hope4her

Its called cisplatin and Gemzar... she gets it for 3 weeks, high doses then normal. then i think she gets a week off, She said she has no pain she is just really sick all the time. I think she is getting a new anti nausea drug this week called emend, Good news is with just one round of chemo she had and the pain has gone away in her chest. She can now lay a certain way without it hurting. Does that mean the chemo is working ?

What would make someone not a good candidate for radiation? I see a lot of people in stage 3 getting radiation .Is this standard ?, Not sure why my sister is not getting it. Maybe it might be because her tumor is near the heart? She just started chemo last week and she said she has ringing in her ears and twitching in her legs. Is that common? Sorry for asking so many ?

I just think everyone on this board is so amazing. In just a few days i have learned so much about my sisters illness. I call her up all the time and tell her there are so many people out there sadly with lung cancer like her and there are so many inspiring stories of strength and courage. I wont push to go on the computer as she feels like hell this week and sleeps a lot but i told her she should go on these boards and she will in time . thank you

I told my sister about the website and she is just so sick she said she just does not even want to go on the computer, She said she has severe diaharear and i told her to call the doctor, She just feels so sick. She did say the pains that she had in her chest wall are going away this has been going on for months before she knew she had cancer. She has very large club fingers as well. She is questioning if the treatment is worth it. Its easy for me to say you can do it but i have no idea the hell she is going through, I just try and be her cheerleader through this. She said they are giving her a combo of Cisplatin and Gemezar, Forgive me on the spelling i am sure i am way off on how to spell the medication. Has anyone been given this combo?

I just want to say thank you for responding and all your kind words, As for why she is not getting radiation that is a good question and i will try and find out why, As for what chemo med she is on i will get the names from her later on. I do know that she is taking 2 kinds chemo 1x week for 3 weeks then she gets a break for a week and that they are giving her very high doses because she is on dialantin for epeleptic seizures, The docs said that dialantin eats up the chemo meds. she has 2 tumors on her right lung and in the lymnodes, she had a petscan and everywhere else is clear. I think there goal is to shrink it this way they can operate. I am not crazy about the hospital she is dealing with and would rather her go to sloan kettering. She is not far from it and if i was there i would just get her in my car and take her there. I have already set it up and all she has to do is approve to send her records, she sounds hopeless on the phone and i cant allow that, I wont. I was also looking into the cyberknife treatment since one of her tumors is in a area that they cant get to. Has anyone had this ? Thank you again

I dot know were to begin, I guess you could say i feel like a bomb has been dropped on my entire family. My sister who just turned 41 was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer stage 3A, I live in another state so it as been unbearable to not be with her. she has 5 children.. She started her first round of chemo on tuesday and when she got home she became violently ill, the doctors never wrote her script for anti nausea meds. I am begging her to get a 2nd oppinion. I find myself crying all the time and very depressed i just want to be with her. My husband has agreed that he will let our house go since we cant sell it in this market and i can move back home to be with her, I have 2 special needs kids and my husband cant come because he needs to keep his job to pay for my place there. I dont dare tell my sister but i am falling apart.