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I WANT TO THANK THE ONES THAT REPLIED TO MY TOPIC IT MADE ME FEEL ALOT BETTER ABOUT THIS.JUST TO UPDATE ALL OF YOU MY MOTHER IS HALFWAY WITH HER 30 RADIATION TREATMENTS AND ALSO WITH HER CHEMO.SO FAR SHE IS DOING GREAT NOT LOSING ANY WEIGHT,RADIATION SO FAR IS GOOD.CHEMO IS SO-SO SHE CANNOT ACCEPT THE TAXOL BUT NO PROBLEM WITH THE CARBO.SHE IS NOT LOSING ANY HAIR AND HAS NOT BEEN SICK.LEAVE IT ALL IN "GODS" HANDS AND HE WILL DO HIS WILL.ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU.[/b]

Hello, I am new to this so be patient with me. My mother was diagnosed with stage III NSCLC within the last 3 weeks. She is 81 years old we have done the ct scan,the biopsy and the pet scan.It is only in the upper left lung approx. 3cm.x4cm.She only has 55% lung capacity so operating was nulled.The oncologist suggested radiation for 6 weeks.After speaking with him he suggested chemo once a week during radiation.We met with the chemo dr. today and said it would be a lite dose that she would not lose any hair.My mother lives alone within 15 minutes of me i am the only child and i lost my father in sept of 05 to leukimia he was 77.I really do not know what to do or what to expect from all of this.I am really concerned about my mothers health when this all starts as of now she has no symptoms and she gets along well on her own.Is all this worth putting her thru this? please help with anything you can comment on. Thanks mike