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    Odds and Ends

    in GENERAL

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    Hi Joanie,

    I can help you with some of your SSD questions. There is usually a 6 month wait to get benefits. You need to call your SSD office or go to www.socialsecurity.gov. You must have earned enough credits through working. To qualify you must have "a physical or mental impairment that's expected to prevent you from doing "substantial" work for a year or more, or result in death. Hope this helps.

    Joan

    Shortness of Breath

    in NSCLC GROUP

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    Curious as to where u live. Also, the fact that you were discussing this with the nurse practitioner, you should be speaking with the doctor. Your father should have an MRI, CT scans, etc. above and beyond the X-Ray to see if his cancer has spread. It's upsetting to me to hear someone be so flippant as to a medication they obviously know very little about. My doctor says that Avastin will be approved soon as the protocol for certain lung cancers and he is an oncologist at Sloan Kettering.

    Joan

    Pain medicine question???

    in GENERAL

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    Nancy,

    I've been on oxycodone (long acting) once in the morning and once at night for almost a year now. It's been fabulous. There is also a short acting version, but it made me tired, so this just keeps a continuous supply of medication in my body at all times. This was specifically given to me for bone pain.

    Joan

    Incremental Improvement

    in NSCLC GROUP

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    Great news and PLEASE don't let someone who probably just had a fight with his wife upset you. Everyone is human and unfortunately we are probably so much more fragile than most. Go out and enjoy this good news and just forgot your doc ever said that.

    Joan

    LC pt living with a smoker

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

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    This was posted in our LC NEWs section. Not on second hand smoke, but nontheless, interesting.

    Joined: 25 Feb 2004

    Posts: 719

    Location: Chester, VAl

    Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: NICTONE MAY INHIBIT CHEMO FROM WORKING

    I saw a little blip on Good Morning America this morning that nicotine prevents chemo from working. I found these two stories. Well worth reading.

    www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/health/3765859.html

    www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=40829

    Best Wishes,

    Dee

    New and very sad

    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

    Posted

    So sorry to hear about your husband. I can imagine, having 2 young children how hard this must be, but you really need to have hope. We're all here for you, and as I'm sure you've seen, there are many people here who have outlived their dx.

    Glad you've come on board and welcome.

    Joan

    P.S. so sorry about your father

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