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    Different Docs, same center, different opinions.....?

    in LC SURVIVORS

    Posted

    Ken:

    My dad is a fellow IIIA and is having his 3rd chemo and 10th radiation today. His docs at Johns Hopkin are treating him as curative. Their and our hopes when he finishes his treatment is to have surgery to remove his upper right lobe. Dad had to go to several docs before he found one the he "felt good" with. And I think this is vital. He wasn't out looking for a doctor that promised him only miracles, just someone with a positive attitude. Dad knows what he is dealing with, but believes that beeing surrounded by positive people is 95% of the battle.

    Hang in there Ken. I see that positive attitude in you to. There are plenty of IIIA's out there to give you reason to know that you can beat this. We will be adding you and my dad to that list!!! :D:D

    Blessings to you,

    Teresa

    Am I nuts or can anyone relate?

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    (((Pat)))

    You have endured such heartache in your life, I think is only "normal" to worry some. Please know that everyday I look forward to seeing your smiling face along side your heartfelt words. So many of us here get so much support from you. You are doing wonderful things here for everyone.

    I have ALWAYS been a worrier when it come to my or my family's health. Dad getting lc certainly didn't help matters much. But I must say that I am doing much better now than when I first found out. I am in counseling which is helping alot. I am "learning", or trying to learn, to live each day as it comes. Easier said than done I know.

    You are a remarkable lady. I am so sorry for all your loss. Extra special prayers for you today.

    Blessings,

    Teresa

    Getting to Know You - Better Late Than Never...LOL

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    Ann:

    First I just wanted to let you know how much I missed your questions each day. I always look forward to it.

    The lastest book I read was The Cancer Conqueror, by Greg Anderson. I gave it to dad the day before he started his first chemo because he had gotten really down. He seemed like it helped. He has had the most positive attitude anyway.

    Blessings,

    Teresa

    Insomnia and chemo??

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    Dad wanted me to ask everyone if being tired and sleepy but not being able to sleep is a chemo or radiation side effect. He had his second chemo this past Wednesday and his 7th radiation today and he hasn't slept since Tuesday night. Other than being tired and sleepy he feels great. Not sick and has a ravenous appetite. He didn't bother to ask whether or not he could take a tylenol pm or anything to help him to sleep and I don't know whether that would interfere with his tx's.

    Anyway just asking for any suggestions.

    Blessings,

    Teresa

    Bad news.....

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    Stephanie:

    Hugs to both you and your mom. And I would really love to get my hands on your beautiful Sofie for a hug too!!! What a doll. :D:D

    Hang in there, and know that we are all here for you. Prayers for your family that there will be new options at the meeting next week, and that your mom finds ease from her pain.

    Blessings,

    Teresa

    Scan Results tomorrow.....

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    Prayers for you and your mom Stephanie. Praying for good results!!! Staying positive is hard sometimes. It's okay to have our bad days. Then we come here, and everyone pulls us back together. Thats why we are all each others lc family. No one else can even begin to relate to the feelings we all deal with on a daily basis, which is why coming here is so important. Everyone understands.

    Blessing,

    Teresa

    Something we should have been told???

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    We choose to go with the miracle right now. We will wait and see what happens after treatment. Dad fully believes in the herbal tea he has been drinking for the past 6 weeks. Who knows??!!

    In the meantime...my son has been going to radiation with dad while he is out of school for xmas break. The past 2 days at radiation he told dad that he noticed some cute nurses while he was back getting his treatment. Dad told him that if he thought that that the radiation nurses were cute he should come to chemo with him next Wed., because the chemo nurses are HOT. To say the least, Hunter has planned that his last day of Xmas break will be spent at chemo...checking out hot chemo nurses. Leave it to these two to turn chemo into BABE watching!!!! I luv these 2 more than life it's self!!! :D:D:D Poor nurses won't know what hit them. :wink:

    Blessings to all!!!

    Teresa

    Gratitude - December 28th 2007

    in HOPE

    Posted

    Grateful for my wacky son. He went to radiation with dad yesterday and told him while they were there that he had seen a few cute nurses while he was waiting for dad to finish. Dad told him that if he thought the nurses at radiation were cute then he should come to chemo with him next week because the chemo nurses are "hot". So guess what....Hunter is spending his last day of Christmas break with dad next week at chemo to check out the nurses. Leave it to these two to turn chemo into "babe watching"!! :lol::wink:

    Teresa

    Something we should have been told???

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    As I wrote in an earlier post today, dad had his first chemo and radiation treatment today. (Just saying those words make it so real, dad really does have cancer. I have been able to "pretend" up to this point that everything was normal.)

    Anyway, dad requested a copy of the last CT scan they did a couple of weeks ago. All that he was "told" about the results was that there was no significant change since the last scan. Only slight enlargement in the lymph nodes and a small amount of fluid. When we compared the two ct scan results we were not only shocked, we were confused. The first scan showed the mass in the cavity on the right lung was 3.4 x 3.1 cm and the right hiliar lymph node was 2.5cm. The second ct scan showed reduction in both areas. The mass in the cavity is now 2.2 x 1.7 cm and the lymph node is 1.4 x 1.7 cm.

    Dad has had no treatment and we have shrinkage???? Dad says it is probably from all the biopsies they have taken. Does anyone have any comments on this??? I mean this is the kind of news I was hoping for after he finished his treatments. Shouldn't the docs have commented on this??? Believe me when mom goes back tomorrow with him for radiation she will be inquiring about this.

    Also, thanks for your comforting responses in my prior post today. I had a meltdown knowing that my dad was having chemo this afternoon. Here I was worried that he was going to feel awful and as soon as he got out of treatment he came back by my house for supper. He wanted warmed up leftovers from Christmas dinner because he was STARVING!!!! He was just sleepy because of his "cocktail" before treatment, other than that he was feeling great. He was himself this evening. I think he just had the jitters yesterday. Heck, I know I did. We will SURVIVE this.

    Thank you all so much for your support and prayers. This site is a gift from GOD!!!

    p.s. Thanks Katie for putting dads picture in my avatar so quickly. Isn't he a cutie patootie!!??!!

    p.s.s. Dad is really worried about losing his hair from the chemo. HA!!! :lol::lol:

    Thanks,

    Teresa

    Not the same

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    Well Christmas has come and passed once again. This is usually my favorite time of the year, not this year. I tried really hard to stay positive and just be glad that dad is still feeling great, but....My husband and son left me alone for about 1/2 an hour on Christmas eve and I completely lost it. I was cooking dinner for mom and dad and it hit me like a ton of bricks...Will this be the last time I get to make all dads favorites for him for Christmas dinner??? I think there were more tears in the spinach dip than there was spinach. You could tell that dad was down knowing that he had to start treatment today. He wasn't himself either, no one was. It was hard, everyone trying to pretend like everything was normal.

    As I type this dad is getting his first chemo treatment and then he is off to his first radiation. My heart aches for him. No one deserves this!!!!

    Teresa

    Fluid in right lung

    in GENERAL

    Posted

    Well we finally know when treatment is going to start. Dads chemo and radiation are scheduled to start on 12/26/07. He had a brain MRI and CT scan last Friday and got those results back today. After nothing but testing for the last 4 months his ct scan showed no significant change in the size of the tumor in his right lung, and only slight growth in the lymph nodes. The brain MRI came back clean. PRAISE THE LORD!!!! The only new thing from this CT was that there is fluid in the right lung now. They wanted to do another needle biopsy to see if there was cancer cells in the fluid, but dad refused. He says he has been tested enough, that he just wants to start treament. The nurse told my mom that if there was cancer in the fluid that it meant that dads cancer would be considered incurable. Does that mean that he would be restaged to IV and that surgery would no longer be an option after treatment? Does this fluid go away on its on or will it have to be drained?? Is this just part of the progression of the disease? I have noticed that dad has been coughing and clearing his throat somewhat more since Thanksgiving, could this be why?

    I am just so relieved that treatment is going to finally begin. Mom forgot to ask the type of chemo, as soon as I know I will fill in dads profile. The chemo is supposed to only take an hour and is not supposed to make him very sick, mainly just fatigued. I am thankful that he will at least be able to enjoy eating Christmas dinner. He loves his shrimp, oysters, and ham. (Don't we all!!!)

    I hope all of my LCSC extended family has a blessed holiday season.

    Teresa

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