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Prayers coming. You can do this!!

Good luck, Melanie. Keep us posted!

I sure hate to hear this news, but listen to the rest of the great people here. Fight, fight, fight!!!!

Go Beth!!!!!

Way to go Becky!!!!

I am so sorry for your loss. I hate cancer. Please know that you are in my prayers.

Well, I'm sorry the news wasn't NED, but Lucie has fought this battle before. With your help, I know she can do it again. The cruise is a great idea! You'll have to fill us all in on the details. Positive thoughts and prayers coming your way...

Beth, I am so sorry to hear this news, but PLEASE try to keep fighting. It's not over until it's over. You are young and strong enough to fight. Let us know how we may support you.

Beth, I am so sorry to hear this news. I know you're strength and positive attitude will take you far. Keep on fighting! You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Margaret, I am so sorry to hear this news. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Margaret, I just want to let you know that I am thinking of you.

Welcome!!

Welcome Tracy! I'm pretty much in the same boat you're in. As you can see below, my mom has extensive SCLC. She also seems to prefer not knowing all the details. I'm trying to keep informed for her. Good luck to you and your family. Come back often!

Welcome! I think we all wish we didn't have a reason to be here, but since we do, it's a great place to be! Looking forward to getting to know more about you in the future.

Hi! I am fairly new here, but I have followed what has happened with you very closely. It is so great to know that you have battled this beast for over a year. Thanks for keeping us posted. I will keep you in my prayers.

Thanks for the update. Stable is good!!!!!

Hi. I just wanted to say welcome. Everyone is different, but I would guess your dad will feel a lot better, even after just one round of chemo. My mom has SCLC and is on the same chemo, and she felt better fairly quickly. Good luck and keep us posted.

Great news! Thanks for sharing.

Katie- Thanks for your response. I am going through many of the things you went through. I do worry that the doctors aren't doing enough. Of course, my problem is that I am over two and a half hours away. I go down to visit often, and I have been to several of her appointments, but it is next to impossible to go to them all. There are several things I would like to discuss with the doctor, but all of them would really detract from the positive state of mind my mom seems to be in. This is getting a bit off track, but she keeps talking about things she wants to do when she's better, and I am just dying to tell her to seize the day. This may be all she has. She needs to stop waiting for the future and live life now. Of course, I hope she lives to be 100, but knowing what I know about SCLC, that is not very likely. If it's okay, I think I will try to print your post to me and have her read it. Maybe it will hit home a little better. Thanks again.

I don't think I will ever be ready either. I'm crying just thinking about it. I echo what Treeby said. My children (mom's grandchildren) are here now, and I already mourn the fact that she can't do any of the things she used to do with them. I'll obviously take her any way I can have her, but what I wouldn't give for things to go back to the way they used to be.....

Can you tell me what kind of symptoms were present? My mom has mentioned vision changes, but I believe I have read that that can happen with chemo. As I've also mentioned about my mom, she doesn't seem to want to know the specifics and has been in much better spirits since getting the report that the cancer is almost unnoticeable in her lung. That makes it difficult for me to talk to her about more tests. Also, she came out of the MRI in December crying. I guess being closed in really affected her. I know there are open MRI's, but I have no idea if they are available in southern Illinois. Katie- I know what you're saying about the whole insurance thing and I know it has been discussed at length on this website. I just hope that her onc knows how often the cancer spreads to the brain with SCLC. Thanks.

It's in my profile, but my mom had scans and an MRI at the end of December. The onc said they looked "excellent." As I understand it, the plan right now is to do one more round of chemo, and then just do scans every couple of months. I asked my mom to get photocopies of the scan and MRI reports from the onc. The report on the lung area was great, but the report related to the bones and pancreas, etc. more or less said "no change." If this is the case, should they be stopping chemo? I would think unless the scans show NED, they should be moving on to the next type of chemo. I would appreciate any thoughts, experience anyone has with this. Thanks.

My mom had a brain MRI in October, but she hasn't been checked since then. I was dismayed that the doctor didn't schedule a test to re-check her brain when she had tests done at the end of December. I just feel it is so important to keep up on this since the cancer spreads to the brain so often with SCLC. Can you let me know what your experience has been with this? Thanks.

My mom lost her voice before she was ever diagnosed with SCLC. The ENT said her vocal cord is paralyzed because of the lung tumor pressing on the recurrent laryngeal nerve. I know from perusing this website that other people are in her situation. Would anyone be willing to chime in and let me know what, if anything, they have done about it? Thanks in advance for your responses.

Margaret, There aren't any words I can add to any of this. Just know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Enjoy every minute you have together, however long it may be.