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Hi aholler
I had my second opinion at Sloan Kettering, I was very satisfied. I could only be treated with chemo and I am now cancer free with just chemo plus Tarceva. A second opinion is good to get and worth the travel to another city. Keep us posted and stay positive.
Ernie
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Elaine,
I had stage IIIb/IV nsclc. I have never met a survivor that does not believe. He may not believe in God, but he does believe. Some put their faith in their doctor, and medicine, and themselves. I put my faith in all of those and I rely on my faith in God to work through them. I don’t force my faith on anyone, but I feel obligated to tell people about what helped me the most to be cancer free since November 2005. I was given Tarceva along with my chemo and you fit the mold for Tarceva results a lot better than I do. If there is anything I can do to help let me know. Keep the faith.
Ernie
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I just want to thank all of you that have responded. I want to try to chat with each one of you. I am trying to learn all the ways on this site. I just want to encourage as many as I can. I try to share all of the things that I did and still do in hopes that they will get the same results. Going through all the chemo and test and never having any bad side affect has been mind-boggling. I just thank the Lord for each day. Stay in touch.
Ernie
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Petscan,
Your mom's cancer is very similar to my own. Mine was stage IIIb/IV nsclc inoperable and they could not use radiation. I have been cancer free since November 2005. Any way I can help let me know. Keep positive.
Ernie
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Hi Morgan
To have a chance of beating this disease you have to believe that you can. Your mother-in –law would have to start helping herself to beat it. Sometimes hearing about other people beat it helps. You can not believe what the doctors say is your prognosis. Each of us is different. There are no statistics out there based on each one of us. The things we believe and the things we do can out weigh what some doctor quotes from past history. H. R. Bloch was given 3 months to live. He died 24 years later from heart failure. I would read her stories or let her read them and watch for a change in her attitude. Stay positive.
Ernie
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Hi Lennonsgirl,
With your mom‘s positive attitude and your to help, I’m sure you can beat this. I was stage IV inoperable and have been cancer free since November 2005. Learn all you can and then apply it. This is a good place to meet friends that will help. I am new here myself, but I am sure you will meet a lot of friends here.
Ernie
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Hof,
I was told my cancer was inoperable, and there was no cure. I have been cancer free since November. I went to Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. They usually want to give a second opinion before or between treatment cycles. You can call and ask. And make an appointment between cycles. Stay positive. There is no cancer that someone has not beaten.
Ernie
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Chrissy,
It is good if they can operate and remove the cancer with surgery. Don’t be alarmed by the stage IV many people survive this type of cancer. Think positive.
Ernie
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Ned,
Thanks for all the info. I have a newspaper article that I think you would like to read. It’s about what you think and how it affects your health, not just mentally buy the physical things that can happen. Just stay calm and think positive. I will e-mail you the article regular e-mail, because it is a PDF file scanned in.
Ernie
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Ned,
I finally got a post on this sit and even was able to post my Story over on the My Story site. So far so good. They have so many different forums, but I guess I will figure them out. How are you doing?
Ernie
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Chris,
Great to hear from you. There is more to my story and I try to share all I can with others. I came over to this web site because I have been e-mailing Ned and he thought it was a good site. Besides having such good results with my treatment, I have never had a sick or bad day. I give all the credit to the Good Lord.
Is there a spell check on this site? I am such a poor speller that I do everything in Word then paste it.
Ernie
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I guess the photo did come out OK. The phot is of my wife Carol and my Mooney airplane with myself. I hope to find many new friends.
Ernie
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Diagnosed Stage IV lung cancer July 2005. Inoperable and no radiation. I have been cancer free since November 2005. I am new to this site and unfamiliar with all the workings. I don’t even know how this will post. I thought I had put a photo in this will have to go back and check.
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Ned,
This looks like a great web site, but I really do not know what I am doing. Maybe you could clue me in.
Ernie
Statistics, What they really mean to Me
in LC SURVIVORS
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I keep hearing about statistics and I finally wrote what they mean to me. I gave a copy to my oncologist and I think he will use it for some of his patients that are stuck on statistics what he tells people are you are you, the statistic do not apply. He will tell them there chances are a lot better with treatment. Below is the statement. Copy it; save it most of all remember it. They do not mean diddly squat. You can stick your own filters in place of mine and come to the same conclusion and that is statistics do not apply to you. I had a lot more I could have added, but this is sufficient.
Ernie
Statistics what it means to me
Definitions:
1. (used with a singular verb ) the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements
2. The subject of statistics can be divided into descriptive
statistics - describing data, and analytical statistics -
drawing conclusions from data.
When it comes to cancer the data that you read about is based on fact of what has actually happened over a period of time. It is history. To take that data and project it into the future is drawing conclusions.
Let us take a hypothetical example and some hypothetical conditions.
A particular cancer has a statistic of a five year survival of 5%. This is based on fact of what has happened in the past. That means that at the end of five years out of 100 people there was a survival of five. One in 20. Does that mean my chance of survival is one out of 20? The answer is no. There is a statement made in a lot of stock offerings that states: Past performance does not guarantee future profits. Past performance of cancer patients will not necessarily be the same for patients today. We can not change the statistical past, but I believe we can change the chance of survival. Three of the things that I believe effect your chance of survival is:
1. The type of condition of your cancer, type of cell etc. and there reaction to treatment. We can not change this fact.
2. The treatment that the medical profession administers. This is definitely a variable.
2. What we do and believe as a patient. This we have complete control of.
Now let us take those 100 patients and narrow down the field.
1. How many patients continue to smoke? Say 2 that leaves 98.
2, How many patients do not believe the prognosis, and believe that they can beat the cancer. Let us say 48 do not that takes away another 50 and leaves 48.
3. How many are in good health physically? Maybe half of the 48, that leaves 24.
4. How many watch their diet and eat healthy. Say 14.
5. How many of the 14 exercise at least 6 times a week with the idea of improving their body and health? Maybe 4.
So now we are down to 4 people in a field that I would be in. The question is what the statistics are for these four people. The answer is they do not know because they have not done this study to my knowledge. The survival could be anything from 0% to 100%.
If I add to this how many took Tarceva along with Carboplatin and Taxol. You come up with zero for the number of people in a category like me. So there are no statistics that apply to a patient like me.
A big plus
How many believe that God has the power to heal them? I do not have the answer to this but for me it means a lot.