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    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

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    Welcome, Wennot! My story is similar to yours. I had an upper left lobectomy December 20th, 2007, and three rounds of chemo afterwards.

    I had already started to make healthier lifestyle changes, and am also trying to help my long term health from that angle.

    There are lots of way to advocate for lung cancer. I even got to be a survivor speaker at a fund raising event our own Katie hosted!

    What is average wait tiem for scan results?

    in LC SURVIVORS

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    I get my medical care from the VA, and they are bad about making you wait. This last scan, I called and was able to get a quicker appointment with the oncologist (they had originally scheduled me over 3 weeks after the scan).

    The scan before last, a compassionate scan tech, looking at my history and commenting on how much I had been through, told me right after the scan that it looked good to him.

    NEW TO SITE

    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

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    Welcome, Jane. Glad you found us. I was also diagnosed with a fairly small nodule and had surgery. Because pretty much all the studies that have been done have not shown a benefit from adjuvant chemo for stage I patients, many doctors don't recommend it. While my surgeon thought my cancer was stage I, he was saying I wouldn't need chemo.

    My cancer ended up being stage II, because of a single cancerous lymph node, and the studies done have shown a lower recurrence rate for stage II with chemo, so I did the chemo. Almost all doctors seem to recommend it for stage II patients.

    If you are stage I, you can find doctors on both sides of the fence, when it comes to adjuvant chemo. You'll really need to do your own research and make up your own mind. Most stage I people here seem to have chosen the chemo. Good luck, whatever you decide, and keep us updated.

    Quit smoking

    in GENERAL

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    Same thing here. It's hard for me to watch anyone smoke, and even harder to watch my son and two step daughters do it. My son is now 35, and rapidly approaching the age where smoking starts to rain its damage on you.

    Strangely, my sister quit smoking the same month I did, with neither of us knowing the other was quitting. After my diagnosis, she went in for a scan, which thankfully, was clear.

    The money thing is, indeed, a good motivator. When I quit cigars, five and half years ago, I used the money I had been spending on the cigars to make payments on a new boat. I named the boat, "No Cigar".

    On behalf of my father, Don M

    in GRIEF

    Posted

    Amanda,

    Condolences to you and your family. I am too new here to have gotten to know your father. But I've already run across so many of his old posts that I feel like I know him anyway, and it's obvious that his writings will continue to inspire and inform for a long time to come. So sorry for your loss.

    One Year Follow up

    in MEMBER UPDATES

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    I had chest and abdomen CT scans December 19th, with the follow up blood work and oncologist visit this morning. The results are .......................... NED!

    I came down with a terrible chest cold last week, so my lungs didn't exactly sound too good today. As he listened to me breathe with the stethoscope, the doctor had a look on his face like he was watching a horror movie. I guess major wheezing is not what doctors want to hear from their lung cancer patients.

    But the scans were clear, so I guess recovering from a chest cold at the new year is better than recovering from lung surgery at the new year, like I was doing last year.

    One Year

    in LC SURVIVORS

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    I have survived for a year. The suspicious chest x-ray was in October, 2007, and the CT scan was done in November, but since no biopsy was done before surgery, my official diagnosis was my surgery day, December 20th, 2007, one year ago today. We're having a party this evening at my house to celebrate.

    I had chest and abdominal CT scans yesterday, but I won't know the results until my doctor appointment on January 2nd. But, I have no symptoms, so I'm hoping everything's fine.

    New here

    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

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    Congrats on the great news, Sandra, and welcome to the forum!

    I also had one lobe of a lung removed, and one lymph node tested cancerous, so I did the chemo, too. So far, after a year, I'm also cancer free.

    Keep us up to date, and I'll look forward to your future posts.

    The Overwhelmingness

    in NSCLC GROUP

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    Very well said, Debi. And I agree with Kasey. Here is where you'll find people who truly understand and appreciate those words. Christmas is really going to drive that home for me too, since I was released from the hospital after my lung surgery on Christmas afternoon, last year.

    In our long distance randonneuring rides, we jokingly refer to extra miles ridden because of wrong turns as bonus miles. To me, all the miles I ride now are bonus miles. Not many people would really understand that if I told them.

    A celebration of sorts.

    in LC SURVIVORS

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    Congrats, Geri. I hope it was a wonderful Thanksgiving for you. Your post reminded me of our Christmas last year. I had my surgery on December 20th, and was released from the hospital on the afternoon of Christmas Day. Everyone had waited for the gift opening until I got home. I was pretty puny (40 staples in my side, and I couldn't even put on my socks by myself), but I was home with my family, and it was a wonderful family gathering.

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