[Dr. mislead me regarding my time line to live.]

Hi all,  

I'm completely a mess after five rounds of chemo and six weeks of radiation to my chest, then ten days of brain radiation. That was back in 2015!!  I'm finally feeling a bit better, but still have every other day "just sleep all day" days. God is getting me through. 

[Dr. mislead me regarding my time line to live.]

Thank you so much Michelle.  I have a pain management Dr., and am on pain meds, because I also have Fibro and 5 ruptured discs in my back and migraines.  And I'm getting epidurals for my spine, but the steroids are giving me a lot of trouble. 

Thanks for your support!

 

Bless ~ Betsy

[Dr. mislead me regarding my time line to live.]

Thanks Tylalla, that was beautiful!  I think I had already chosen to go, and learning that I wasn't going then kind of made me mad!  So I'm going to have to learn to live again.  I've also got tons of other health problems that cause me to be in a lot of pain and handicap me terribly.  But there are still things to live for!

 

Betsy

[Dr. mislead me regarding my time line to live.]

I want to thank the both of you for your replies.  Very helpful and I'm feeling better about my diagnosis.  Blessings to you both! 

[Chemo And Radiation Lasting Effects]

Hi Again!

I was diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer in 2015, and am in remission.  I had 5 treatments of Chemo, and 6 weeks of radiation, followed by 10 days of brain radiation.   I felt so horrible for well, just getting a little better now in March of 2017.  I already had a diagnosis of Depression before treatment, but now it seems to have taken hold and is overwhelming.  Has anybody else experienced no energy, sleeping all the time, and increased depression as long as 2 years after treatment?  My Oncologist says it it due to my use of pain killers which I have taken for at least 10 years, and has nothing to do with the treatment.  Now I have a ruptured disc in my back, and several compressed discs in my neck, Fibromyalgia, which I've had for years, BOOP, COPD, etc, etc.  My hair is dry and my scalp is itchy, and my skin is horrible... dry, flaky, and itchy.  I'd like to hear about other peoples' experiences after chemo and radiation.  Did it make you forgetful?  Were you overly emotional all the time?  Confused?  How long did it last?  I thank you in advance for any way that you could help me. 

[Dr. mislead me regarding my time line to live.]

Hi

I have small cell lung cancer which was diagnosed in 2015 and was told that there was no time that they could give me for when this cancer usually takes peoples' lives.  It was put to me as, don't believe the internet that says 5 years, that's not always the case.  Well as I, thank The Lord, have come upon my 2 year mark with no more growth, my Dr. says, oh Small Cell Lung Cancer usually gives the patient only 18 months to live.  So now that you're at the 2 year mark, you're considered in remission.  If you get to the five year mark, we consider you cured.  I find myself getting very frustrated and angry, feeling sort of..... misled.  What if I did only have 18 months?  I would have lived my life differently if he had told me the truth.  I thought Dr.'s were supposed to be bound to tell you the truth!  Am I just nitpicking?  Or are my feelings valid for thinking this Dr. was totally wrong.