My name is Cindy, and I am very new to Lungevity. Hopefully, I will get this right. I am a lung cancer patient and have been for 1 year. I have been through several types of chemotherapy for the last 10 months. My oncologist feels I have had enough chemo indused into my body for now. He therefore is starting me on a targeted chemo pill called Tarceva. I have been reading and studying about this pill for the last week, and losing a lot of sleep over it. I am scared to death of the side effects I have been reading about. My main concern is the ugly rash that I may develop while taking Tarceva. I don't want my quality of life to lessen because I don't want to go out in public and be noticed. Anyway, if I could find somebody to talk/chat to about this pill,. I would greatly appreciate it. I think I would feel better mentally if I could actually talk to somebody who is going through the same thing I am about to experience. I have until next Monday, March 10, to make up my mind and notify my oncologist if I am going to press on with this or just decide not to take the pill altogether. I do understand everybody is different, and side effects affect everybody differently. Any information or experiences I can get will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.
Cindy