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Welcome, I am praying for your father that he gets the support that he deserves. It is just unimaginable that a veteran would have to be treated in such a manner. Veterans should be treated wherever they live if that is there choice. Carol

I guess I am the only one that chemo made fat. I was told later that there was some type of steroid in my chemo drip that kept me from being sick of the stomach. I know after my very first chemo all I could think about was getting that iv out of my arm and getting to the nearest hamburger joint for a big juicy hamburger. I had recently stopped being a vegetarian after ten years and eat very little meat so that kind of surprised me. I have always been the skinny girl who never gained weight no matter how much I ate. But oh you should see this big butt that is stuck on the back of me now. As far as marijuana goes-I am not going to intentionally inhale anything but air (hopefully unpolluted).

No Donna you are certainly not crazy! You are heartbroken and you are grieving. PLEASE do what you know that your brother would want you to do. Live! Live and help fight this terrible disease of lung cancer. In your brothers memory find a passion and live for that. Live to honor him and cherish his memory. My prayers are for you right now. Carol

Thank you Surveyor, I am also using some of the same supplements that you are using, especially the ones for adjunct therapy. Carol

Fantastic!!! I think you made a wonderful choice! Carol

I am so very sorry for your loss. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. Carol

I am so very sorry for the loss of your daughter. I SO HATE THIS DISEASE WITH A PASSION! A cure MUST be found soon! Very soon!!! The pictures of your daughter are beautiful! I hope that the website helps others who continue to fight the battle against this disease. Prayers. Carol

Wonderful! I know that you had a thankful Thanksgiving! Congratultions! Carol

Thank you Bill. I enjoy and look forward your writings. Carol

FANTASTIC!!! I am so very, very happy for you. Carol

I know the waiting is awful. Please know that I am thinking about you, and praying for you. Carol

Fantastic!!! Wonderful!!! Carol

That is very good news Marie. Carol

THANK GOD!!! THANK GOD!!! I am soooo happy to read your post! I will say a prayer of thanks and continue to keep you in prayer. Carol

Thank you Bill. Thank you very much. Carol

I am saddened to hear that you lost your father. It is good to hear that Jeffrey is back to himself after all that you have been through. Take care and wish you both the best. Carol

I am so very sorry for your loss of your son and your mother. Please accept my condolences. Carol

I was told to come in for my scans and bloodwork. That was it. I would have liked some information on anything that I can do to help prevent recurrence and help with 'survivor fears' and 'hyper-vigilance'. Carol

Oh I SO HATE THIS AWFUL DISEASE!!! I hate that it has taken your sisters life and the lives of so manyh others. I hate what it has done to you and your family. Please accept my condolences. I am so very sorry. Carol

Welcome Becky, It is great to hear that you are cancer free. I am curious to know if you had chemo after your surgery. Again welcome. Carol

Welcome Debra, I hope that you have a good PET scan. You will find much support here. Carol

I am so very sorry. Carol

Thank you Mary. Thank you Connie. Thank you very, very much. Carol

I am certainly praying that all goes well with your scan and that you can continue your adjuvant treatment and move on with your life. Prayers, Carol

Two years ago Sunday. That is when I first spit up just a bit of blood. I immediately thought back to my days in elementary school when they taught us the 7 warning signs of cancer. (That was in fourth grade. I was 56 when I spit up the blood) I knew that spitting up blood was one. I called to make a doctors appointment immediately. Since then I have been through an awful lot and am very grateful this Thanksgiving and everyday. I am extremely grateful for this website. You have all been so wonderfully supportive. It took me a long time to be able to read the posts in this forum. I felt the fear of recurrence and just could not bring myself to read about the fears that other survivors had. I recently ran up on the term,, 'hyper-vigilant'. I guess that is what I have been and it is not good. It is being overly vigilant waiting and watching and looking and thinking and suspecting something is wrong (or cancer has returned) ALL OF THE TIME. I cannot tell you how many entire days I have spent in front of the computer looking up different things to see if I was okay, constantly comparing myself to the signatures of others to see how I compared. The good thing was to find out that I was not the only person with this problem and that it is a recognized problem, this hyper-vigilance. I am going to work on removing the hyper but remaining vigilant. I wish us all well and a cure very, very soon.