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tbonemr2

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  1. Hi folks, heres a legit pic of me at our wedding in June 03. Sorry but I had to crop out wife due to size retraint. In the 3-4 months before the wedding I felt hike hell and was taking a buttload of asprins of all kinds to get through each workday. Had headaches and shortness of breath. Got some antibiotics from doc to no avail.. After wedding found lumpy lymph node on right collar bone. (myself) was then refered to ONC and you all know the rest. CAT. PET MRI.. Good news was no mets to major organs or brain. So here I am, got dose 4 of taxol/carbo yesterday and dose 13 of radiation. Problem is the stupid radiation machine keeps breaking down and I cant ever get a full 5 dose week in. So this means Im going to run into extra doses of chemo until I get to the end of radiation. Well dont feel to bad this morning except for the damned hiccups i get after every chemo. they gave me thorazine for this(you know the drug of choice for psycos) So I should be perfectly sane very soon. Well enough for now might try to get outside a little today as day after chemo is usually my best day. God bless you all Alan and Cindy
  2. Hello, MY name is Alan. Tbone for short. I am 48 yrs old. In August I was diag. with stage IIIb adenocarcinoma in my upper right lung, the node on my collarbone and several other nodes lower down my neck. On 8/25/03 I began taxol/carbo/radiation treatments. Chemo is every Monday for 6wks. Radiation is Monday-Friday 33 times total. I picked this site to post on because it is easy to navigate through and it is also very specific as to the type of cancer. I hope to hear from alot of you about your treatments and your recovery success and or failures. Since I have known of my condition just a little over a month ago I am in the data gathering stage. I guess im trying to see down the road what lies ahead for me. The ONC Doc told me of a 5yr success rate of 10-20% or something, but what does all this mean? The RAD Doc kept telling me how good I was looking. Puzzled by this I ask him why he was so upbeat. He explained my Rad dosage was enough to kill a horse and that an older person would not be able to withstand them. Oh its getting crystal clear now. No wonder I feel so lousy. Well folks I knew id get cancer if I didnt quit smoking but I think I got cheated a little on the age that I got it. I thought I still had some time to quit. Just shows how my luckgoes. This is why I stay away from Las vegas. Well thats my story everyone. Id love to hear yours. send email or post on the site.
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