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CAREAK

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  1. SHE HAS JUST COMPLETED HER WEEKLY CHEMO AND IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN A EVERY 3 WEEK CHEMO REGIMEN ON MARCH 16, ALSO TOMORROW IS HER LAST RADIATION TO HER LUNG SHE HAS ALSO HAD RADIATION TO HER HIP, WHERE THE CANCER HAS SPREAD. SHE HAS A TUMOR IN HER SHOULDER AREA ALSO BUT THEY DID NOT TREAT THAT ONE. SHE WAS ON ALOT OF MEDICATION BEFORE SHE EVEN KNEW SHE HAD CANCER, 13 RX A DAY. WE HAVE REMOVED ABOUT 5 OF THOSE SO FAR, THEY WERE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION, ANXIOTY. AND ALOT OF PAIN PILLS, WHICH SHE SAID SHE HAS TAKEN SINCE SHE HAD A STROKE IN 2000.
  2. HELLO, IM NEW TO THIS BOARD. MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NSCLC STAGE 4 WITH METS TO BONE IN NOV 04. SINCE ALL HER CHILDREN ARE GROWN AND LIVING AWAY FROM HER WE HAVE BROUGHT HER TO LIVE IN OUR HOME. HER PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD, 6-9 MONTHS THEY SAY. SINCE MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK, WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR HER TO BE TAKEN TO SOME OF HER TREATMENTS BY THE "ROAD TO RECOVERY" PROGRAM, THEY ARE VOLUNTEER DRIVERS FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. SHE THINKS THIS IS MEAN AND CRUEL TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKE HER THAT SHE DOESNT KNOW. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SHE HAS VERY BAD MOOD SWINGS, AND WHEN SHE IS HAVING ONE OF HER MOMENTS CAN BE PRETTY MEAN AND HURTFUL. WE HAVE ALSO HAD A FEW EPISODE OF HER TELLING US THINGS AND THEN WE FIND OUT LATER THAT IT WASNT TRUE. WE ARENT SURE IF SHE REALLY BELIEVES WHAT SHE IS TELLING US OR IF IT COULD BE THAT HER CANCER MAY BE STARTING TO AFFECT HER BRAIN. HAS ANYONE HAS ANY SIMILAR SITUATIONS WITH A CANCER PATIENT, OR CAN GIVE US SOME TIPS ON WHAT TO WATCH FOR IF IT DOES SPREAD TO HER BRAIN? SHE JUST DOESNT SEEM TO BE HERSELF. CARRIE
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