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    Sister has Stage IV NSCLC

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

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    My heart goes out to each and every one of you. Such a very very hard situation. I guess you have to do whatever it is you feel you have to do, given the circumstances at the time. I guess it must be kind of hard to know exactly what the circumstances are if you can't have all of the info about your sister though. Hopefully, things will change and make it a little easier to figure out what to do and above all try to be hopeful. Prayers for you all, Patty

    What do you think???????

    in SCLC GROUP

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    ((((Nancy & Zach)))

    You are so absolutely right. That was so cruel and untrue. No one knows for sure and I just know that trial is going to work for you. Wishing you lots of hope, love, comfort, and whatever you need. Patty

    Why is this Happpening???

    in GENERAL

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    Thanks for the acknowledgement, Eppie, but there is always somebody & lots of people on this board who have suffered way more, so I consider myself lucky for right now.

    I agree with you about those cancer cells, seems to me with all the tremendous wonders of medicine, somebody should've came up with a sure cure by now. Patty

    PUB is Open!

    in JUST FOR FUN

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    Hey CharlieD--why is there yellow ice cubes in the creek? Has somebody been peein' in it? Or does that yellow brick road go thru it? Donna & I are following the yellow brick road with her Italian meatballs and I am Italian too! I'm not "supposed" to drink any alcohol, so I will just have a coffee, strong Italian expresso style, besides I'm goofy enough without the alcohol....just follow the yellow brick road...ha ha...he he...ho ho...oh my!!!!

    Just love you guys!!!!

    Patty

    a new kind of test for me.....need some encouragement

    in MEMBER UPDATES

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    The pulmonologist that I saw yesterday is sending me for an echocardiogram tommorrow. I can hardly wait. At least, they tell me it is not supposed to hurt, is it??? Since the breathing test shows that I have excellent lung function, even with a missing lobe (hooray!), he is checking to see if there is something going on with my heart. I am short of breath easily, was anemic during chemo and I am retaining water with no relief from prescribed diuretics. He said sometimes the chemo affects your heart. I thought, well, that's just great on top of the fact that this cancer may be lurking and spreading as I worry and wait and then also there is my diabetes to affect my heart. I think I am going to take a nap. Thanks for listening, Patty

    Would like some definitions, please.

    in GENERAL

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    I think I must still have chemo brain, too. That, along with a "too many meds", A.D.D., and menopausal brain. I think, (as if I were a good thinker!) that I still luckily have a sense of humor. At least on the days when the hormones aren't in too much turmoil and I am not "in a funk". Patty

    WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR?

    in ADVOCACY

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    The above ideas are sure right on target. I just found this site a whole year after my surgery. I "picked up" a little business card for 'People Living w/Cancer' which when I finally went to the site and read about the statistics for LC, was, to say the least, mortified. Then from there I somehow found the LCSC. I sure wished I had been "given" some info right away about it. Thus, been given more hope, understanding, support etc early on. I had other people call who had other cancers, but it is still not as comforting as communicating with others with LC themselves. So I really wish that I had this kind of support a long time ago, and of course a lap top to go with it! I think that a lot of us cannot sit in front of a regular computer for very long if even at all. Calls and flowers would have been nice too and of course A CURE for LC, no matter if you smoked or not.

    I know, I am asking for too much, but the breast and prostrate cancer people get all kinds of stuff, dont they? They even get a lot more chance of a cure. Why can't we get that?

    Sorry, I will stop, I am getting whiney, Patty

    I'll come when I can

    in MEMBER UPDATES

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    ((((Sue))))) You go do what you gotta do, dear sweet lady, but do come back soon and please keep us posted as to how you are doing. The other dear ladies on here that have lost their husbands need you as much as you need them. I personally can't imagine the pain and don't even want to try to, but I know it's so horribly sad and unfair. I am wishing for you to get whatever it is you need, always, Patty

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