ThisIsMonique

Hello Community. We have been posting in the NEW thread, and wonder where this post should go so we will try here. Mom just minutes ago got her results of her biopsy. My Wife is very pessimistic about the outcome, I am optimistic about the results. We wonder if we could get some honest feedback about what the results so far indicate. Not pie in the sky blind optimism, but an honest and accurate sense of what the results really indicate. My wife is of the mind that this diagnosis means Mom has 30% chance to live. I reject all interpretations of " percentages" as I am 21 years sober, and was always told addicts have a 1 % chance of staying clean and " making it" Ok the doctors said.... The tumour in the lung has now been identified: it is an adenocarcinoma. It is "bien différencé" which means that it is contained and can be identified, according to Mom via her Dr. The Dr biopsied the nodes and also removed several of them as they were all enlarged (the size of kidneybeans). All the nodes are attacked (have tumours). Mom says she is an "A 3" Please we do not know what that means help! My Mom continues to say " Her ( The DR.) opinion at this point is that: even though surgery could be performed, combined with radio and chemo, she would have to remove the entire lung (the big one), leaving only 40% respiratory capacity, and scrape various other areas down. She does see this as a viable solution because of its effect on quality of life. She says the treatment they propose is "à visée curative, et non à visée palliative" - this means that they feel they can "get it all" and although one doesn't refer to a cure in the case of cancer, they still call it a curative, not simply palliative. The Dr tells her that her particular type of cancer is not one that progresses quickly.She will be referred to an oncologist and a radiotherapist in about 2 weeks to plan a radio/chemo program adapted to her condition. This delay will not compromise her in any way says the Dr. So dear community, we wonder aloud, can anyone identify with all this? has anyone experienced this? What is " A 3" Would you consider this a dire diagnosis, or a garden variety as it were this is NOT a death sentence diagnosis? Thank you so MUCH for reading my long screed, we are a bot discombobulated as you might guess so mea G-ulpa for it now being very grammatically structured and for being a bit rambling

Again, thanks ALL for your kind and welcome words and continued support. OK today is the day, 1030 AM ,Mom meets the Dr in Montreal to find out the results of her Biopsy, and for us all to find out her diagnosis and prognosis. We already know she HAS lung cancer, but they biopsied the Lymph nodes around the area, and the actual cancer, so today we find out the stage, grade, and future. Wondering aloud, we are in the states, and Mom lives in Montreal, and doesn't as yet have a lot of support up there, is anyone familiar with anyone in the same boat as it were in the Montreal area, or local support networks in that area? The letters everyone here have written have REALLY helped both MOM and my Wife ( We are a married couple, MOM is actually her MOM, but for writing purposes we just call her ma.

Thanks everyone for making us feel so welcome. Wanted to say Mom is now popping Ativan, as a direct response to all of your responses. Also, we have copied and pasted some of the inspirational thoughts from here and sent them to her, and it has really helped both her and us. It must be a drain at times, we see we are amongst not a few members here, to support and respond to the sheer volume of new people and questions, so again we thank you all

Hello Community! We have been distressed to find our Mother has lung cancer.She has already been to the Hospital in Montreal, and just yesterday had her Biopsy. We are anxiously awaiting the result of this. We wonder if initially we might ask a question of everyone? Mom is very anxious, in pain, and generally freaking out about all this. We are seeking any info on post-procedure symptoms for a lymph node biopsy in non-small cell cancer. We have only been able to find information regarding biopsies done under local anesthetic, but nothing under general anasthetic to biopsy the carina nodes. Thank everyone so much! We hope we posted this in the right forum, being new here there seem to be alot of forums, and also ALOT of support! If we should post this in another forum here, thank you in advance for your direction.