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Prayers for a quick recovery.

So sorry Amy. Prayers and Hugs for you and your family. Tammy

Prayers being sent!

Lots of Hugs Randy.

Best wishes for an uneventful surgery and speedy recovery! TAmmy

Congratulations!!! A well deserved victory

Oh Teri, What a wonderful gift! Christmas is for miracles. Tammy

Hi All, Well, first a big thank you to Randy and Hank for the information regarding this clinical trial. I posted in the section under clinical trials too. Oh, and a huge thank you to Katie for this board, without you, we would never have had the information. A big thank you to Kasey for the info on NCI at NIH! Dad has his first scan today after 2 months on the drug and he is stable! He is the first lung cancer patient to show stability. What a christmas gift! He will get scanned again in 2 months. Right now, I just pray to God for little miracles and being able to have the holidays without the "C" word is the biggest gift of all right now. When my mom called from the hospital and said the word "STABLE" you could've knocked me over with a feather! Wow, still processing....

Hi All, Well, first a big thank you to Randy and Hank for the information regarding this clinical trial. Oh, and a huge thank you to Katie for this board, without you, we would never have had the information. A big thank you to Kasey for the info on NCI at NIH! Dad has his first scan today after 2 months on the drug and he is stable! He is the first lung cancer patient to show stability. What a christmas gift! He will get scanned again in 2 months. Right now, I just pray to God for little miracles and being able to have the holidays without the "C" word is the biggest gift of all right now. When my mom called from the hospital and said the word "STABLE" you could've knocked me over with a feather! Wow, still processing....

Oh Rochelle, I am at a loss right now. My heart just breaks for you and your family.. I am so sorry. Prayers and hugs coming your way. Tammy

Great News!!! Congratulations!

So sorry Tina, prayers and hugs for you and your family.

Oh Debi, I am so, so sorry to read this. It was so evident how much you loved Tony. You both fought this disease to the bitter end. You and your family are in my prayers. Hugs, Tammy

So sorry. Prayers for Mitchell and his family.

So sorry.....hugs and prayers for you and your family.

Hi Guys! Dad was accepted into the trial today! Everyone was just wonderful there according to my parents. They also said that if this didn't work they would try to get him into other clinical trials there or at other leading hospitals. Apparently he is # 6 in the trial. It did not work for the first 4 people and the 5th one is getting scanned for results sometime this week. Dad is the first one to get 33% more of the drug so hopefully he will do well with it. I've learned that sometimes you get locked into thinking that the hospital you are getting treatment at (for us it was Hopkins) has all of the information you need but sometimes its ok to go swimming in another pool and checking out the water temperature elsewhere We have HOPE again and that is the best gift of all! Tammy

Thanks Hank!! Any info is so appreciated. He has an appointment to be screened Tuesday the 9th. So far, so good so I hope he gets in. Unfortunately teh other woman didn't get it so he's next for the slot. Please keep me updated on your progress......prayers for good results! Tammy

So sorry, thoughts and prayers being sent.

Yup, thats it

Thanks Randy. We spoke with the nurse up there again today. It looks like as long as he is cleared when he gets up there, he's going to try it. They said that so far they've had 1 success out of 7 patients. Dad is itching to get started ASAP. They are screening someone tomorrow. If she gets in, dad has to wait 2 to 3 weeks for the next slot. If she does not qualify he will be the next slot if he qualifies. Looking at the preliminary report they think he does qualify. Keeping everything crossed Hey, if this doesn't work they are doing a trial with misletoe and Christmas is coming Tammy

Hi Hank, I tried sending you a pm. My dad is now considering this clinical trial. Could you let me know your experience with this drug? We think he qualifies. We spoke to the nurse the other day and his oncologist at Hopkins thinks that it might be worth a try rather than going with Gemzar that they don't think will work. Any additional info would be appreciated. Tammy

Hi, We just found out that there is finally a lung cancer support group in the Virginia Beach area. The first meeting will be on October 25th at 7:00 pm at the Sentara Heart Hospital. Their phone number is 757-388-4268. Just wanted to share if there is anyone in the area. Tammy

Jen, I don't know if it will all "go away" but I wanted you to know that you're not alone. I "grieve" over the loss of the dad I used to know all of the time and of course feel guilty doing so because at least he's still here... My dad was always so full of life and never stopped moving now all he does is sit. I look at the pics of him taking Connor on his first fishing trip and I grieve that it was probably his first and last with his "Cappy". My mom just retired and they should be traveling and enjoying their retirement life but instead they are living in some hotel in Baltimore while my father gets shots, blood tests, etc.. and doesn't have the energy to do much. My family really feels that some of it is from his chemos, his heart, the cancer but we all feel that now it may also be depression (completely understandable.) I finally convinced my mom to say something to the docs up at Hopkins and my dad agreed to see a psychologist that works with cancer patients there at the Hospital. I don't know if thats an option or if your dad would consider it. Just a thought.. Praying for all of you. Tammy

Wow Jamie! Congratulations!!!

Hi Andrea, Hope you guys and the babies are doing well...since we have been researching clinical trials for my dad this week and he is now stage 4 I didn't spend too much time looking at 3B...I did see alot in which the criteria would kick you out with a pleural effusion (my dad keeps getting kicked out due to the many lines of chemo and his heart). There are many things out there and like Randy said....you might want to look into Stimuvax. Since this would be his first line of chemo there are many options out there for him and hopefully some without a placebo. I know they need to do that but my dad just want to see if something works and make sure he is getting medicine. On the clinicaltrials.gov site they are pretty good about info regarding who is eligible and who isn't, etc...Let me know if I can help Tammy