DianeFox

Beth...my husband Bob had mets to his bones and was in severe pain....he rec'd radiation to his bone mets in April and the Dr. told him to expect the pain to ease in about 3 months....this week he said, the bone pain was gone...he just hadn't realized it because he has severe joint pain from the Taxol chemo. Diane

My Chinese neighbor made Bob a mushroom tea from Reishe mushrooms until her herbalist sold her the capsule form and then he started taking capsules. When Bob and I visited a nutricienist she told us that Coriolus mushroom extract actually was better for lung cancer so now he takes two capsules at breakfast and dinner. She said that the extracts coming from Japan had alot of lead in them and so she recommended a company out of Oregon to buy them from. I look forward to hearing how they are working out for you. Diane

We're in Lake Forest and Bob has a law practice in Waukegan. He is getting his treatments at Highland Park Hospital which is close to our home after University of Illinois told us that standard chemo is standard and he could get it anywhere. Rockford isn't too far.

I have been reading this website for about a month and decided to hop in... My husband Bob was diagnosed with NSLC stage 4 (Mets on his bones) the last week in march this year (and we thought he just had a pulled muscle in his groin) We went to MD Anderson hoping to get into a test study in April. His hip was radiated...then his spine...and then the day after radiation was complete he coughed up blood and they radiated his lung for a week and sent us home. The radiation to his lung eliminated him from a first line test study, so he is getting standard chemo (Carbo/Taxol)here in Illinois in 4 week cycles...every wed for 3 weeks and then one week off. He just completed round four of chemo. After round 3 he had a CT scan and one lung tumor had shrunk and one was the same size but less dense and no new hotspots so he is now considered stable. We are Christians so we placed our hope in Christ years ago for both are years on earth and our future in heaven. We are praying for healing for Bob and I will pray for you all also and hope to be able to contribute to this website as you have all been helpful to me just reading your stories. Looking forward to many posts in the future...Diane