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    First treatment questions

    in NSCLC GROUP

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    I can only tell you what my experience was like and as you said everyone is different.

    Some things to be wary of:

    Here are my Survival Tips for a Lung Cancer Survivor!

    Everyone is different!These things may or may not happen!!

    He will most likely lose his hair.

    The radiation will most likely cause some eating issues and burning sensations (they have a magic swizzle to help with this)

    He needs to try and keep his weight up no matter what!! Eat, eat, eat

    He will most likely experience fatigue and nausea

    Try to encourage him(if this happens) to not stay in the bed but to try and be as active as possible

    Get the pain management and/or breakthrough pain under control

    How I dealt with everything:

    Every time I would get a treatment I would visualize it going in and destroying that cancer and every radiation treatment I imagined GOD pulling the cancer right out of my body. At night, I would listen to meditative music to help my mind think of absolutely nothing..

    Even though I didn't really feel depressed after the initial month, I took lexapro as a precautionary measure

    I found a network of friends who were dealing with the same things that I was dealing with (as you have)

    Read books about survivors!! Richard Bloch's book "Cancer, There's Hope and Fighting Cancer"

    Here is a website for the R. Bloch foundation--http://www.blochcancer.org/

    The fortunate thing is that they are able to treat the cancer with an aggressive approach. The bad thing is that it is may be hard on him.

    I think it's okay to be wary about him being sick. Stay on top of it and if you see anything out of the ordinary, I would call the doc immediately. No symptom is too small...Lung cancer is a VERY sneaky disease and we have to be Pro Active in our own healthcare.

    I had combined chemo 3 years ago for Stage IIIB locally advanced disease. I am cancer free and living my new normal. Not only that, I can jog a solid 2 minutes without stopping...woohoo This is doable and I would do it again if I had too.

    Remember that this treatment is only temporary and it will get better

    Prayers for you as you begin this new journey. Please let me know if I can help!!

    I hope this helps!!

    God Bless,

    Jamie

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