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Tammie Westcott

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  • Birthday 09/03/1962

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    SOUTH CAROLINA
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    Lung cancer patient/survivor
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  1. Ok, so everything is in except the mutation testing. I am now Stage IV metastatic lung cancer. The PET revealed several nodes in my chest that are affected and the biopsy of the spine came back positive as well. We will be proceeding with palliative care in the form of 2 types of chemo. I have my "Chemo Teaching" on Thursday of this week, port will be placed on Nov 1st and chemo to start shortly after. I have to say here, that I kind of already knew this would be the final outcome of the testing. I just had this feeling deep down inside. What bothered me the most was watching the pain in my husband's eyes, and hearing the tears on the other end of the phone when I told my eldest son the latest news. How do you help your loved ones through this nightmare? I don't want them to change their lives, but I know that they feel compelled to stick close by. How do you try to maintain some form of "Normal"?
  2. Hello I am new to this group. Never thought that I would be here. No one in my family has dealt with cancer before. Luck of the draw, I guess. On October 1st I went to the ER with pain in my left shoulder and pulsing through to my chest. It hurt worse when I tried to take a deep breath. I went, thinking it was heart related...was I in for the shock of my life. I was quickly evaluated in the ER and my heart was eliminated as a cause for my pain. Then came a whirlwind of x-rays and CT's, blood work and Dr.'s asking all sorts of questions. Finally, in the wee hours of the morning, I was given the bad news...they had found a mass in my chest and it was encasing the pulmonary artery. I was being admitted and would be having further testing to confirm a diagnosis of lung cancer. CT's, MRI's, a bronchoscopy, and 2 separate needle biopsies later, I was sent home with a diagnosis of Stage III Adenocarcinoma. I have not received the final staging from the oncologist yet and have a PET scan scheduled for later this week, so I am certain this is not the final staging level. Until all of the testing is done, I sit and wait, and think, and try not to think. To say the least, I am overwhelmed with a mix of emotions and numbness. I go from hope one minute to planning my final wishes the next and all points in between. Mostly I am scared. Scared of the unknown, scared of the pain and other yucky things that go along with this diagnosis. I worry about the financial drain on the family and I worry about my husband and how he is coping with this. Sorry this is so long.
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