Awesome story!!!! Hope to tell it the same way 3 years from now . I will be 49 next week and was dx sclc mid December 2010, found tumor in upper left lobe, dont remember the exact cm's but it was almost 4"x4". Pet showed light-up at right ovary, needle biopsy from lung tumor showed sclc, doc said no-way ovary would be sclc, said it would skip over everywhere it likes to spread to and go all the way to an ovary. Decided I should have Ovary removed and then start Chemo for sclc. I told Surgeon go ahead and take both ovaries, pathology said it was indeed small cell, go figure!!! So ugly Ovary gone, two days later on January 19, 2011 I was admitted to hospital because tumor in lung was pushing on aorta and superior vaina cava causing me to pass out if I coughed. New CT showed 4"x5" and Chemo was started the next day in the hospital, 4 days later I left feeling alot better, 18 days later xray showed tumor had shrunk alot. Finnished 4th round of Chemo (Carboplatin and Etoposide) on March 24th, Had new PET Scan on April 11th, showed tumor now about 1"x1", doc says 5 or 6 weeks radiation should kill off the rest of this tumor but Pet Scan lit up a Vertebra (T- they are perplexed at how they could have missed it on previous scan but Im wondering if its an injury?? I went back to work about 5 weeks ago and am a custodian (cleaning buildings on University Campus) maybe I slung a few too heavy garbage bags or something?? Not showing mets anywhere else, brain MRI was clear !!! Had MRI w/contrast today on thoracic spine so I hope to have an answer when I see the Radiation Onc. on tuesday afternoon, in the mean time my motto is keep on keep'in on and I will too !!! Absolutely love all the positive stuff im seeing on here, I was really starting to feel kinda lonely in my quest to stay upbeat through this thing and beat it down like it deserves grrrrrr!!! Thank you all for being here for one another and for me!! Barbara-won
