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Beatka55

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  1. I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I just lost my dad 3 weeks ago. I never posted a message on this website, but I was always on it and I just wanted to tell you that for about a year I have been reading your messages and it gave me hope and strength when my dad was fighting this disease.
  2. Has anyone heard of the Cancer Treament Center of America? I want my dad to get a third opinion but I'm not sure about this place, I read a lot of good stuff on their website but I want to know peoples opinion. Thanks
  3. You guys are so awsome. God bless you all. I'm so happy that I joined this site and met you all.
  4. Hi everyone, My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer in September of 2005. He had a tumor 7cm x 5cm in his left lung. He had a pet scan done and it showed that there was no spread. He had surgery to remove the tumor and while he was in the hospital after his surgery he was acting very strange. I would tell his surgeon and he would just say that it was the medications that were making him act goofy. The next few days he wasn't getting better so I brought it up again and they decided to do a CT. A few hours later the doctor calls me to tell me that my dad had a mass in is brain. I was in shock how could that be since he had a pet scan and nothing showed up. I found a great doctor at the University of Chicago and I had him transfered the next day. That same week he had brain surgery to remove his tumor which was 6cm large. The surgery was successful but the doctor said that he saw another mass on the other side of the brain on the MRI that was very tiny and that my dad needs whole brain radiation. We saw a radiation doctor at the University of Chicago and he said that my dad will need 14 treatments of radiation and in two months they will do another MRI and if they see that the mass grew they would do gamma knife to kill it. After he completes his radiation he will start on chemo. From what I hear my dad's oncologist is a very good doctor and when I asked him if my dad had a chance he said he thinks he does it all depends on the person and how they react to treatment. Later that week I saw another doctor which is not affilated with the university of chicago and he started giving me stastics on how long people survive with stage IV lung cancer. After that it had totally brought me down. My dad is 53 yrs old and is doing pretty well so far. The reason why I'm writing is to find out if there are people out there who have been through the same thing and survived more then what statistics show and if anyone has survived more then 5 years. I feel pretty positive but I don't know sometimes if it's just denial.
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