ChristineT

You did the right thing. I never brought my daughter to see my father during his last days. She is 2 also. I thought about it, and now I regret it. So, see, you would have regretted it either way because it is such a difficult thing to lose someone you love so much you second guess everything you did for LONG while. I hope your this post finds you feeling better.

It is hard for people who have never experienced a loss of someone close to them or gone through losing a loved one to cancer to understand sometimes. She may not even realize she is hurting your feelings. I would just come right out and tell her next time that you really can't handle/don't want to talk about lung cancer, etc. It sounds like she is just pulling this out of a hat, like you said, she doesn't know anything about this person's cancer. Like someone else said, she may be doing it to try and get closer to you not realizing how much it hurts you.

That is AMAZING news! GO MOM! I hope she continues to have such positive outcomes FOREVER!

Wow, I haven't posted on here since my dad passed but reading the timeline in my sig and seeing his picture with my daughter is hard. I HATE this disease. I am still so angry. I still hate that it took him so quickly, we had so much hope. I am so sad coming on here and reading the bad news but so overjoyed at the good news. May all of you and your loved ones win the fight against this horrible disease. Thanks for listening and God bless.

I am so, so sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I am so sorry for your loss. God bless you and your family.

Thank you all again for your kindness. I was tearing up reading your responses. It is hard for me to come back here as you can imagine. I do want to stay and offer support wherever I can to all of you wonderful people. It just may take a little while for me to be able to come here as often as I was. God bless!

Thank you ALL for your thoughts and prayers. They mean SO much to me and my family. We are coping, I guess it's never easy. I just can't help but feel like I let dad down. I found his drs, went to his appts, helped guied his treatment and it didn't even matter. I know, I don't want to hear 'you did what you thought was best' and I am not looking for people to feel sorry for me. I just wanted him to have a chance to fight this. God bless all of you living with this horrible disease. I pray you all conquer it.

My dad passed away on Tuesday. It wasn't even 2 months after his diagnosis. You can read the story in my other posts. Basically, the pnuemonia turned into sepsis and he went into septic shock. His kidneys failed and his heart gave out. This is so hard. He never even had the chance to fight. He had such a good attitude. I just feel so defeated. Not to mention sad, mad, etc. This just really stinks.

I have heard of lung fungus sometimes wrongly being diagnosed as lung cancer. Maybe you could check into that. I hope you get some answers soon and that it is good news.

Thanks for all of your replies and continued prayers to all of you and your loved ones! Turns out my dad did have benadryl, aloxi and decadron before his treatment. That explains his increased appetite. He also had trouble sleeping once the benadryl wore off. We are now facing another hurdle as his hernia has caused an intestional blockage and he is in the ER as we speak. I am going to post about it seperately. Thank you again for all of your amazing support!

Hi Marci - Sounds similiar to my dad's diagnosis and he is having the same chemo. Once a week for 6 weeks and radiation 5 days a week for a total of 33 treatments. My dad just had his first chemo last week and starts radiation this week. Prayers to your mom.

Oh, and also, dad said they gave him some other kind of medication also? You think he would know, right What could this have been? I have been reading sometimes they give you a steroid or anti-nausea med before hand. He said after the treatment he was starving (and still was at dinner time). He ate more at lunch than he had in months? I don't get it! And also from what I have been reading this treatment is usually adminstered once every 3 weeks. He is getting weekly treatments. Does anyone know the difference?

*I have no idea if I put this in the right forum so feel free to move if necessary* My dad started Taxol/Carbo today. He will have treatment once a week for 6 weeks. Can anyone tell me the side effects he *might* experience with this? They gave him a script for anti-nausea meds but my mom can't remember if he is supposed to take them right away or only if he gets nauseous. From what I have read, he needs to stay ahead of the nausea, right? When will any side effects kick in? I am totally new to this and was unable to go to his appt so any answers would be appreciated! Thanks!

Rachel - Although I am new to this forum I feel I must respond. My heart just breaks for you. Being a new mother, I really can't imagine what you are going through. PLEASE stay strong. You are so young and have SO much to look forward to. Stay strong for those beautiful children in that photo. Please let love, prayers and peace lift you to fight this horrible disease with everything you have. I will be saying many prayers for you.