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    Tuesday's Air.

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    Good whatever it is (afternoon, I guess).

    Eric, I do hope that you look for better housing today. I really don't like your description of the gulag. I think everything in NYC is expensive - food, hotels, theater. To get around NYC more comfortably, buy a street map. Parts of the city are easy to understand, tho. The "avenues" run E to W, starting with 1st Ave. You can kind of estimate where something might be on an avenue by how large the Ave. number is. The streets run N-S, with lower numbers closer to the bottom of the Island. There are also some named streets south of the numbered ones.

    I hope you enjoy your theater experience. Yes, I think the price is too high for tickets, too.

    Annette, I've forgotten what happens next with the kid. I hope he isn't sent back to live with you or your mom.

    MI Judy, hope your spasms get better. There must be something to help you. I suppose that's what you are thinking, too. BTW, did you get my response to your pm ?

    Bud, I don't understand why an installed garage door is less expensive than one you install. We're thinking about replacing our door also, and that news is frightening.

    KW Judy, I hope you get your CC problems straightened out. How do you think that happened? What did the CC company say?

    Hope everyone has a good day.

    Muriel

    FRIDAY'S AIR

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    The "crazed man" sounds like someone who received "bus therapy" from the Regional Psychiatric Hosital in Kalamazoo! It's not funny, but in the past, is said to have happened.

    Hope everyone has a great weekend.

    Muriel

    Avastin decertified for breast cancer, lung cancer thoughts

    in NSCLC GROUP

    Posted

    The reason it is not approved for breast cancer is that it has not been found to be effective for that kind of cancer. It is approved for lung cancer and, for many, has been quite effective. It does have risks. All chemo drugs have risks. If a drug isn't effective for a particular type of cancer, it doesn't make any sense to take the risk of using that drug.

    Muriel

    Remember what you were doing 8 years ago today?

    in HOPE

    Posted

    I certainly do! At this time (2:20 pm EDT), I was in my bed following surgery to remove the upper lobe of my right lung. Although I was back at the same hospital 18 mo. later (upper left lobe), I'm still here and doing ok. Last scan was in Jan 2011 and next is in Jan 2012.

    Yes, I'm amazed - as is my family.

    Muriel

    Monday's Air.

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    Yes, Ann, we do have someone from Mpls. Me. It's the most wonderful place in the world - except for the cold in the winter and the heat/humidity in the summer. Let me think about the city a bit and then I'l have some recommendations for you. Where will you be staying? Where is the convention?

    Whatever, you MUST have some walleye pike - battered, broiled, however you like fish. It's great and it's not available here. I'm sure Donna G can add some good words about the city too. She does live a little way south of it, tho.

    Muriel

    new to lungevity-sclc ex doing very well but worried&anxious

    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

    Posted

    Welcome, Dom. I don't know how much help I can be, because I had NSCLC and had surgery followed by chemo - different "poisons" than for SCLC. On the other hand, I did change Oncs 4 times! I moved after the first surgery/chemo and that accounts for the first change. After that, in FL I tried one Onc. who didn't return phone calls and offices weren't very clean, then one who didn't listen to me (neither of us - hubby and me - liked him). Finally went to, as you described yours - "a NIH-recognized cancer center" - MD Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando. By then I had finished chemo a second time (I had a recurrence 18 mo. after completing the first chemo), and am just getting follow-up care, but these people are much more interested in me and more willing to share info/explanations than the other doctors. Your change was a good decision!

    Being a 24 year HIV survivor is amazing. Congratulations! Does that interfere with your cancer prognosis? Well, I guess we don't really like to talk about a prognosis as who knows or can read the future.

    Good luck and please keep us posted on your progress.

    Muriel

    Patti B

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    BARTELME PATRICIA M. "PATTI" BARTELME, (nee Del Greco)

    age 59, of Parma Heights; passed away on June 7, 2011. Beloved wife of Joseph; loving mother of Nicholas; cherished daughter of Concetta and the late John Del Greco; dear sister of Rosemarie (Thomas) Wallen and Frank (Joanne) Del Greco; sister-in-law and aunt to six nieces and nephews. She treasured the love and support of many loyal friends. Patti served at the Brecksville VA Hospital for 22 years. She started working on the wards and ended her career as the secretary to the Chief of the Fiscal Service. Patti was a long-term board member of the Ridge-wood YMCA Swim Team and 2007 recipient of the Y's Volunteer-of-the-Year Triangle Award. She was also an active supporter of the Valley Forge High School Swim Team. In 2010, Patti chaired and organized a walk-a-thon at the Cleveland Zoo, the first in the Cleveland area, which raised $20,000 for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to the "Nicholas Bartelme College Trust Fund" at Dollar Bank, and can be mailed to P.O. Box 29065, Parma OH 44129. Prayers at the Funeral Home on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 10 am., followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 14865 East Bagley Rd., Middleburg Hts., OH at 10:45 a.m. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at the BUSCH FUNERAL HOME, 7501 RIDGE RD., PARMA FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 FRIDAY. www.buschfuneral.com • 440-842-7800

    Published in The Plain Dealer on June 9, 2011

    Patti B

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    I am so sorry that Patti won/lost her lung cancer fight. I had no idea that she was not doing ok. I loved Patti's sense of humor - especiall on the "old" Tues. chat nights! What fun. Also loved her participation in the "Bus Trips" and taking all the blame for people falling off the bus. She was a true treasure.

    Muriel

    Released from surgeon?

    in NSCLC GROUP

    Posted

    My surgeon sent me back to the pulmonologist for follow-up. He the Pulm. didn't think chemo was necessary, but suggested talking to an oncologist. Oncologists (a total of 4 since we moved a month after my second surgery) have provided follow-up since then. Did chemo a second time and have had CTs, Pets, etc since then. At the 8 year mark (from 1st Dx) I'm now have scans and seeing the Onc. once a year. If she were to say that I didn't need anymore scans, I'd freak out!

    Muriel

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