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    My mom is gone

    in GRIEF

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    So sorry to hear the sad news of the passisng of your mom. Always keep those wonderful memories in your heart and there she will live on through all her love ones.

    Please accept my deepest sympathy...

    Maryanne

    Scan Time

    in HOPE

    Posted

    Love this post Jamie.. Iam so thrilled for you :mrgreen: I have a feeling this will be the result for now on... you do so much for the awareness of LC with your "playing for a cure" we are sooo proud of you for all the accomplismehts you have given Lungetity.

    You are definetely a special lady... you shine!!

    CONGRATS ON YOUR RESULTS!!!

    Maryanne :wink:

    Goals Are Good!

    in HOPE

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    Susan, your mom is nothing short of amazing!!! I am so excited to hear she made her goals and equally excited that she has new ones.

    Awesome!!!

    Maryanne :wink:

    6 months today

    in GRIEF

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    Michele your husband is always with you. He left his sick body behind but is soul always lives on...

    It hasn't been long since he passed give yourself time and in time you will be able to cope with his loss.

    I wish I had a magic wand to give you, but I just have my support and my shoulder to lean on.. I am so sorry for what your are enduring...

    We are always here for you.

    Maryanne

    okay if I post here?

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    Just read your post my friend... it breaks my heart that you are having such a difficult time. I wish I could turn back time and have your honey with you.. so so sorry...

    I hope whatever they find out that it is fixable and you will fell like yourself again.

    Please know I will keep you in my thoughts and send good healing vibes..

    love ya,

    Maryanne

    Kim's Dad

    in GRIEF

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    So sorry to hear the news about Kim's dad... my deepest condolences goes out to her and her family.

    May he continue to live on through the wonderful memories you have of him.

    Maryanne

    Joel's Pet coming up/ UPDATE 6/17/2010

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    Well, its that infamous time again... the dreaded Pet Scan.. anxiety etc. :shock:

    He is having his pet on Tues which is our anniversary... I hope it becomes a good anniversary to be happy about.

    He has been LC free for 16 months.. the longest. Keep everything crossed to good resutls.

    If all goes well with this Pet he will go back to CT maybe once a year, right now it has been 6 months.

    May take a week until we find out... will let you know when we hear.

    Thanks

    Maryanne

    Update to "Test time again"

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    You can always vent here, that is one of the things this site is for. We are always here to listen and give you support and some advice is we had some to share.

    Glad to hear your scans were MED... that is great... I wouldn't strss too much over the spot in the liver as they probably will find out it is nothing to be concened about. If not we are hear to help you through... but meamwhile. keep a positive attitude... Will be thinking about you and sending good vibes your way.

    take care

    Maryanne

    More Tests

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    Good luck with your neurologist.. I hope he has some answers for you. You certainly deserve some!

    The zanax should help you feel better. Don't be afraid to take it, as it is only temporary... but you need it now so listen to your doctor...

    Maryanne

    Time for an update

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    Hi Andrea...

    Glad to hear the good news about your mom.. she is miracle!

    Will be thinking of you dad and praying everything will come out fine on Thursday... Sorry to hear about his blood disorder... it just never seems to end... does it?

    take care my friend,'

    Maryanne

    Follow up to the blood test for LC article...

    in GENERAL

    Posted

    I posted the same article that I posted on here earlier on FB WTF (Where's the Funding) which is a LC site.... I received a message, which I though was interesting below... I took off her name as I did not ask her if I could post it.... interesting message...

    Subject: Lunc Cancer

    I read you post on FB on WTF site, and just wanted to say that I am also a 6-year lung cancer survivor. I saw your post about a blood test. I went through a clinical trial at the University of kentucky where I received a vaccine to prevent a recurrence of LC. The dotor was Edward Hirschwitz, and he and Dr. Zhong have a patented blood test that should be reaching dotor's offices shortly. Advances are finally being made, but all of us have got to fight to keep it going. Let's keep in touch

    Maryanne

    Lung Cancer blood test now available

    in GENERAL

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    I am putting this in General but you can move it to wherever. I heard on my local news that there is now a blood test to detect LC in early stages. I am so excited for this breakthrough.

    http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/12882/

    Blood test could detect lung cancer up to five years before CT scans

    June 04, 2010

    by Brendon Nafziger, Writer

    A blood test could detect about half of lung cancers up to five years before other tests, according to a team of British scientists.

    In a series of papers to be presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, the scientists from the company Oncimmune tout their "Early CDT-Lung Test" for finding around 40 percent of lung cancers years before they show up on CT scans.

    The company hopes the test, commercially available in the United States starting Tuesday, will not only save lives by detecting cancer early, but drive down health care costs.

    The test works by looking for antibodies, called auto-antibodies, which the body produces to combat cancer.

    As Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, executive chairman of Oncimmune, explained to DOTmed News, cancer cells divide rapidly. During division, they release antigens that the body recognizes as foreign, which it combats with auto-antibodies.

    "Everybody has a background count of these auto-antibodies," Hamilton-Fairley said, which actually increase as we age, possibly because our bodies are fighting off many less aggressive cancers successfully.

    The research originated with John Robertson, a professor at the University of Nottingham. As part of their yearly check-up, his patients at high-risk for breast cancer had their blood drawn. If they came down with cancer, Robertson went back to their blood samples and retroactively tested them for the auto-antibodies, finding that over half of the cancers could have been found four years before diagnosis.

    For the current test, patients have their blood samples mailed to Oncimmune's U.S. testing facility in De Soto, Kan., just outside Kansas City.

    The researchers then choose a selection of around six antigens that they pass a patient's blood sample over. If auto-antibodies are present, they'll bind to the antigens. After doing this a few times for accuracy, researchers develop the patient's antigen "fingerprint." This fingerprint is then compared against a population cut-off to judge the patient's risk for developing cancer.

    Eventually, physicians will compare a patient's fingerprint against those taken from previous years, and not just population cut-offs, for more accurate readings, Hamilton-Fairley said.

    "We'll end up with your own individual antigen fingerprint," he said, "and you'll be able to compare that year by year, and over time you'll pay more attention if you stray from the personal profile."

    For now, they recommend one test about every five years, but as the patient ages or if there are risk factors - specifically, smoking - doctors might look at it more often.

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