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  1. My mother didn't have success with Tarceva either. That was her first line treatment. She then did 6 cycles of alimta/carboplatin with stability at first but her last scans showed a little growth. She handled the chemo with no problem. She's now on a month break before she is to begin a different chemo regiment. Good luck to you and your family.
  2. Your husband and my mother are similar in that they both were diagnosed in 11/04 with adenocarcinoma. My mother's LC is isolated to both her lungs and lymph node involvement, but so far it hasn't spread. My parents live in Dallas, me in Houston, and she goes to MD Anderson for her scans and treatment evaluations. I talked her into going to MD Anderson for her second opinion and we really liked the doctor there as well as the facility. Her doc. at MD Anderson started her out with Tarceva and now she's on her second round of chemo (alimta and carboplatin). She gets her chemo at her local hospital. She has an appt. at MD Anderson next Tue. for scans and then Thurs. for the results. What the doctor at MD Anderson told us was to get treatment in Dallas but get scans at MD b/c they have the state of the art equipment as well as a whole floor dedicated to lung cancer. So far we've had no complaints, but we're still in the infancy of all this. I'll keep you posted on our experences with them and I hope all goes well with your husband!!!!
  3. Thanks Cindy. I have visited that site and read the cartoon a couple of times but haven't shown it to my mother. You're right, she might enjoy it. My hesitation has been the comic strip is very realistic, and to be honest she's not ready to face reality when it comes to her disease. I know this sounds wrong, but thus far her treatments haven't effected her much at all. Because of this she's able to carry on normally as if she didn't have lung cancer. So what I do is let her keep her head in the sand until things change. I don't know if this is right but my sister and father agree this is best for her now. Our family has never had to deal with disease at all, my grandparents are in their 90s and very active.
  4. Will someone tell me what NED stands for. I know whatever it is it's good.
  5. Thanks everyone. I feel very privelaged to be a part of this board. Fianlly a place I can speak about my mother's disease and have some understanding ears. Spoke to my mother this morning, she had her second round of chemo last Mon. (3-7) and she's doing great. Hasn't slowed down one bit except the fact she's tired around 8pm. I hope her chemo is working. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!
  6. It's good to hear you're in a similar situation with your mother and her treatments. I do ALL the research! Sounds like your mother is doing real well!!! I hope we have a similar outcome. Cancer Center of America is just an option. I'm trying to think ahead to what if MD Anderson doesn't work out. It does sound silly though, since MD Anderson is the #1 cancer center in the U.S. We like it there, however, she gets her chemo treatments in Dallas (that's where my parents live) and comes to Houston for her scans and appointments. This is all still real new and we've only been to MD Anderson twice, but are scheduled to go 3/22 to see how the alimta and carboplatin have been working. We'll keep praying!
  7. I've been reading on this site for about 2 months and decided to finally jump in. I do a lot of researching on the net and this seems to be the most active site. My mother was diagnosed 11/04 w/ NSCLC. Still not clear as to what stage, but she has a 3cm tumor in her left lung and multiple spots in both lungs. Some lymph node involvement. The strange thing about it is she has 0 symptoms, even now with chemo (alimta and carboplatin). I'm going to try and get her on this site but right now she's just sort of ignoring the problem, as is my father. We're thinking about the Cancer Center of America in Tulsa, has anyone had experiece there? Thanks for such a great site!!
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