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Nina! You are on a roll, girl!!! Funny, Larry! Cindi o'h

Like my sister says, "It's a fulltime job to be poor." Cindi o'h

funny, Nina! Congrats, bun. Can you believe it? Irish is one lucky man. Cindi o'h

Good news for you and Joel, Mar. My scheduled shits have been off too. Was quite worriesome for awhile now, but this morning I think we are back on track. Hope so anyway...Keep our fingers XXX. Love ya, Mar. You are a good one! Cindi o'h

I miss her too...!!! Hope she is giving Dave, the Irish, a run for his money! Cindi o'h

graham crackers with peanut butter and a thin slice of banana? That one suited me and wasn't ALL that bad.

Oh yeah, Shar, You can grow it in Australia if you blokes/mates/sheilas have enough water to keep it alive! (bummer for the drought) good luck with the tennis/soccer/footy/ mate! Cindi o'h

Donna G, This is fabulous! There is hope for the newly dx and those going through treatments. It can be done. Lung cancer CAN be survived. Thank you so much for posting your inspiration survival... NINE years! WOW! Congrats! Cindi o'h

Love to hear this! Congrats! Cindi o'h

There will be a way for him to get properly diagnosed and treated. You have a really good start with the resource that Ernie provided. Sunday is a difficult day to try to do anything via the telephone. Make a list today of the agencies you want to contact and tomorrow get on the horn. He needs to have a thorough workup including all the tests to determine if there are metastases. We will try to help along the way. Sheesh! I cannot imagine your level of frustration getting a big stop sign before your Dad even gets started. Cindi o'h

Kevin, Welcome to our group. I hope that your tests turn up negative for lc. That would be a dream come true. We are here for you whichever way they turn out. Cindi o'h

Aaron, Have you tried your oatmeal with a tablespoon or two of frozen apple juice and a dash of cinnamon? That suits me. I was an oatmeal eater during chemo/rad too... how 'bout that? Nice with a little bran sprinkled on for firm bm's.. I had much trouble with sleep too. I was up to 3 ativans at a time and they began to phase me not. oh-oh. I had tizanadine added to my playlist too. Good sleep doesn't come easy for many who are going through it. Keep reaching in your pockets for something different. And then cycle through those things that you find work for you. Be sure to discuss your sleeplessness with your doc. I think that we need our sleep to rest and rebuild, don't you? And I think Aaron should be rewarded with at least all 3 on his list! What month of the year will it be when you are finished with your treatments? How about a vacation someplace sunshiney; a hotel with a great masseuse and a motorcylce rental shop named Dan's Bigass Motorcycles For Rent right next to your beach hotel? Cindi o'h

I love it so bad.. can't wait for the next adventures... Cindi o'h

So glad you are home too, Pammie. Hope this one is easier for you. Christmas blessings to you and your family also. Cindi o'h

Oh Donna, He was such a special light in your life. Mark was the best friend and brother and mentor. He held a very important role in your life. Of course you are empty without his presence. Naturally it will take a long time to adjust your life without his vigor and guidance. I went to see a grief counselor a couple of times. I think it helped me get over a bump or two. Cried my puffy eyes out, I remember that much. Faucets full blast. Hope you can find a way to see yourself through. Remember... if what you have been trying doesn't seem to be helping, then try something else. Okay? love, Cindi o'h

Good to see you post again, Trish. As with all others here, condolences on the passing of your father. And with all that was going on with Jeffrey your heart must have been pulled apart over the miles. You are a survivor too aren't you? Glad that Jeffrey is feeling better. He looks the picture of health again in your new avatar. Stop in more often with more updates! Cindi o'h

Fun and funny!

Good luck, Christy! I just know you will ACE the test. And I know you will serve your patients well. All good CNA's shoot straight up to heaven! (no passing "Go") love, Cindi o'h

Hi Mitchell. Every one of us has gone through the fears that you describe. The farther out from diagnosis, the smaller they become. What helped me with the fears was a tiny pill called ativan. Another was the fact that so many people were praying for me. Even from great distances. Even people that I didn't know. That was nice. Something else that helped was a gutt feeling I had that I was going to survive this thing. I don't know where that feeling came from, but it saved me alot of worry. Too bad Mom is hurting and having a tough time with her breathing. This doesn't help with the fear factor. As you plan for and become involved in her adjuvant tx, you both will feel a whole lot better. I am going to be sending my now retired radiation oncologist a note of thanks for burning the dickens outta me 4 years ago! I was stagelllb; Too late stage for lucky surgery. Glad you posted! Cindi o'h

stage lllb is advanced lung cancer I would say. It is treatable and it is beatable, not by everyone but by some. I wish we knew WHY some people are able to survive it but not all. I wish all could survive it. Sometimes there are no answers. Cindi o'h

Hi Robin, I just read your previous posts. Welcome! I hope that by now you have taken Blaze's advice and talked with your primary care doc. I too had plenty of lc in my family. I decided very early on that I was not my brothers. I didn't have to have the same outcome/results they did. I hope that if it is determined that yours is cancer, that you can find that honesty within yourself too. This is a survivable illness. Cindi o'h

I am with ztweb. Thanks for the reminder, Bill. Can't say enough. Cindi o'h

It feels really good when the chemo stops, Aaron. Mentally, it feels better than the body. It takes awhile for the body to catch up to the mind. I was told that it would take a year before my body felt like her old self. Before that year was up, there were times I found myself thinking, I feel sooo good. Just good! I couldn't describe the physical feeling of having an elated body as my shell. I still get that feeling sometimes. It is one that either I never paid attn to before chemo or never experienced. In any event, if I were to compare it to anything it might be what I imagine what heroin feels like. It does take awhile to get your enegy back. It was a slow go for me. I tried to cut that year time in half.."HA! they don't know me! I'm superwoman!" In reality, I think it may have taken twice as long for me to get my umpf back... I am not so sure I have ever really gotten it back, Aaron. But, Lance Armstrong found his mojo pretty quickly, didn't he? How are you doing, Aaron? Are you on the couch? Staring into space? What is it about chemo that makes so many of us do that? Keep up the good attitude. Cindi o'h

So glad for Godfrey and you, Tracey. Whatever else it is, I am hoping it's easily treatable. Please keep us appraised. I, for one, am very interested to know. You are not the first ones to come here with a diagnosis of lc only to find out that it is something other. Cindi o'h

Bill, I believe you! Poof...turned to dust! Might as well finish the treatment plan. There are technicians and nurses depending on you to show up. Cindi o'h