[not so good news]

Havent been so frequently here on the board.Sorry for that.

My Ct-scan showed small progerssion and have also treated 4 small braintumors-less than 0.7 cm with gammaknife.Now starting Alimta and going to vaccation for 3 veeks to Thailand-need some change in enviroment.Good friend follows me.Now time to enjoy life.

Prayers for us all here

[Good Thougths and Prayers for Cindi O]

Prayers from Sweden too.Have been gone for traveling for a while now back

Good luck to you!!

Lars

[OFF ALIMTA!!!! ........I NEED PRAYERS!!!!]

Prayers also from Sweden.

[Cathy R has passed]

Im so sorry for your loss-she was such a brave woman .Prayers for you and rest of us in this family

Lars

[udate....Cindi o'h]

I havent been so good in posting myself-have read others post now for long time.

I wish you good luck for 20:th .

Keeping my fingers crossed for you and all of us here in our great family

[Too much pain]

I agree with others-get conntact with your doc-there are other medications.You shoudent be in pain!

My prayers for you and hope alimta with do the trick and kick cancer out!

[Alimta Cat Scan Results]

Very good news CharlieD!!Stable is good.You give us hope that chemo can keep it down.I wich you a very happy summer ans lots of bass and trouts!

I was planned for pleurodes today but they say fluid is now stable-hope and pray chemo does it for me to.So ther was no pleurodes done.

still on my first chemo carboplatin and Gemzar.had started my 3 round today.

[pleurodes]

Chemo seems to help on primary tumor but increase of fluid in pleura-planning pleurodes to glue pleuras together.

Anyone have expirience of that?Is it allways sussesful?

[Hello All ( Help! )]

Hello Youngnblessed !

Sorry to find you here on this board.But you will find a lot of encourings here-we are many with LC.Often relatives feel more need for support than the induvidual with LC.

Keep on posting.We are all a big family to support and pray for you

[ALIMTA USERS UPDATE - Reload #6]

Went fishing myself and some good friends this weekend.Got a pike of 6 kilo!

X-ray showed susp fluidincrease but thoracocentes 4 days later only 1 liter-thought to be more.New x-ray showed no fluid and already some shinkage of tumor.Pray this will conntinue!

[adenocarcinom]

Yes-looking at your BIO it looks verty much like my own have started.

Hello Lars,

Working with eccersice amd relaxation.I know the illness is very hard but I will beat it

Lars

Welcome to our site. Sorry you have to be here but as others have said, this is an excellent place for support and comfort.

Your diagnosis is precisely the same as I had just over a year ago. As you can see in my BIO below, it was almost identical. I also started with Gemzar and Carbo and it worked well for me. The pleural effusion was drained immediately and has not returned. In fact, it has reduced significantly with my recent treatment with Alimta. After over a year battling this monster, I still feel great. The only real symptoms I have experienced is with the Chemo. Gemzaar and Carbo weren't bad, just some tiredness and nausea/acid reflux, but tolerable. I have found that the best way to battle it is to stay in as good of physical shape as possible. Lots of walking and challenge yourself to do more. The big thing is to not give up and think that life is over because you have cancer. You probably won't beat it but you can give it a h--- of a run for its money. Faith in God don't hurt either.

Well Lars, again welcome and let us know how you are doing. We are interested and look forward to your future posts. God Bless.

CharlieD

[adenocarcinom]

Thanks for all support.Yes I really learned new things now-do have different aspect and much more passion and tollerans in all my feelings.

3 weeks ago when I got my diagnosis I got allmost into panic-tried to see it as a neutral observer but truth came back-couldnt hide.

Now I tolled all my friends and collerges about my lungcancer-feel support and last days feeling good also in my mind.

Dont feel any nausea or other side effectc of chemo yet

I know Im loved and the battle has started.

[adenocarcinom]

Sorry wrong date got my diagnosis now 11 april-05

Lars

[adenocarcinom]

Hi!

Im Lars living in Sweden and got diagnosed adenocarcinom of rigth lung and pleura spreading 11/04 CT showeds no metastasis.

Used to smoke but stopped 5 mounts ago and same time started to work only daytime 8 hours a day.made a dicision to spend more time with love ones.Working as doctor myself ( GP )

Now since 2 weeks started carboplatin and Gemsar.

Feel the biggest fight in my life has started-have support from family and my church.

Have a feeling that fluid in rirht pleura is now less