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  1. I just wanted to chime in and congratulate you for being such a great advocate for your husband. we had to 'demand' a few tests ourselves, even after my mom's diagnosis was clear, and were always vindicated in doing so. for example, 3 weeks after her surgery, her breathing took a turn for the worse. the on-call doc told me it was par for the course post-op but I took her in anyway, and sure enough she had a blood clot in her remaining lung. so you just keep going with your gut, and keep the faith.

    xo

    amie

  2. I love what Sharyn said - that maybe Keith is giving you signs in the form of new people in your life, a new job that takes you a little further from the outer trappings of acute grief, etc.

    I have no experience that comes close to yours, but you sound pretty OK to me, girl. pretty amazing, actually.

    xo

    amie

  3. sorry to hear you have another diagnosis to deal with. LC was my mom's second cancer, too, and she had many of your feelings. hang in there, sounds like the LC is early on and treatment should be a breeze for a toughie like you. xo

  4. you've gotten great advice already, but I wanted to chime in. read as much as you can/want to, but make sure you ignore the prognoses alot of the literature gives. also, I'm not sure why you're 'assuming satge IV', but never lose hope. mom is stage III3b, and cancer free 7 years after diagnosis. not without alot of difficult treatment, but cancer free and living her life. bring a pen. don't be afraid to call after the appointment if there are questions you forgot. we found it very helpful to make friends with the head nurse in mom's onc.'s office. it's hard to get the doc on the phone but the nurse always takes our calls and has answers for us.

    hang in there, and best to all of you.

    xo

    amie

  5. grateful for my husband, married a year tomorrow. grateful for my new apartment and its fancy new kitchen. I have a dishwasher! grateful that my little boy's first fever came and went without anything more eventful than that. grateful for my friend Pat (see above). my god speaks through her so often.

  6. how fun!

    Amie

    Woodside, Queens, New York City

    union-side labor lawyer

    1 son, 6 months (and 2 days) old, married to David the Irish for exactly one year tomorrow!

    mom Suki is a 7+ year NSCLC survivor. also have a brother, Justin. and a dad Joel, who is my BFF, although he hasn't been Suki's husband for close to 30 years.

  7. white meat. actually I prefer the stuffing, so I put just enough turkey on my plate to justify enough stuffing to feed a small army. last year I was pregnant and couldn't have any of the stuffing (cooked in the bird, risk of raw turkey juices, etc. etc.) so I plan to make up for it this year.

  8. welcome, Maggi and husband. just to give you some hope, my mom's NSCLC came back after a couple years' worth of clear scans and she is now cancer-free again. it was definitely scarier to have it come back, versus the 1st time (which was scary enough, lord knows!) hang in there, and keep us posted.

  9. it is so important to get it all off your chest. 'roller coaster' is exactly how I always describe the experience of LC, for the survivor and the caregiver, as well. I'm sorry the news is so mixed for you guys, but hang in there.

    xoxo

    amie

    my husband is Irish, he would especially love your shirts. xo

  10. well, I finally got off my behind and figured out how to do this myself instead of asking others. I posted a few in Ann's GTKY today, but "just for fun" and for picture-posting practice, here's Levi's first successful back-to-front roll (a few weeks ago, now), amazingly caught on film by a proud mom.

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