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    Jury awards $13.8 million to Smoker's Daughter

    in LUNG CANCER IN THE NEWS

    Posted

    I understand and agree that smokers are well aware of the risks involved, yes. And again, yes, they should quit. BUT many smokers like my hubby started many years before it was even known to cause cancer and certainly long before the tobacco companies admitted to knowingly keeping the cancer risk from the public. There are thousands of people who continue to smoke but are severely addicted to the nicotine. PLUS if you look at the prices for patches etc to help these folks quit, it's insane. These patches etc cost more than the cigarettes themselves. So, yes in some instances for cancer patients I do indeed believe the tobacco industry should be held liable.

    CT scan update

    in HOPE

    Posted

    We "FINALLY" got the comparison ct results back. Impression states improvement...improvement...improvement! :D Also the thrombosis they suspected earlier is just normal plaque in the jugular vein ! :D Also says they suspect bone mets and recommend a bone scan....that's fine cuz the last scan said just arthritis and we're sticking to that one for sure too ! :D

    We've decided to stop the gemzar/carbo due to all the constant transfusions and will begin Tarceva in a couple days. I want a few days so he can get some strength back. But I did manage to get him into the spa today for a bit of water therapy. Poor guy is sleeping it off now! ha ha Bless his heart! :D

    A special thank you to all my friends here and your prayers. Please keep them coming because I believe God is listening to all of us!

    Dodged the bullet!

    in HOPE

    Posted

    Ohhhhhh JUDY!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the BEST news!!!!!!!! Congratulations my friend. I too shall do a happy dance for you today :D Now keep up the good work and enjoy some special time with your hubby!

    :D:D:D:D:D:D

    Hello

    in INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

    Posted

    I too am glad you found this site. My husband also has adenocarcinoma lung cancer and the others on this board have helped me in more ways than I can say. Please return often and ask anything you want because we're here for you. I'll keep you and your husband in my prayers.

    Monday's Air

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    Glad you sailed through the test. I've never had one myself but seems like you're a lot stronger than I could ever be. Please rest and don't look at those cd's cuz you'll just drive yourself crazy. Let us know when you get your results back my friend! Till then, you'll be in my prayers. :)

    Sunday's Air

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    Judy, you must have so much fun on the road :D It sounds like it could really be a blast! Don't worry about your scan, just focus on the positive and remember you've got lots of prayers going out for ya!

    CT results are in but can't see them :(

    in MEMBER UPDATES

    Posted

    Picked up the ct comparison report yesterday. It says.....improvement....improvement and more improvement :D:D It also says possible bone mets and says another bone scan should be done. I don't believe it! The last bone scan was in May and it just said arthritis. So......I shall do a happy dance.....please join me friends? LOL

    PS I slept like a baby last night. First good night in months. And today I feel like I'm 20yrs old again! :D

    Upcoming Scans

    in MEMBER UPDATES

    Posted

    I hope the CT results will be good news for you because you certainly deserve it! How lucky are you to get them so quickly huh? LOL It took ours almost a month. Glad you have such good docs though :D

    Please keep us updated?

    CT scans

    in NSCLC GROUP

    Posted

    Well, while hubby was getting his transfusion yesterday I went to the imaging facility and picked up the comparison report. When they handed it to me it had "one staple" in it with big capital letters saying "To be opened by physician only". Just how long do you think that staple stayed? LOL The very second I got in the car my hands we just shaking and tears starting rolling down my face. I was soooooo scared of what I was going to find. BUT without further delay:

    Improvment..........Improvement...........Improvement :D:D

    It still says they suspect bone mets and recommend a bone scan. But I don't believe that since his bone scan in May said it was nothing but arthritis.

    I gotta tell ya....by the time we got home last night (transfusion was 11 hrs) I was just dog tired. I fed hubby and went straight to sleep for 10 hours! I'm so relieved! Maybe God finally heard the prayers?

    CT scans

    in NSCLC GROUP

    Posted

    I got a phone call today from the imaging place letting me know that the comparison CT scan report is ready. They said I could come pick it up myself. So, while hubby is having his blood transfusion (how many is that now?) tomorrow I'll go get it. Now sure if I should even read it, but I probably will. Next appt with the doc to discuss this scan is on the 26th.

    I listed in the "Hall Pass" section before coming here. I'm taking a day or two off. Need to re-group and pull myself together.

    I'll see you all soon. Hopefully with some good news!

    Wednesday's Air

    in JUST FOR FUN

    Posted

    "recce101"]Congratulations to techie Judy! You also wrote:
    I still hung up going from an email notice of a Lungevity post...

    I wonder if you have a bunch of "temporary" (TMP) files clogging up the works? Computers often get sluggish when that happens, so I always set them to delete TMP files on every restart. There's a neat (and free) little program called CCleaner that does this and other stuff well. The original name was CrapCleaner, but some sensitive soul must have objected, and the name was changed. Anyway, check it out:

    www.ccleaner.com

    Ned

    Woe Ned! I just downloaded that and cleared up 75MB of space! Thanks!

    So many lows and so few highs

    in CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER

    Posted

    I'm having a hard day friends. :cry: Yesterday we had a bit of good news and I was floating on air. Actually we both were. Then today WHAM we get a phone call for an emergency ultrasound because they suspect a blood clot in his jugular vein. Well, they got that off a single CT reading which was supposed to be a comparison which isn't done yet. NO ONE even told us about this test. Anyway, I get him in the car and we drive over there wondering. The girl at the front desk said it was marked as a "stat" and the doctor wanted the results sent to him within 2 hrs. Geeeeezz What's this all about? Still don't know and to be honest, I don't even want to call him and find out. We have an appt on the 26th for the "true" comparison so we'll find out then.

    I'm going on and on....sorry. It's just that it seems as a caregiver you try so damn hard to take care of the one you love. I've fought through so many things as many of you know. It's so hard....I ask myself why is God doing this to us? He allows us one day of hope and then just yanks it away the next. I've been told that God only gives you what you can handle.....well, I think he must have me mixed up with someone else. Sometimes I feel like I'm just going to have a stroke. Would that be ironic if I passed from a stroke before this illness takes him!

    I know that just typing things out helps, or so I've heard. Maybe it just delayed. Say a prayer for us? :cry:

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