MichelleA

MD Anderson Orlando, it is mdandersonorlando.com or .org. I forgot. You will get an appt. w/in 2 days of their receiving your records. Both Moffitt and MD Anderson are great. My father in law didn't get great bed side manner at Moffitt. Michelle

Hi, My fil is in the hosp right now w/ cellulitis and coughing up blood. (You will see his history at my signature) My husband will be there on Weds to be w/ mil & fil and wants to be ready to ask some questions. From what I read on these message boards, I think he won't get avastin because he has had some "squamous" type cells. What are the next line of drugs? What about something called "perfusion" where they put chemo right into the tumor area? He had a red cell transfusion about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and his red cells are back down to almost nothing. I want my hubby to ask about the lc being in his bone marrow. Is anyone familiar w/ this? I'm suggesting this because of the 5cm bone tumor near the hip. He is also being treated for cellulitis around the subcutaneous tumor. All kinds of complications can come from this... Alrighty then. You all seem so knowledgeable. Thank you for your information. love and prayers, Michelle

Because of breast cancer, I've really learned to do research. NSCLC is sooo gloomy and hard to research. I've been reading the posts and they have helped a lot. Again, thank you sooo much for your replies. My husband and I are north of Seattle. My FIL is in Cedar Key, FL, near Gainsville. He started treatment at Moffitt in Tampa. Now gets treatment at the VA in Gainsville, with consults from Shands, across the street. Sincerely, Michelle, praying for a cure, hate this nasty stuff!

Hi All, My fil and I were dx'd w/ cancer 4/18/05, weird, huh? I had breast cancer and have just successfully finished treatment. My fil has nsc lung cancer. At first, the doctors thought it was caught in time to be successfully treated. But that is not the case. He had neoadjuvant chemo, which reduced a 5 cm tumor to almost nothing. He had surgery to remove a lobe of his lung near his heart. He had a clean sentinal node dissection. This was last August. He was given a clean bill of health. By the end Sept, he had severe pain in his right hip, didn't do much because he thought it was because he needed hip replacement. The nsclc came back w/ vengence. The Dr.'s gave him 60-90 days. It is now the end of April, passed his 90 days. Things are not looking good, he is in the hospital with cellulitis and coughs up blood. I appreciate your support. Thanks, Michelle