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Desertthorn

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  1. This is getting to be a long saga, I finally got an appointment with the Pulmonologist who showed me the "tumor' . Its about the size of a pencil eraser and he wanted me to take a PET scan, which I did on Friday. Two and a half hours. OMG. So now another wait. On the positive side, it would be Stage One. I have decided that I will go to Seattle Cancer Care Center for a second opinion for treatment options
  2. This is so stupid, So my doctor has now decided that more tests are in order and she is going to send me to the pulmonologist. Okay shouldn't that have been done last month. I really like her but why all the foot dragging I just don't know
  3. You sound like lots of folks including doctors. Nutrition is good, nutrition is a waste of time, nutrition will save your life, nutrition will do nothing. I have also heard the same for vitamins, particularly selelium. But my thought is if I think its helping, then it may just help. I need to do something other than just chemo cause I feel that I'm taking an active role and if it will give me another month, year thats really cool Today I went back to exercising and kept repeating SandraLs statement, cancer hates oxygen, cancer hates oxygen
  4. Another good series which is also on tape and can be found at the librarys is Tony Hillermans Series. The stories take place in Arizona on the Navajo Reservation and there is tons of interesting native american culture. Thanks for the suggestions. I see Patterson all over the place but haven't tried any.
  5. Thats cool to know jaminkw, Hears to health
  6. I sure don't know how I missed it. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction
  7. Desertthorn

    What about

    Nutrition? I know that drinking a gallon of carrot juice isn't going to be an alternative to conventional treatment, but I just finished reading Beating Cancer with Nutrition and the author made some sense, at least to me. He said that getting ourselves healthy would help with Chemo. Has anyone tried this.
  8. Elizabeth Peters is a good read. Amelia Peabody is a 1890ies spinster who marries an archiologist and they just go from one dead body to another. Then as the books go, they have a son who joins in the fray and adopts a daughter. Its a good read.
  9. I have a book by the bed and one by the couch and 2 on order from Amazon. I love mysteries, not blood and guts kind but well female detectives. I have gotten thru about 10 of the Evanovich (Plum) series, and all of the Elizabeth Peters (Peabody) series except the last one. I am also a Harry Potter fan and have reread them twice. Looking for something else.. Suggestions
  10. Welcome Bud, I understand how you feel. I just had my CT scan and waiting for the results. I have been in a continuous panic attact and not doing well at all. I have been doing some reading thought, any books that help Get to the doc cause waiting isn't going to help at all
  11. Welcome Grimie, Glad you found us
  12. Hi Jeanne, I'm with you girl. My DD is 6 year AA and I am so proud of her and you. Welcome to the board
  13. Hi Jackie, Everyone else has given such awesome advise and I am also still very new to this also. I would think a second opinion or at least another MD. He he say this to you. When I go to the doctor my husband hears the positive and I only hear the negative
  14. Hi, Lisa, welcome. I'm also new to the board and its a wonderful support system.
  15. Coke or Pepsi? Coke Tea or coffee? Coffee Wine or Beer? Wine Chinese or Indian? Indian only because I don't get it as much as Chinese Sweet or Savoury Sweet, no savoury, no sweet, heck I don't know
  16. I love curry and my DH hates it so I don't cook it. When I went to the bookstore last week I saw a cookbook with 500 recipes for curry or something like that. I almost bought it but Im on cookbook purchase restriction. I've got a million of them at least. BTW, the hot fudge was delicious
  17. Hi Daughter, thanks for the welcome. Your right about the CT scan but this appointment is free, and you get what you pay for. Its okay, since I found this board, I feel a little better and can wait. I go on the 16th so thats just 10 days from now, and then Ill have to wait another 3 days for THE CALL. Thats going to be hard to wait for. Good to see another member. ((((Hugs))))))
  18. I have been having insomia and I found that if I plug into my radio and listen to a talk show or news I can concentrate on that until I fall asleep. If its really bad, I listen to a book on tape but I end up falling asleep in the middle and need to go back and relisten to it.
  19. You know I just thought about another great thing, I am not going to diet again. I can start eating anything I want and I just might want to eat a hot fudge sunday for dinner. (Its my birthday so why not) But I have some ground round and an artichoke that needs cooking so I think I will have my favorite barbequed hamburger casserole and an artichoke drowned in mayo. AND a hot fudge sunday, with whip cream, with nuts, with a cherry on the top
  20. It's a mod, mod world. Thanks for the support and since you all know what I am going through, I feel more positive and less afraid. I will probably have a million questions but right now, think Ill try cleaning out the dust bunnies from under the bed and exciting stuff like that.
  21. Hi Amy, I just found this board also. Its really wonderful and I feel so much better just knowing these folks are here and understand our feelings and our worries and our pain.
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