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    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

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    Hi There,

    I am so sorry to hear that your family is going through this. It's definitely tough news to be given. I remember when my Father was just diagnosed, he acted as normal as can be. He kept on working up until chemo. Part of being diagnosed is a grieving process.

    I think the fact that the doctors are willing to operate to remove the mass is a positive.

    Lots of luck,

    Shirley

    DEALING WITH LOSS OF MOTHER ( IN MASS)

    in SUPPORT GROUPS

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    Hi Melissa,

    I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my Father- Oct. 2006. It's definitely been hard. For me, it kind of hit me more after the first anniversary.

    Please send me an PM if you would like to connect. I think having someone to talk to who "truly understands" is a huge comfort.

    Best,

    Shirley

    Envious

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

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    Teresa Dear,

    You have the strength already, you may not just be realzing it just yet with the whirlwind of your other emotions.

    The beginning was probably one of the toughest for me. We were sucker punched. If you asked me just a measly 3 years ago, I would not think in a million years that my Father would get dx with LC.

    The way I found my "strength" in the beginning was to research as much as I could - from second opinions to what kind of vitamins may be helpful. Researching and gaining that knowledge made me feel proactive. I did even more research when the cancer started to progress. As a result, I was able to ask doctors informed questions and talk about other viable treatment options.

    Once everything "normalizes" something similar to a game plan will evolve. And it will just be one appointment at the time, one task at a time, and one day at a time.

    Give yourself some credit. I know that you feel selfish - but I really don't think that you are.

    Shirley

    hereditary

    in GENERAL

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    I think being "angry" is ok. Emotions - no matter good or bad are ok. Emotions are normal.

    I can relate to Teresa, it's very hard to think positive when I spent so much time watching my Father get sicker and sicker.

    However, I do think that over obsessing over it isn't healthy, but I think some troublesome thoughts are and are normal.

    This thought has affected me since the one year anniverary just past. It's really tough to think that a tumor could be growing in me right now and that I won't have any symptoms until it is quite advanced. I'm going to be honest, since I've been thinking about this, I've been having what I call some "odd" sensations in my left arm and just random pains. It could be gas (sorry TMI) or it could be something else. I don't know about the rest of you, but the unknown is quite mysterious and it isn't always good.

    hereditary

    in GENERAL

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    I had definitely contemplated playing up some symptoms at my annual to put the bug in my doctor's ear.

    I also thought about the unreliability of xrays but I figured that they would be more likely to pay for that than a CT scan. I figured "better than nothing." I also questioned how safe yearly scans and xrays would be.

    Okay caregivers, need to vent

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

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    Sometimes I too wonder if I had caught on to my Father's chronic cough if the outcome would have been different..... It wasn't until after I was told what the diagnosis probably is that I recalled reading on the back of the Robittussin bottle a long time ago "see your physician if your cough lasts for longer than 2 weeks as it may be a sign of a more serious illness"

    Please don't beat yourself up on this. Like what everyone else has said, hindsight is twenty twenty.

    Shirley

    hereditary

    in GENERAL

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    Thank you so much to all that responded. It sure does put my mind at ease a little bit, but it is very difficult for the me not to think of the C word. I guess I've always been a hypochondriac. I think I was the only elementary schooler to think that I had tetanus after getting nicked by a nail in the bathroom. :lol:

    Shirley

    Waiting for a boost

    in GENERAL

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    Hello,

    To piggy back on other people's responses, if going back to work helps take her mind off of things I say "go for it." My Father had a hard time with this because a lot of times he said he was just "staring at the same 4 walls" he was so bored at home.

    hereditary

    in GENERAL

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    Hi Folks,

    Just wondering if anyone knows how much hereditary plays in lung cancer. My Father had non small cell and was a non smoker. I'm a hypochondriac by nature and don't know what I can do to help myself considering symptoms don't appear until the cancer is pretty advanced.

    Any insight is welcome. I would love to know that I am not alone in this paranoia. My Father's one year anniversary just past and this is constantly on my mind: the "what if" I have it but I don't know it.

    A little background on me. I'm 26 and have never smoked before (not that that has anything to do with it.)

    Ciao,

    Shirley

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