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JohnnyT

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  1. Hi, I'm not a doctor so I can't help you much with regards to treatment alternatives. My wife is on Carbo-Taxol - she has received 4 treatments so far - and she is tolerating is pretty good. New scans are scheduled in January and we are hoping it is working. We are far from talking about CURE but at least she has no pain and we can still live a - somewhat - decent family life. Keep in mind, the decision belongs to your Mother-In-Law. Good luck Johnny
  2. Hi Cherbut, My wife just received her 4th round of Taxol/Carboplatin yesterday and she is doing great. She receives it every 3 weeks and while her blood count goes down a bit, Aranesp (sp.) is helping her in getting back on track. We learned to live one day at a time. Good luck JohnnyT
  3. Does anyone here know of anybody that was cured from Stage IV NSCLC ?
  4. Found out this morning where my wife was bleeding from; looks like it's coming from the small bowels where a tumor has grown. The will try a procedure on Monday by which they cut the blood supply to the tumor. Bad news is she was told that there is a possibility that her primary cancer is now small bowels (which is extremely rare) and not lung as we thought it was. This mean that current chemo therapy she is on is useless. I guess I'll be searching the net for more info. this weekend. Johnny.
  5. Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. I am glad I have found this website and I'll keep coming back. I had to take my wife to the ER last night and they kept her; blood count was at 6 and she is bleeding internally. Her doctor is reconsidering her treatment. They are thinking about possibly doing surgery to stop the bleeding since she is on her 3rd stay at the hospital in a month to get blood. I hope she gets better soon. Johnny
  6. My wife had a lobectomy in March 2003 and she still hurts. She can now barely feel her right breast. Her ribs hurt too! No more bras - plus, I am now restricted to the left breast Johnny
  7. I just came across this website. My wife is 42 years-old and has nsclc; she had a lobectomy in March and was told it was a Stage 1. In July, it had metastasized to her brain; Gamma knife procedure was performed in July and that took care of her tumor. In the meantime, 2 masses were found in her pelvis - biopsies showed it was malignant. She in now on Chemo, 3 weeks in her 1st treatment (Taxol/Carboplatin) and does not suffer side effects too much. Her hair just started falling. Next Chemo treatment is scheduled for Sept. 12. This is the only hope we have at this time. We have to boys (7 and 13) and they don't quite understand. This is a mess.... I am glad I found this website. Looking forward to learn from y'all. Johnny.
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