[One Year ago Today]

and many more years to come!!!

jim

[Just One Of Those Days]

Please don't worry about tomorrows....live todays and you will be even happier.

jim

[Camptosar - Irinotecan CPT-11?]

Yes I had it in combination with Cisplaten and had excellent results from the two...can not respond to just CPT-11 as a stand alone regimen.....Wishing you the best possible results.

jim

[Brief Update.]

Keep that attitude, we'll be with ya!!!

luv

jim

[VA Pension/Disability and Lung Cancer?]

My FIL is receiving finanacial assistance for the VA to help cover his nursing home costs. I do not know if he was designated as "Disabled". He was a WWII vet. Talking to the VA is the best thing to do, won't know if you don't ask.

jim

[I need a plumber or this place is haunted]

Next time it does it, lift the top off the toilet, raise the float by hand and see if it stops. Could well be that the float actuated shut off valve is leaking by, creating the noise. Fairly common.

jim

[PUB is Open!]

I'm on my way and have Nancy B in tow. We're gonna sit in the corner and talk racing.....maybe she'll lket me sit in that "Bad Boy".

jim

[Husband dx 1/31/06 State IV NCLC and 12 brain mets]

Hi Linda and welcome to our close family. I was given one year 32 months ago. I am still working full time, fishing as often as I can and truly enjoying my new normal life. As you can see from my profile below, I have had a few Chemo treatments and as others have said..."it ain't all that bad" I have never missed a day of work due to chemo side effects. We are all different and your husband may respond differently, but I would urge him to reconsider, talk with his ONC and "NOT GIVE UP". There is lot of live yet to be lived..."One day at a time".

The early weeks following diagnosis are by far the roughest and scariest and then it does get easier...believe me.

Please keep us informed and we will be here for you and your husband.

jim

[6000 for Katie B.]

Words can not express how much we appreciate all that you and Rick do for all of us. Just know that you are truly "Angels in our eyes".

Thank you

jim

[Tribute for Everyone affected by Cancer...]

"WOW"

Very Moving

Jim

[Rich--Dadstimeon-- Updated]

Rich, don't do this anymore, we need you

Get well soon

jim

[My Experience With Lung Cancer]

He must like me too Rich. My story is a carbon copy of yours....I am approaching 36 months and consider myself a lucky man. I can honestly state that my time following Dx has been some of the happiest of my life.

Thank you for putting into words our feelings.

jim

[low white bloodcount]

That doesn't make sense?????

[rectal bleeding]

I agree 100% with Snowflake. If need be cancel the Colonoscpoy and get to the cause of the bleeding. ASK,ASK and ASK again, until you get the the answers you need.

luv

jim

[My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell, this week]

Hi Jodi and welcome. Don't ever ask for life expectancy....no one can say and we are all different. I am stage IV and asked at the beginning and was given a year.....that was 2 and half years ago. Live and enjoy each day, one day at a time. I truely believe a positive attitude makes a tremendous difference.

jim

[newcomer bcravens -- wife has lung cancer]

Welcome....we'll help you fight the battles.

jim

[update]

Way to go girl!!!!!!!!!!!

Surgery is the best hope for a cure.....go for it. You're going to be a survivor.

xxooxx

jim'

[Martha reminder]

My wife is the official Amie taper. I put a sticky on the Microwave asking that she tape it....Then I'll have you, in all your glory, for posterity

luv

jim

[Who has had a bone marrow biopsy? How did it go?]

Jen,

My mom had one when first diagnosed. Just as the previous posts reported- She left with a band-aid. I held her hand and watched. The key, the onc said, was lots of local, she felt nothing. He basically made a tiny incision in mom's lower back and removed a tiny sample in a glass looking thin straw. We talked right thru it and then went out to lunch. Nancy

[ALYCE IS GONE >>>>]

Larry, I am so sorry, please stay with us.

jim

[good news or bad?]

I'm ready Marie....let's make that a triple fritzie water, straight up.

jim

[ALYCE IS GONE >>>>]

My heart goes out to you and your family. Prayers for all of you and your dear wife.

Nancy

[good news or bad?]

Probably meant NO Surprises were seen and we're on track...enjoy the weekend.

XXOOXX

Jim

[Getting Through Chemo]

Take the nausea medicine ahead of time DO NOT wait to feel it. Take it the night of the Chemo and the next morning. It may be required for several days....it is your friend

jim

[Wow! First Chemo Response]

Glad to hear about your Dad's great response to chemo so far. I only work part-time so I didn't have quite the pressures that you face. I did lots of 5 am drives to my mom's out of state just to take her to her onc, have lunch, and drive 2 hrs home. Don't remember how I did it. You just go. It all seems so long ago, yet just like yesterday. Hope your Dad continues to sail thru chemo.

Nancy