Stephanie2024

So appreciate your encouragement and feedback last time I posted! I'm a 46-year-old Chinese American woman with no smoking history, diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer on 1/22/2024, started chemo and Tagrisso on 2/6/2024. I completed 4 rounds of chemo and continue to take Tagrisso and just did MRI and PET scans. Brain MRI showed the met is gone. Other MRIs show some abnormalities in my spinal cord and bones are showing improvement. My PET scan showed decreased but still metabolic activity (SUV) above 2.5 in two bone spots. Primary lung mass is now below SUV of 2. I was disappointed that there is still active cancer in my body after chemo and Tagrisso. I'm hoping that I wouldn't need radiation. My doctor said the scans are all good news, but it's very rare for someone in my stage to ever be cancer free. I re-read Radical Remission about radically changing diets, to eliminate meat, dairy, refined carbs, sugar, leaving only organic fruits, vegetables, beans, seeds, whole grain. I didn't follow that during chemo because I needed nutrition to get through chemo. Now I really want to get some advice on diet. A troublesome side effect I'm experiencing is diarrhea. Most days it's loose stool once a day, but sometimes it's frequent diarrhea, likely caused by certain foods. My worry is that my body isn't absorbing nutrients that I tried so hard to get down even though I don't have much of an appetite, and I would like to treat it naturally before starting to take Imodium all the time. Would so appreciate your advice!

Thank you for your feedback last time! I finished four rounds of chemo and it’s been three months since I started treatment for Stage IV lung cancer (chemo and Tagrisso). I just completed MRI and PET scans. Brain MRI showed the met is gone. Other MRIs show some abnormalities in my spinal cord and bones are showing improvement. My PET scan showed decreased but still metabolic activity in lung and pelvis. Is this expected? I was disappointed that there is still active cancer in my body after chemo and hoping that I wouldn’t have to do radiation.

Thank you for the suggestion for drug to boost my blood cells! I’ll discuss with my oncologist.

Thank you so much for your response and for giving me more hope!

I am 46 year old Chinese female diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. I started chemotherapy and Tagrisso. So far I have done two rounds of chemo. My most recent brain MRI shows the brain mass shrinking from 6mm to 3mm. My lab metrics are all trending down, some dropping below normal ranges. I wonder if I should continue chemo therapy (2 more rounds remaining).