Hello all. I am not a patient nor a prime carer, just a very concerned friend. I have been lurking here since March 2004 and have read regularly. It's weird because I feel that I know so much about you all.
My good friend Claire was diagnosed with SCLC limited stage in March 2004 and I was very fortunate to find this site almost immediately. She is a single woman aged 39.
I held off on posting for a long time because Claire did not want to come to this site and I felt that in some way I would be betraying her if I did. I've passed on a lot of information that I've learned here and she's been appreciative but she still won't come here. I finally dragged out of her that the reason is that she is still smoking and she is ashamed of that. I have told her that she won't be judged here, I've printed out relevant threads for her (such as Uncle Doug's one recently) but still she won't come here. I can't make her obviously but I'm sad because it's such a great place and if anyone has any suggestions I'd be grateful. I even contacted a member here directly who kindly offered to correspond with Claire but she still wouldn't.
Anyway, it's come to the point where I need support myself. Although Claire has had NED for some time she is feeling ill again and thinks the cancer has returned. Her next tests are on 10th June.
Sorry that this was so long and thank you all for being here - it's a really fantastic site and has helped me no end over the last year.