Deb IL

I'm a newbie to this board, but the board I go to for pancreatic cancer always recommends the book "Final Gifts". You might find it helpful. It provides a different view of things. Thoughts,prayers,and hope, Deb

Thanks for the welcome. Sorry about you losing your mom to this disease . My mom is a 1 year pancreatic cancer,stage 4 survivor. I say survivor b/c the doc's told us 3-6 months a year ago. Thoughts,prayers,and hope, Deb

Thanks Darrel for the info. Yep, a dang ole' kidney stone may have saved her life. Found the lung nodule from her CT scan for the kidney stone. That's gone now but this nasty ** has grown. It is atypical in shape for either cancer or a benign thing. I do know that atypical is a good thing with cancer from my mom's experience. I do hope and prayt that she doesn't have mets so that surgery is an option. I know with my mom(pancreatic cancer) how lucky she is if surgery is an option. Nothing worse than statistics and no hope! Been there and done that. Sounds like you've had a rough year with some positive things thrown in. I'll be writing down the questions for my friend to ask and I'll also give her and her husband this site. Thanks again for your helpful info. Thoughts,prayers,and hope, Deb

My name is Deb and a friend was recently told that she has lung cancer. If all the scans PET and CT of head are clear they will do a lobectomy on Tuesday. Any suggestions to help her with recovery? Also what questions to ask the oncologist? I've learned with my mom having pancreatic cancer that asking questions and researching treatment options before hand makes the doc visit a little less stressful. I'm so glad that I found this site. Also, noticing some shorthand and not quite sure what some of them mean. Thanks for any info/advice that you can give. Thoughts,prayers,and hope, Deb