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Susan, I agree with everything that Diane and Katie said. Dont compare yourself to others,every case is differant. I admire you very much for what you have been doing. It is much more of a challenge for someone who is stage 3 or 4 to do a fraction of what someone stage 1 or 2 is doing. Keep up the fantastic work and attitude!

Hi Janet, I am sorry that you have come to a point where you have to make these decisions. Im sure it is a very hard choice and the last thing you need is guilt. You take that guilt and throw it in the trash can. You dont need it. Im sure your family loves you so very very much but it is your body and your pain. You do what you feel is right for Janet. You have always been one of my favorites here and I always respected your replies to others. I know whatever you decide is the right decision. God Bless!

Two thumbs up Kasey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry about the late reply Bruce. I just now saw the post. i am so very glad for you and hope you have alot more 5s coming up!

I agree with you Bruce on animals being more intelligent than we give them credit for. I also think some animals possess the same emotions humans do(fear,love,anger,ect.)but I try not to think about or my conscience bothers me and Im not ready to become a veggie yet. Goodnight everyone! (click)

Hi Bruce, Happy Thursday everyone. I havent posted much the last year or so. Just alot of things going on and very stressful. Sometimes I hate being a adult. I feel like a little kid in a grownups body sometimes. I always thought my parents had the answers to everything but now I realize they never. They were just doing the best they could.Bruce I understand the watching the calves thing. We moved and I had to get rid of my homing pigeons. They just brought me such a piece of mind watching them fly and lounge around the yard.I hope you all have a great Thursday and my prayers go out to all of you going thru treatment and diagnosis.

Im hopeing and praying that you get great results Susan and sending you a big cyber hug!

Hi caring daughter and welcome. First off I would reccommend to go to the sclc forum here and read Don's story. For heavens sake dont lose hope. There are many here that thought their time was limited and are still here many years later. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mother at this difficult time. May God bless!

Thanks Carol,Katie and Dani.

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Thanks Cindy and Bruce!

Hello everyone, For the last couple of months I have been having a pain that I can control with ibuprofen but maybe its time to see a doctor. It started out as a neck pain that hurt when I turned my head but now I really dont know if its a sinus infection,ear ache,tooth ache or a gland in my neck that is causing the pain. Sometimes I swear the pain is coming from right under my jaw in my neck but other times it feels like a tooth or ear ache. My sinuses are also a mess. Just wondering if anyone else ever gets this pain and how do you track the location down. Thanks.

Susan, it doesnt sound crazy to me at all. I very much had the very same thoughts and feelings and still do at times. My biggest fear and worry was that I didnt want them to hurt. I worried so much about my grandkids who were living with us at the time and how they would ever get by without me. Fortunatley I am still here 7 years later and am able to have a little hindsite. Even if cancer had gotten the better of me and I would have passed on in a short time, I can now see that my grandchildren would have been OK. There lifes were not completly dependent on me as I had thought. There were many others out there who loved and cared for them also. Of course they would of hurt, I have never figured out a way to have love in our lifes without it hurting sometimes. I wish the very best in finding answers.

Donna, Sorry about this latest chain of events. Prayer said for your husband and you at this stressful time.

You are in my prayers Dani. I also have seen here where many have had good results with cyberknife and radiation with brain mets.

Thanks Judy. Lately I have just been so tired. Eveytime I sit down to watch tv I fall asleep. I may fall asleep 5 or 6 times a day. Also I have been having some memory issues and a little comfusion. I just thought it was from not getting enough sleep and a lack of exercise. Also like Katie said, I thought I might need a cpap machine but my wife has one and wont wear it. I tryed it on and I dont know if I would wear it either. Basically dont a cpap machine and being on oxygen do the same thing? And I gotta admt also as you said that vanity or pride about wearing one bothers me. Living in a small town I quess I dont want others my age to know the shape Im in.

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Thanks Katie!

Prayer said for Mitchell. Hang in there Mitch. When I was a younger man in my 30s and 40s I had my own severe bouts with depression. I hope you can find whatever it is you are looking for but in the meantime try to enjoy the ride the best you can. Take care Mitch!

Thanks Diane. I probably will call tommorrow and set up for the test. I know my sister had copd and was on oxygen for a number of years. I know its silly thinking but I tend to think that if I start now that my breathing will deteriate even faster. I only have 1 lung left and Im sure there is damage done to it also from the many years of smoking.

Hi folks, the other day I mentioned in a post( I dont remember what forum or day) that the doctor wanted me to do a night test at home to check my 02 level while I sleep. He seems to think I may need to be on oxygen while I sleep. I dont know if its false pride or fear but the thought of being on oxygen really bothers me. My thinking is if they put me on it at bedtime that it is only a short time away from being on it 24/7. I have to admit that many times I awake at nightime full of anxiety and worry,I dont know if thats from not getting enough air or what. I know this morning when I woke up I was very short of breath for the first hour or so but it got better as the day goes by. I have alot of trouble with plugged sinuses,couldnt that cause the shortness of breath? Are any of you on oxygen yet and how do you deal with it? I quess I just hate the thought of being hooked up to a machine. I need to make up my mind if Im gonna have the test done. Any thoughts on this subject would be appreciated.

I wonder if they will ever find the killer of Jon Benet Ramsey and what the hell I did with that remote control I just had 5 minutes ago.

I may be wrong on this but if my memory is right the air was started by a member by the name of Will. Will worked on a ocean oil rig. He worked so many months on and then had so many months off. He was the one who started it but he only posted every so often. I dont know what ever happened to Will but the air really belonged to Judy in KW. She loved the idea of the air and kept it going when Will was no longer posting. She stuck with it even when there were many slow times and she was the only one posting. I am glad it is still a part of lcsc and I hope it continues to be. I took my grandson fishing yesterday and today and I am sunburned from head to toe. I hope you all have a nice Memorial day! Goodnight eveyone. (click).

Im happy you were able to have surgery. Hopefully they got it all and wont ever return. Myself I went for the chemo after surgery. I want every defense I can get to help keep it from returning. Also on a unpleasant note but very important. Stay ahead of the constipation by taking softners or something. Pain meds can cause it big time. I had no idea that constipation could be so painful. I hope and pray the best for you whatever plan you may choose.

To Judy in KW and all of you with heavy hearts. Goodnight and May God Bless. (click).