[Newly Diagnosed - Treatment Questions]

Donna:

Thank you for the response.  I am fortunate to have a couple very close friends around me for support.  I am also conscious of the fact that they have families and jobs. Who is going to care for me, when I need it, is a concern as I had a business fail a couple years ago.  I was digging out from that and my resources are thin.  My company offers good disability insurance, assuming I qualify, but as I live in San Diego it will be just enough to cover my bills.

Please do not take this as whining.  It is just what I am faced with and I am trying to figure out how I am going to handle it. In a weird way, the items that I can address give me some feeling of control.

 

[Newly Diagnosed - Treatment Questions]

Hi:

I am 52 years old and waiting for my biopsy results that I should have tomorrow.  My Pulmonologist has stated to me that he believes this is Lung Cancer and a very aggressive form of it.  He stated this again after doing the Bronchosopy.  He took a lot of tissue when he was in there.  I had a PET scan yesterday and should get those results tomorrow as well. Brain MRI scheduled the week after next (earliest I could get in).

I have been searching the web for reasons to do, or not to do, Radiation and Chemotherapy. I am single with no SO or real family to speak of.  This really is all about me.  As this disease at the Stage III/IV is almost unbeatable. I am thinking more about the quality of the time I have left then the length of it.  Thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks for reading!