Kathy P.

Thanks Tom.

Hi Heather. I too have been diagnosed with the same. I had developed a "laryngitis" this past May 2017 and after 2 family doctor's and 3 ENT's it was discovered I have 2 left lung NSCLC nodules that spread to 1 lymph node. The Cleveland Clinic is where I am seeking solutions, I am definitely scared to death that what they want to do to me will only kill me....more... In your discussions with others, have you come across other therapies that were less toxic, possibly more effective and maybe something you said to yourself "If only I'd have known, I would have done that"? There's a lot online suggesting dramatic nutritional changes, going organic, juicing, no meat, plant based only, no GMO, change to filtered water, remove toxic cleaning agents, etc.. that your body can heal itself. Again, fear and scared to death that I could only encourage the cancer to take further hold by avoiding traditional treatments... Any thoughts? Thanks for taking the time.... Kathy

Is anyone struggling with the concept of Chemo? And the tremendous toxins they want to inject in my body....verses possibly changing lifestyle and going the nutrition route? Of course every family member and friend wants me to go Chemo/Rad. I had 2 nodules removed from my left lung and a lymph node that it apparently spread to... The lymph node resting so close to my vocal cord nerve that I developed a "laryngitis" that caused the need to determine cause when standard measures proved to fail to solve. I felt great, short of the noticeable voice impact, and still do after surgery, short of obvious surgical pain. And to the best of my knowledge... Cancer free... I guess that's not true for quite a while... But I am not interested in the horrible odds of "5 year survival" and to endure all that Chemo and radiation subject you to... for that?? I have been reading up a lot on nutrition and juicing and Organics and GMO and of course I asked my Oncologist if nutrition mattered... "Of course not"... I am meeting with my Thoracic surgeon this coming Friday, Oct 20...I have preliminarily/generically been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma NSCLC. The mutation not yet determined, awaiting results. The surgery was a secondary change of mind, initially they were considering Chemo/Rad first then surgery, but changed direction when they... and They being the Cleveland Clinic in OHIO...didn't feel they had enough of a sample to determine Chemo route... The surgery was basically a wedge biopsy of the lungs having done a biopsy of the lymph node 2 weeks prior. And even though it's in the Lymph node, they are not referring to it as metastatic....yet I suppose... I'm sorry this may be all over the board...but the surgery has bought me time to look over solutions and I'm on info overload. Initially, the Oncologist was suggesting Cisplatin and ALIMTA, but this may possibly change with further diagnosis.... Heard Cisplatin is more worse than C I am scared that I'm adding insult to injury with Chemo. There are sooooo many side affects that all I see is misery before death. Has ANYONE found anything else ... that does not have such a barbaric approach to finding a cure or reversal of our dianosis'. I do not mean to offend anyone who is choosing Chemo/Radiation...