace the present, discard the past and avoid the future. Do something enjoyable and meaningful each day you have.  Find joy today, wake up tomorrow and find it again.  Examine your reflection in the mirror in the morning and if you don't see an expiration date stamped on your forehead, enjoy the day.  Don't let lung cancer take over your life.
 
You are most welcome here.
 
Stay the course.
 
Tom

Hallelujah! Biopsy results back today and still NED!! No more scans until after the Holidays. They will be especially joyous this year because I can EAT! Santa may have to bring me a larger wardrobe.
Thanks be to God & thanks to all the good people in this community!
 

Sorry, it's been ages since I signed on posted here. We are aware how we treat scans, has been 8 years since I started this journey and still hanging in there. Last scan Was July 27th and result were stable, I praise the Lord every night for he holds my hand as I walk through life. I have been in chemo now over three years straight, but again I look at the other side. I want to thanks all those who were there for me from the start. Good luck to each and everyone who is walking our walk.

Sorry, it's been ages since I signed on posted here. We are aware how we treat scans, has been 8 years since I started this journey and still hanging in there. Last scan Was July 27th and result were stable, I praise the Lord every night for he holds my hand as I walk through life. I have been in chemo now over three years straight, but again I look at the other side. I want to thanks all those who were there for me from the start. Good luck to each and everyone who is walking our walk.

Sorry, it's been ages since I signed on posted here. We are aware how we treat scans, has been 8 years since I started this journey and still hanging in there. Last scan Was July 27th and result were stable, I praise the Lord every night for he holds my hand as I walk through life. I have been in chemo now over three years straight, but again I look at the other side. I want to thanks all those who were there for me from the start. Good luck to each and everyone who is walking our walk.