Eileen

Hugs to you--we all care. Know that you are never alone, you have many arms here to hold you!

Please let Michelle know you are thinking about her and she is not alone in this world.

Is anyone in contact with her and know her personal info? I am very concerned about her state of mind Michelle if you are reading this, hang in there!!!! We are all holding you in our arms!

Yes Judy. My sister received her diagnosis several years after me but was not as lucky as me. I had stage 1A no chemo nor radiation. Hers had lymph nodes positive so she needed chemo and radiation. Doc staged her at 3a or B. She had another nodule for two years that was not really growing so they recently did a biopsy and it was a different kind of tumor. She just had the cyberknife so we will see the results soon! best to you Key West---my dream place. I am hoping I am able to visit there one day!!!

My sister just had it--She gets a scan soon to see if it removed the small tumor. I will let you know the results Her breathing is pretty bad so docs did not want to operate again (this is her 2nd unrelated tumor--1st was removed surgically several years ago

stage 3B over 4 years!

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My sister did fine with cyberknife. She had it for three days in a row last week. Her first cancer was squamous cell; this one is unrelated and adenocarcinoma--but it has been there for a few years and never really grew. So the prognosis is excellent!!!! she has many other health issues but I am glad this one should be ok best to everyone

You are my heros!!!!

Please let us hope she is so ok--just knocked out from her cruise.

But it had nothing to do with me--by all odds with my pessimistic attitude, I should have been long gone and Katie's dad should be sitting here tending my garden in Long Island( I wish) and I should be planted under the black eyed susans! I guess my point being --please do have an optimistic attiude and whatever you need to do to get through it--what ever way is best for you--go for it!!!!!

what others are trying to say I am not saying it is right or wrong I am just saying not one size fits all One of my friends is a widow here http://www.ywbb.org/forums/showflat.php ... Post806408

He is a movie star!! he even has a book http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-47.html

I used spivea --but I did not really feel it helped I have never had the same breathing since I got part of my lung removed It just is not there any more But that is OK!!! I am still here so what if I walk a little slower --I am still spry but that is just what happened to me!!!

thank you all for your prayers and cat127 for explaining it to me hopefully since this dang thing has not grown in several years she will be ok! my best to everyone

Please come back and post---we miss you!!! and want to know the status no hard feelings--just a difference of opinion! best regards, eileen

Are they for? and at my sisters suggestion --are they worth any money (lol) seriously my sister is the last relative I have left on this earth--she is 65, I am 62. I would crawl up and die without her

But my sister had to have some gold things injected in her before she gets cyberknife(I am not sure of the details) she said make sure we get them out and sell them when she dies I said wait a sec, u are being cremated--she said but gold should seep through the ashes!!! I love my sister so very much--Nothing can happen to her!

I have always related to the pain you have gone through damn---- life should not have to be so tough!! there is nothing worse than losing your mama and losing your father in a way --so very painful however, enjoy your babies! They are so cute! You have had such a rough time--but you have endured!!!! My heart goes out to you hugs from far away!!!

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I think you expressed my feelings very well-- I am sorry the original poster really took offense in my posting and sent me a kind of nasty pm --it was so not appreciated Sorry Michelle, I so offended you, my post was never, never meant to take away anyone's hope. Always have hope! There are tons of stage 4 cancer patients that are still alive after many many years! My intention was to say no one can ever tell another person how to feel about their journey. Each person has to do it their way ! We had Dean Carl on here years ago who opted to do without treatment--but always had a positive attitude. His messages are still here. Maybe he had an unconventional way of doing things, but it was his way and his life! He listened to his birds in his backyard at the end and was very very at peace with his decision. Yes I was stage one and am ok but my sister is not. I also lost both parents to lung cancer. So to say that in the pm to me that because I was stage 1 and imply that I do not know about lung cancer, was just very wrong! again, I am sorry I offended you, I guess I did not get the words across very well However, please do not PM me again, I will delete before reading.

My sister, as many of you know was diagnosed also in 2005 with lung cancer but could only have a wedge resection due to her breathing. We think she was 3A but cannot be sure because all of the lymph nodes could not be got to. She has had this nodule in her lung for three years, it never got bigger. However, she had a recent biopsy at the request of her oncologist and it was positive for cancer. She will have cyberknife on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. It seems like her first was squamous cell--she went through chemo, radiation, the whole nine yards this is adenocarcinoma I know Joel had cyberknife and had wonderful results!!! Thank you

If you look at stats into this, research shows that LC actually goes up a little bit when smokers quit No one knows if that it is because they quit or if they continued smoking cancer would have happened anyway and just a long term effect. Because more and more people are quitting it is hard to tell. Although I quit, I know that it will not help me other than my breathing and otherwise health. At this point it will not stop me from getting a new cancer. I smoked for 30 years, I cannot expect all the harm to be gone in 2 and a half years. But it does wonders for my health and breathing for sure!!!!!

I guess what I am trying to express is "feelings about those personal feelings about cancer do not fit all" It is ok to post what you feel but not to tell everyone how they should feel? Sorry if I have offended anyone but I feel the post should have been about "how I feel about cancer" thanks for listening

I applaud your will power!!! and attitude---good for you and I am happy you are where you are But others have had that will power and they have not had such a happy ending--- I love your will power and attitude but it does not always work for some, I am sad to say. I guess the only thing I am trying to say is will power does not defeat cancer--or we would not have had so many losses on here I think by saying attitude makes a difference is not right. It seems to be saying all the people that died did not have to if they had a better attitude? Just my opinion Please keep up your positive attitude ---!!! my best wishes