So,So new at this, I hope I respond to this correctly. All of your greetings, encouragement, wishes, just plain friendliness, interest & warmth has really touched me. Have been diverted by a virus or would have written this sooner. In answer to Q's, all of my removed tumors were complete separate in diagnosis. I am not clear why they consider me stage IIIB-IV, I have about 100 "spots" in the remainder of my lobes, some malignant, some not (as determined from the one removed). They are not metastisized, however, all separate primary cancers, adenocarcinoma, which the doctors find quite bizarre. One opinion believes it has spread into the bloodstream through the pleural lining, another disagrees. I get my 2 mo CAT scan & see my Onc next week...will find out if the Tarceva is doing anything. Will keep in touch.
Thank You again for your warm greetings,
Molly