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Sarah

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  1. Wow! I feel almost overwhelmed! There's so much to reply to, so i'll try my best... First of all, thanks to all of you, you're so encouraging. My mother was doing fairly well when I got home yesterday evening. She was experiencing a bit of nausea, despite the anti-nausea drugs they had given her before the Cisplatin, so I mentioned what Carleen stated, that if it became severe they may be able to adjust her perscription so that it's a bit more effective. She was not expecting to be quite as fatigued as she was, so I reminded her that fighting cancer is hard work, and there's nothing wrong with feeling a bit tired! She said they gave her two bags of fluid, one before the Cisplatin and one after, to make sure her fluids were up, and the nurses and my dad both were encouraging her to drink water throughout the treatment, so they seem to have that under control. She's also been perscribed an anti-depressant, which we're quite pleased about since her mood swings the last few weeks have been quite sporatic and unpleasant! We're trying to stay patient with her though. One thing that concerns me is that her blood count is already low from battling the pneumonia, which they said they usually don't worry about until you're a few weeks into treatment. They're going to start giving her Procrit to counteract that. Perhaps this, along with the chemo and stress of course, is what's making her feel so fatigued? Both my mother and father were quite pleased to hear all of your stories of success and the encouraging words you all had, it really brightened our day. I wanted to share something encouraging with you all as well. My father ran into a friend yesterday. He had been battling cancer (not Lung, though. I believe his was Hodgkin's disease) for quite some time. He was in remission for a while but had a recurrance and was staged as a IV. He told my father it had spread everywhere and was just about as bad as it could get, the cancer was literally consuming his body. He kept hope and was persistant with treatments and today is cancer free. If that can't give you hope, I don't know what can. God bless you all, I'll be thinking and praying about all of you. Sarah
  2. I've been "lurking" for the last few weeks but have never posted, but I thought I'd introduce myself as all of your stories and support have already been a tremendous inspiration to me. I'm 23, from Michigan, and about a month ago my mom was admitted into the hospital with pneumonia. She was released a week later, but the pneumonia really wasn't clearing up so they did a bronchoscopy on her and found several spots in her upper right lobe that tested positive for squamous cell carcinoma. A meeting with a surgeon and a mediastinoscopy later we were told there would be no surgery for her, at least not right now, as the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes. So...back to the oncologist, who tells us she's staged at IIIA and suggested a combination of chemo (Cisplatin and VP-16) and radiation, which she begins today. Her oncologist is staying quite positive, especially since my mom is fairly young (she's 51) and quite strong. My mom is incredibly scared to start chemo. She told me last night that she can't stop feeling scared that they're going to be injecting poison into her body. I could only tell her to think of it as medicine, not as poison, and that there's really no reason to be scared when we don't even know yet how her body will react or what side effects may bother her, but she's terrified anyway. I'm sorry this is so long, I just wanted to say hi and to let you all know how encouraging your posts are, and to let you know a little bit about us. Thanks for all the kind words, you give me and my family hope.
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