adam

Thank you all for your responses, I really appreciate it. I fear it will be diagnosed as extensive, but i am starting to feel relatively positive anyway. I have really tried to cry it out over the last few days, and I think that has helped me move on to feeling better and taking all available positive actions that I can. I have made major diet changes already and I am continuing to research diets. I am interested in others opinions on diet. I am also trying to start chemo asap. No doubt I have rough days ahead and more tears to come, but Im not taking it lying down and I believe by getting all available treatment and then following a very strict diet I have a good chance of being around for a while yet. Thanks again for your responses and links, I will probably have more questions in time. Adam

Hello, I was notified on Friday that I have Cancer and notified on Saturday morning that I have SCLC. I will undergo scans in the next few days to determine the stage, but judging by the locations of pain in my body it will probably be ES-SCLC. I am male, 44 years old, one adult son. Soon to be ex smoker. It is early Sunday afternoon in New Zealand at present. Since Saturday morning I have been slowly notifying closest friends and family, crying a lot, and trying to reach some level of acceptance of the odds of long term survival, prior to making a plan of action to survive as long and as well as I can. I am having some difficulty with hope I am fortunate that New Zealand has a publicly funded health system, so rather than individually paying for health insurance we collectively pay more tax. I am not sure what else to say. Adam