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THAT IS FANTASTIC!!! I am so very happy for you and also so very proud of you. Carol

Welcome Heather, I know that you will get much encouragement here. Carol

Hello Karen, I had an upper right lobectomy in July of 2005. I also was very scared, no more like terrified. I know that I was given an epidural, I guess that helped with pain. I had this little pain machine on my bed rail and I could push the button to get some pain medication if the pain got too bad. I was up walking the hospital corridor the very next morning. I did not have much of an appetite and then I started to eat because I think my doctor thought something was wrong with me because I was not eating. I was in the hospital for 9 days. I do not know why I was there so long. My doctor I think is just one of those conservatively cautios surgeons. My pain came from the sugical incision healing. I took pain medication for that and it did help alot. I started to take Aleve after a while because the pain medication did constipate me. I did have trouble reaching for things and I found that I walked very slowly. I went back to work at the end of August teaching high school. This surgery is doable. Hey ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I hope and pray that all goes well with your mother. Carol

Definitely get one. You only have to use it when you want to or need to.

((((((((((((((I am so very sorry))))))))))))))))) Carol

Welcome, You sound so very much like your father. He was always so thoughtful and caring. I am sorry for the loss of your dad he was truly a really great guy. Carol

I am certainly praying for the both of you that all is well. Carol

((((((((((((((Pat)))))))))))))))) I am so sorry for your sadness, I pray for peace and comfort for you. Carol

We all have experienced those moments of fear and anxiety. Your life is certainly changed after lung cancer. Some refer it the 'New Normal'. I think as time goes by it will get better. It has been a year and a half for me but I still on occasion take anti-anxiety medication. For you, it is your mother and I know that is very difficult for you. Please do continue to come here for support. We do understand. Carol

I will certainly add your mother to my prayer list.

Geri, Kasey,Don I am praying for the best scan results for all three of you. Carol

Thank God indeed!!! Merry, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Carol

Joan, This sounds like a good question for Dr. West. Praying for the best for you. Carol

I pray that all goes well for both your mother and yourself.

That is the most wonderful, wonderful news!!!

Please take care of yourself Aaron.

FANTASTIC!!! YOUR UPDATE GIVES SO MUCH NEEDED HOPE TO MANY.

I am so sad and so mad! I HATE THIS DISEASE!!!

JanMarie, I am so very sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences to you and your family. Carol

Joanie I have to tell ya. You look so pretty in the wedding picture with your daughter and husband. No one would ever know what you have been through just to look at you. You look like the picture of health and beauty. Just had to tell ya. Carol

I had weekly chemo and daily radiation on my upper right lung and lymph nodes. The tumor all but disappeared and the nodes were free of cancer when I had my surgery.

Ditto Alisa.

Hi Mitchell and Welcome, Mitchell the fact that your mother was able to have surgery is a very good thing. The fact that she was staged II is also very good because that means that the cancer was found in the early stage. It takes a while to heal from the surgery. Please have your mom ask the oncologist about adjuvant chemo. Adjuvant chemo is to have chemo infusions after surgery to hopefully kill any microscopic cancer cells that may not show up on the scans. I had stage 3A lung cancer. I had chemo/radiation, sugery and more chemo. I just told you that so that you can let your mom know that chemo is doable and it is temporary and the results are certainly worth it. Carol

That is wonderful news! Congratulations! Carol

FANTASTIC!!! WONDERFUL!!! THANK YOU!!! AND KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!! Carol