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  1. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. I just signed my mother up with an account and she will be on as "SandyG" Thanks again. Rhonda
  2. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. I just signed my mother up with an account and she will be on as "SandyG" Thanks again. Rhonda
  3. Sorry for the long span since I've been back. We've been on a roller coaster in ICU. After clearing out a bad infection in the lung and it no longer being collapsed, she is doing much better. She came home today... 13 days after surgery. She looks good and feels good. I think she is going to be just fine. Lot's of meds and follow-ups to come. I will tell her about this site and get her set up with an account so she can come and explore, learn and share with all of you. Thank you for all of your support. Good luck to all of you on each of your journeys! Jadedparrot (Rhonda)
  4. My mom has been in ICU for 7 full days and since day 4, she has been getting worse. They had to go into her lung today and clean out some thick junk. She is laying there with a mask on because the nose oxygen is not enough. She is moaning and tearing and is pleading with me to take her home. I tried to comfort her and I just couldn't watch her suffer any more. I had to leave. My father and I left crying. I feel so awful for leaving her there alone to suffer. I can't watch. I don't know what to do. I have to assume they know what they are doing and are helping her the best they can. I need a miracle to pull her through. Thank you for all of your thoughts and words. This is so horrible... for my mother and for my dad and I. I pray she doesn't remember these days of suffering. I know I will never forget.
  5. Thank you Patti B. I appreciate a place to go. I will take some time to look around the site and understand this awful disease. I moderate on a telecom website and I know how helpful it is to be in a community of like supporters. It's a shame that such medical issues exist. But as long as they do, we might as well understand the monster vs. hide from it. Thank you again. I am headed back to ICU to see my mother and try to aid her in getting some sleep. I may not be on too often but will check back ASAP. My prayers to everyone out there in this struggle. Rhonda
  6. I (Rhonda aka Jadedparrot) am new to the Lung Cancer world and am here to help myself help my mother. She (Sandy) was diagnosed with Stage 2, Adenocarcinoma NSCLC on Feb. 4, 2009. Right now, she is on her 5th day in ICU. They cannot take her tubes out yet as the lung has not sealed. Today was a rough day for all of us. She cried a lot, has a ton of anxiety and stress and more pain as they are turning down the pain numbing drugs in her back tube. The top half of her right lung was removed this past Wednesday, a bit more then they expected to take. She is not expected to need chemo or radiation. As a 45 year smoker, you always think it will happen to someone else. I am her daughter and I have smoked for 30 years, minus a 8 year hiatus stress sent me back to the pack. Mom and I have been quit for 34 days. As bad as everything she has been through, how can we both want a cigarette more then ever? It amazes me how bad this addiction is. Neither of us will smoke again but it sure is testing our will. Especially mine, as I came home for a few minutes and had to find an outlet for help. I googled Lung Cancer support and found myself here. My father has Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma and has heart disease. He has had 3 stents, two defibrillator implants and quad-bypass. He keeps going, thank God. He will start his chemo treatments again in March. We are not supposed to take on more then we can handle. I have surpassed that, especially on a bad day like today. I am 42, an only child, both my parents have severe illness and I have one knot left on my rope. I'm holding on tight. I'm not looking for pity. I just need a place to deal with this. Thanks for having me. Rhonda
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