Hello,
I'm new to this board and am learning how to post. This site has been a great encouragement and thank you all. My dad was diagnosed with stage IV adenocarcinoma of the lung on 1/12/04. We learned he has lung cancer 12/1/04 and hoped that he could have surgery, but a needle bx on 1/8/04 determined that it had spread from the left lung to the right lung. He is totally assymtomatic except for a minor cough that is more persistent in the morning. He is eighty years old but in good health and more active than I am. Now he has to decide whether to take chemo or not. If he does take chemo, the MD has recommended cisplantim and gemcitabine. We have a second opinion with another oncologist this week and also next week. I've the posts from Z_Pacific about chemo or not and have appreciated all the responses. Any other ideas and suggestions and words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. These last few weeks have seemed endless - but this site has been a great encouragement. Now I need to show my dad this site also. Thanks so much shirley
