Darrell

Hi! My name is Darrell. I'm 44 and live in Parkersburg Wv. I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer Jan 22, 2006. The cancer has spread to my left hip and lumbar spine. It hasn't spread to my other lung however. I've had 2 rounds of chemo and am ready to start my 3rd round next Monday Mar 13. I'm heading to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion Ill on March 20th to check out Tomotherapy among other things they offer. I've had such an emotional roller coaster this past month and a half. The doc doesn't want me to have anymore radiation due to a bowell infection. I'm discouraged about that because it hurts for me to walk. If anyone has hip cancer like mine, can you plesae contact me? let me know how you are doing? what did they do to help you? How long did it take? etc.? I just can't imagine that I'm going to have to live with this pain for the rest of my life. Thank you so very much. Darrell

Thank you so very much for responding. I just put this on last night and already have 9 people writing me back. You really do care and it shows. You really do understand and I'm very lucky that you do. I'll drop a post to the small cell forum with my questions. Thank you again for making me happy and a giving me a sense of strength. Darrell

Hello! My name is Darrell. I'm 44yo and have been diagnosed with small cell carcinoma lung cancer. It has spread to my left hip and lumbar spine. I was diagnosed about a month and a half ago. I live in Parkersburg, WV. So many new, shocking, scary and life changing things have happened in such a short time. I'd love to talk to someone who has the same symptoms or close to it. thank you so much for being here. Darrell