Thanks Tom - diagnosed "officially" last week; staffing of my case and staging to occur during the lung cancer team's meeting this Friday morning 10/28/22. I was excited today because I didn't have a test or procedure scheduled and did not have to wear sweats/t-shirt/no metal, take off all my jewelry, not eat/drink, etc.
It's all so overwhelming and is happening so fast. Hope to start chemo next week, and aside from my husband, I haven't told anyone about this yet (was waiting for ALL the information so I could share it in one conversation with each person [son, mother, brothers, girlfriends, etc.] and not have to deal with 15 phone calls/texts a day asking if I found out something else, what the test results showed, when my next test was, etc.).
I appreciate the info you shared above - very helpful - especially the part about living the life that you have. I ride an 850 pound Harley Davidson motorcycle (by myself, in other words, my husband has his bike and I have mine), and this past weekend, we rode bikes all weekend like we always do...rode to another state and back on Sunday. For this reason, I just cannot believe that I am not going to be around in a few months like the stats say for SCLC with malignant pleural effusion. I refuse to believe it - I am going to fight - and whatever happens, I'm going to take your advice and "do something" with every day I get. Thank you!
10 Steps to Surviving Lung Cancer from a Survivor
in Stay The Course
A blog by Tom Galli in Survivor Blogs
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Thanks Tom - diagnosed "officially" last week; staffing of my case and staging to occur during the lung cancer team's meeting this Friday morning 10/28/22. I was excited today because I didn't have a test or procedure scheduled and did not have to wear sweats/t-shirt/no metal, take off all my jewelry, not eat/drink, etc.
It's all so overwhelming and is happening so fast. Hope to start chemo next week, and aside from my husband, I haven't told anyone about this yet (was waiting for ALL the information so I could share it in one conversation with each person [son, mother, brothers, girlfriends, etc.] and not have to deal with 15 phone calls/texts a day asking if I found out something else, what the test results showed, when my next test was, etc.).
I appreciate the info you shared above - very helpful - especially the part about living the life that you have. I ride an 850 pound Harley Davidson motorcycle (by myself, in other words, my husband has his bike and I have mine), and this past weekend, we rode bikes all weekend like we always do...rode to another state and back on Sunday. For this reason, I just cannot believe that I am not going to be around in a few months like the stats say for SCLC with malignant pleural effusion. I refuse to believe it - I am going to fight - and whatever happens, I'm going to take your advice and "do something" with every day I get. Thank you!