[No change!]

Thank you all so much for your comments.  It's people like you that makes everything worth while.  It's amazing, I have found that strangers are kinder, concerned and helpful than my family.  When I'm in Walmart, riding on the cart, I can't tell you how many people want to help me to get things from the top shelf.  By the time my shopping trip has ended, I'm tired, and have a difficult time breathing. The kind words, have actually brought me to tears.  

 

Randy, I went to your memory site for Deborah.  The love you had for your is astounding.  God Bless! 

[No change!]

Introduced myself May 4th, and this is my follow-up.  No Change.......What I have figured out, is that you become the driver of this illness.  I can sit back, and become enveloped in the fear, or take the high road.  I chose the high road. What I understand about the type of cancer I have, it's slow growing.  It was stage 1A before I had my radiation treatments, and it shrunk by 38%. So now I figure it's stage 1----A.  In other words, it's there, and will be, except by the grace of God.  And that's whose hands, it's in.  Can't ask for a greater healer.

 

With my COPD being severe, that is what makes life somewhat difficult.  I'm on level 3 with my oxygen, and have found a great backpack to carry it in.  I'm able to put the tubing through the headphones area, and it works perfect.  Only wish I could find colored cannulas, I could coordinate with my outfits.  

 

With too much time on my hands, I have started a Blog.  It was going to be about my journey with lung cancer and COPD, but have decided to have it about my life.  Nothing fantastic there, but I was raised in a very mentally and physically abusive environment.  I've faced some horrific nightmares, and have, at the most part, landed right side up!

 

I'll keep you all posted! 

[Introduce Myself!]

Hi, I'm Joyce, and yes I have lung cancer.  The first time was 9/2011, Stage 1A, NSCC, adenocarcinoma with no mutations.  They removed two right lobes and no chemo or radiation,  Received CT scans every 3 months.  January 2014, reappeared in the remaining right lobe.  PET scan, and both spots were ''hot''.  Received 2 more PET scans before they did a needle biopsy, which by the way came back Stage 1A, NSCC.  I am NOT a candidate for surgery, as I have severe COPD and on oxygen 24/7.

 

In December, 2014 began radiation (small doses) to minimize damage to surrounding area. Went 5 days a week for 8 weeks.  The tumors shrunk by 38%.  I have been informed I'm not a candidate for chemo due to the size and my health.  

 

Where do I go from here?  I still have lung cancer, and it is a wait and watch, scheduled to get CT in June.