squaremaker

hI SANDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I'M NEW TO THIS. YES IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE FLUID WILL BUILD UP. THEY DID TALK ABOUT PUTTING IN A TUBE TO DRAIN. YES SHE IS JUST GETTING CHEMO RIGHT NOW BUT WILL GET RADIATION AFTER THAT. I'M GLAD YOU ARE DOING GOOD. MY PRAYERS TO YOU ALSO. YOU SOUND LIKE A STRONG WOMAN. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED, STRENGTH. RIGHT NOW MY SISTER IS VERY SCARED. OK, ABOUT THE RESPONCE, DO I NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE AND START A NEW FORUM TO TELL ABOUT MY SISTER PERSONALLY? GAYE T

I also wanted to tell you a little about my sister Jean. She is a young 70. She worked every day until her diagnosis. She worked at a small town store where everyone loves her. She is absolutely beautiful inside and out. There are 7 of us sisters in our family and I have always told her she is the prettiest. She is classy and fun. She lives with her hunband of more than 50 years on their beautiful farm in Ohio. She adores her husband and her two children and all the grandchildren. All I want is to have her for a few more years. PLease pray for her. Gaye T.

thank you all for your wonderful responces. my sister had 2 more litre's taken off her lungs monday. she feels better for a few days then it starts filling up again. what is the fluid coming from? Will the chemo help the fluid? She has had her first round of chemo..3 days then 3 weeks off. She has had a little nausea but not that much. She is not in good health. She has had a pace maker for about 30 years and had to have emergency surgery for new one and that is how they found the cancer. It is inopperable . I would love to sit down with her dr. but we get nothing but second hand knowledge. Her niece told us he said prognosis was 7 to 9 months or if she responds well to treatment 17 months. Is this cancer terminal? Please be straight with me. If you know. small oat cell...2 centimeters wih nodes involved. none in body scan , blood work or lung fluid. thank you so much for being here. Gaye T.

can anyone tell me the difference in small cell and non small cell. is it worse to have small cell. my sister was just diagnoised with small cell two centimeters with 2 lymph nodes involved. no more cancer in body scan and none in fluid in lung. since the biopsy they have had to take fluid off about every week. about 2 liters. the dr. is talking poor diagnosis.does anyone know much about this kind? gaye t