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  1. Thank you all for your good wishes and support. I hope and pray that all of you can beat this terrible disease. Carole
  2. sadly my husband died from a massive heart attack before we recieved the bad news that his cancer had spread to his abdominal area. the cancer in the lung had been partly wiped out by radiation but it had spread and ahuge new tumor was in the abdoman. they were not sure what it was but did a needle biopsy. it turned out that it was adenocarcinoma. we are all very sad of course but it may have been for the best in his case. carole
  3. Hi Charlie, I sure hope that ct scan will be fine and you can have the best 3 months of the NYS year off to rest and enjoy yourself. Frank on last week of chemo and radiation. Sure hope he can get summer off as ell. It sure is a tough fight. Carole
  4. My husband was hoarse after the broncoscopy for several months. it was really strange. his voice is ok now but it did seem odd to us that it took so long. but it very slowly got better. carole
  5. Hi Charlie, I am very happy for you. It sounds like all those trips to RP are paying off. Carole
  6. Beth, I am glad the thing is shrinking but I am sorry you don't feel better. Frank, my husband, did not feel well last night but today is much better. I am trying to send positive vibes your way and hope tomorrow you will feel much improved. Carole
  7. This evening my husband had burning pain in throat and sharp pain from neck to above ear on same side as radiation which was given today. I called radiation doc and he said was not sure but if it got worse would meet us at ER. It got better so we did not go. Has anyone had a similar experience? Any ideas as to what it could be. Friday we go back to NYS. Just hope we make trip OK. THank you for your help and support. Carole
  8. Hi Starry, One suggestion I have is to file for child support. Your child's father should be paying if he is not. Also if he has health insurance she should be on his plan. There probably is no waiting period for public assistance if you need to go that route. I am sorry that life is so hard for you right now. I guess you just have to take it one day at a time which is easier said that done. Carole
  9. Charlie, Will add our prayers to yours. Wouldn't be just great if the alima has really kicked that cancer's butt. Hope you are feeling well now that spring is at last in NY......We will be there next week. Carole
  10. My husband is now having radiation 5 times per week and chemo once. He says he is losing ability to taste much. Must be from the treatment(s). Any advice. Will it come back. He loves to eat so this makes me feel very sad.....Carole
  11. I tried to read it before but I could not get open the aticle with my computer. THis is the first time I have read it and it sounds very exciting. I bet the other people could not read it either. Thank you for posting it. I am going to ask my husbands's new ONC about it when we get back to NYS.....His appt will be 27 April. THank you again. Carole
  12. My husband has had about 10 radiation treatments and 2 days ago seemed to lose much of his hearing. could this be from the radiation? Carole
  13. they have changed my husband's treatment. now it will be radiation 5 days per week and carbo,taxotere once a week. this will be until we go back to nys on 23 april and he is evaluated there. right now he just seems tired. what should we expect? thank you. Carole
  14. Beth, I think it must be possible to feel Ok with stage IV. My husband was diagnosed with stage Iv in Nov. after he had a car accident and they were doing routine x rays for broken ribs. good news -ribs fine. bad news 5.5 cent tumor. his only symptom was a slight cough. now of course he is very depressed and who could blame him. Hope you are feeling better today. My husband does not seem to have any shortness of breath. Carole
  15. my husband had 7 carbo taxol treatments and lost almost no hair. so i guess not every one loses their hair. carole
  16. We got the scan results and it seems the carbo taxol not working too well. now there are 2 small spots on the left lung and the mass in the right has grown a bit. so now it will be carbo and gemzar plus palliative radiation. they are now coordinating this with our new and future doc in NYS. After 3 weeks , we will go back to NY. This has been somewhat discouraging as my husband was hoping for better results. the blood he coughed up was probably nothing serious. He starts the radiation on Mon. He is getting top notch service here in SC that is for sure...Carole
  17. Thank you. I told him it is not all that uncommon and it is very dry here in SC. Also there seem to be pollens not common to us from NYS. But since his doc immediately ordered a scan, we should know for sure if the cancer has spread. he has done very well withstanding the chemo. just am hoping it is working well. Carole
  18. this am my husband coughed up some blood. could have been from nose or throat or anywhere. he is starting his 4th round of carbo/taxol. i called onc and he sent him for a ct scan this pm. so now i guess just have to await results. any idea what this could mean. could it be from the cancer? do they cause coughing up of blood. ? this is all very scary. soon we have to drive back to NYS.
  19. that is good news Charlie. I am happy for you. Carole
  20. That is wondeful news Charlie. It gives us hope to hear such news. I hope you can get through the snow to the nearest pub to celebrate. Carole
  21. my husband is just starting 3 ed round of chemo--carbo/taxol. so far he feels ok. i think every case is different. my brother was given 3 months to live in 12/02 with reno cell in lungs ,bone and liver. took little chemo as was violently ill. in april/03 cancer was stable and between then and 12/04 began to vanish. since then no evidence of cancer. !!!!!!md can not explain it. says probably won't last but who knows? so i think there is always hope and you just have to enjoy the good times as best you can. i feel so sorry that you have this ugly disease especially since you are so young.
  22. we got ct scan result today. after 6 weekly treatments of carbo /taxol, all 3 cancer sites had shown some shrinkage. however not enough to do radiation. the md said that to radiate a whole lung might do more harm than good. and since my husband is not having any bad reaction from the once weekly chemo, then will have 6 more weekly treatments and ct scan to see how the tumors like that...i feel this is good news. but is a bit confusing also. but i thought you would be interested in carbo /taxol results as it seems a popular attack mode against the evil nsclc
  23. my husband completed 6 weeks of this and did not lose much if any hair. so apparently not everybody has to have this side effect. he has not been nauseous either. tingling in hands and feet plus minor aches and pains have been the only bad effects. of course we won't know til wednesday if it did any good.
  24. my husband age 74 was dx 23 dec with stage iv adenocarcinoma. 5.5 cm tumor in top lobe of right lung and smaller nodule in lower lobe. also mediosteinal node . tests in er following car wreck found the cancer. really strange. has had 6 carbo taxol treatments and tomorrow has ct scan to see if they worked. they say this tumor is inoperable at this point. we live in sc in the winter and need to get back to upsate ny in april. i had trouble logging on but i have been visiting this site for about 3 weeks and am finding it very helpful. this is a very scary time and confusing as to how to help my husband not to be too depressed. can't really blame him.
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