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My beautiful mum, Margaret Rose lost her battle with sclc on August 7 2009 weeks after her 60th b/day and less than a year since diagnosis. I thank this forum for all the strong , wonderful caring people whose stories both saddening and inspirational have kept me educated and uplifted whenever I needed it. Though cancer angers me , you people inspire me and each one of you gives a gift on these boards. My mum never visited but I talked to her about it all the time. Stay strong all of you, as my mum always said in her scottish tongue "It's a great life if you don't weaken"

Thx to everyone for your input, I will definately talk to the Onc about it. will keep you updated..thx again Shona

Details of mum's journey below but we have been told 6 to 12 weeks, 2 large mets to liver and 3 lower back which is causing her pain. I ts been 4 days since the onc presented the palliative situation and she's not handling it well, he has prescribed perks for pain, a steroid, a stomache acid thing and something for anxiety and help her sleep, so from absolutely no meds to suddenly 4 diff pills a day plus she's not eating worth a darn, she had one ensure yesterday and kept throwing up as if she had been eating forever, today the same, all she had was some soup and she's gaging and running to be sick. I'm thinking what can she possibly be throwing up, she hasn't eaten anything. My brother and sister live in scotland and are not coming over for another 12 days, I'm terrified they are not even going to make it. I s the throwing up part of it, is it her liver or is it just the stress, any ones input appreciated. I haven't gotten to know too many of you that well but I have read everyones posts and stories since mum was diagnosed back in Sept and it has been a lifeline for me so thx to everyone.

Hi again, Mum is 59 and 8 months since sclc limited diagnosis..2 months since PCI completed.. Just got home from emergency, doc says not good, 2 lesions on liver, took her home on pain med(first time she's had to take anything btw) and call onc in morning. Last scan liver was clear, how bad does this change things? anyone with past experience with liver mets I'd like to know, good and bad...thx a mill Shona

thx, I appreciate the positive thoughts and mine are too, its just all so scary as it comes.

My mum completed her 6th cycle chemo and after recent scan we went for results confident everything would be good and a go ahead for PCI cause mum looks great. Alas lung tumor and lymph node shrunk completely but an area of bone in her back has shown up. he is going to do a bone scan on Fri to take a better look, he says it could be from the neupogen she took for the white blood cells but it sounds like cancer. I am terrified for her. Can anyone with a bone met tell me more. thx everyone. Shona

Mum just finished 30 treatments of radiation, she did awesome but now 3 days after its all done sore throat is kicking in and feeling of heartburn, next chemo for Nov 10th so shes got time to relax. She looks better than she did a month ago but shes very emotional. I get great comfort from this website and peoples stories but she doesn't want to know......is this normal?? or is it a form of denial?? just curious of others experiences!

Hi everyone, my mum is not at the PCI stage yet but I know she is worried about it, I have read a few stories on here where people opted not to have it in case they got a tumor later on. this thread seems to be on the side of it being better to have it?? If radiation on the brain is only a one shot deal and tumor appears sometime after PCI then what would they do as chemo isn't effective on the brain? Its all very confusing and scary. any info appreciated. thx Shona

Hi, I had jumped straight in with the low sodium question without properly introducing myself. Thanks to everyones quick replys, it definately makes you feel like you are in a great place with people who understand everything. My name is Shona(user name just means true matchbox 20 fan for anyone who was curious lol)my mum Margaret 59 just diagnosed on sept 12 with sclc limited stage. She has been in hospital for 3 weeks with the low sodium issue but just got home today and we will take it one day at a time. Heading to Toronto tomorrow for radiation consult and next chemo oct 7. will be reading on here lots for support and already putting all the stats out of my head. bye for now

thank you everyone, after I posted it I realised there was the expert help area, hadn,t investigated that far yet. will keep reading up on everyone. talk soon

Hi, my 59 year old beautiful healthy mum who's never been sick a day in her life has just been diagnosed with sclc limited stage. She has just finished her first 3 day cycle of chemo but she has been in hospital 3weeks now and the reason is her sodium is so low and they just can't get it back up. they were keeping it pretty steady on a fluid restriction but during chemo she had to keep drinking so it went way down again and she is more sick from that than the chemo. Did anyone else remember their sodium being an issue at all? The onc seems quite baffled by it all. I'm so glad to have found this site , the stats are so depressing and scary for me but the hope faith and humour in this one site is uplifting.