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heather

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  1. Hello all, thanks to everyone who welcomed me.. a week ago. I got my father home almost two weeks ago, after he finished his first round of chemo. They told us that he would get sick, have low immunity, and feel horrible.. Well, it is now the 13th day from that 7-14 day period. NOT A THING!!! Trust me, I am grateful, but it kind of freaks me out wondering if maybe it just isn't penetrating him.. The only side effect so far is that he has lost 16 pounds in the 2 weeks.. Yet he has eaten 3 meals a day, his appetite is well. He says his taste is off but he is hungry. He has his second round of the same chemo drugs in a week, and he is planning to go to Las Vegas to meet his life long friends one day after that treatment ends. Because he thinks that the second chemo series won't effect him either. Honestly it scares me to death because I am not going with him, but then at the same time, I have to still respect him as my father and want him to live his life the way that he wants too.. SO I was wondering if anyone else has had any of these experiences of no reactions to the chemo, but did it still react to the cancer, and does it sometimes creep up on you the second time around? Thanks so much, Heather Dad has lung cancer that has spread to both adrenal glands.. They tell us its "advanced" stage, whatever that means, they don;t tell us anything else...
  2. Thank you to everyone that has responded and even read my message.. I am taking everything minute by minute.. I feel so blessed they have done as much as they have so far for my dad. you know, you get this news and at first so much runs through your head like today would be the last day, and there is too much to do or say to one another.. I am so grateful that they took that horrible swelling away from him. I would have to say seeing my father unrecognizable, and barely able to walk and breathe was tied as the worst with those siezures.. Thank god the seizures werent from anything in the brain, but the lack of oxygen from the tumor compressing the vena cava and pulmonary artery. I never thought I could see him look semi-normal again, so so far so good. Yesterday was his 3rd day of the first time of the chemo, so I hear here is where the down fall can be.. so thanks for all the comments and silent prayers.. and I am sure that I will be back on here, and hopefully to return the kindness and support.. Heather
  3. My father has sclc and was just dx 2 weeks ago, it has spread to the adrenal as well. He has had 2 radiation treatments and now he is going on his 3rd day of his first batch of chemo.. He wants to come home as soon as he can. He has 2 cats at home that are the loves of his life. We keep getting conflicting information as to if they are a danger to his immune system or not when he comes home.. Can anyone tell us from experience? They don't go outside very often and they won't from now on.. Thank you, Heather
  4. Hello there, my mother recommended this site to me, I guess as a support. So I will try it. My dad was diagnosed with sclc a few days ago. It is in his lung and in the adrenal glands and also they say in the lymph chain in the lung. He only had symptoms a few weeks ago where his face and neck sweld up, by the time he was daignosed it was horrible. I guess what happened is that the tumor is so big, it was putting pressure on the vena cava, and it was stopping the bolld and oxygen flow to the head, neck, then arms, under arms, chest etc.. This all happened while he was out of town on work. So I got him home here and took him to the ER and now we have started chemo, he had 2 radiation treatments, which that and the steroids dramaticlly got the swelling down to where he looked more normal and can breath better now. THANK GOD!!! He is handling it all so remarkably, it is so hard when there are so many teams of dr.'s. The Internal medicine group spent an hour with me yesterday explaining to me how important it was that I CONVINCE my dad that he isn't going to live very long, because they said they spent almost two hours trying to and I guess he just kept telling them the chemo was his chance to survive. To be honest he has convinced even me that maybe he has a good chance.. He is amazing me, I have never seen someone be so brave, as he just took a deep breathe while the first flow of chemo went through his veins, as I left I told him he was strong and he was going to kick butt, and he told me he didn't need the pep talk, he knew what he had to do.. so I am living this day by day, yesterday i thought i couldn't possibly take one more day because he is having these seizures from the lack of oxygen, they happen when he coughs and it is unbarable for me to watch. Then there are days like today, and you make it through because you simply have too... So I guess I am just rambling now, but I am sure that I will find information and comfort through this forum, I hope that I can also provide some as well, as we all go through this together.. I am hoping to find as much from you all as I can so that I can help my dad as much as possible.. So please I am open to any comments.. Thank you very much, Heather PS what is this info that you all have at the bottom of your forums, and how do you put it there....
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