Rileys mom

Did anybody GAIN alot of weight during chemo. I gained 30 lbs. My Dr. said that most of it is due to the steroids I was given as a pre-med, but I'm thinking I did a little too much snacking and not enough moving! Did anyone notice dramatic weight loss after treatment? just curious.

I know that you are very scared right now and believe me you have every right to be. Just the word cancer can scare you right out of your skin. My advice to you (from one scared patient to another) is to take one day at a time. Deal with this monster in stages, work with your Dr. closely to find the best way to treat this desease. When I was diagnosed I was also alone...I thought that I had pneumonia when my pulmonologist told me that it was cancer. I was outraged! but I got through the day, I had to tell my family, my friends and my co-workers and I actually ended up being the strongest one. A positive mind and positive attitude will give you more strength then you ever knew that you had and if you need a strong support group...a large caring and wonderful support group...we are all right here.

So today was my very last treatment, and instead of feeling happy about it, I almost feel like I'm going through post pardum depression. Kind of like, so what do I do now??? I have spent that last 5.5 months eating, breathing and sleeping cancer...now what?? I have scans comming up in June, which according to my Dr. is just a technicality, but until then, I just feel like a sitting duck. Did anyone else ever fell this way?

It is so nice to hear so many positive and caring words. I am so glad to have found this group. I try so hard to be positive from the very beginning...when everyone else was crying I was on damage control, but it is very nice to have an outlet for all of my emotions...because as I'm sure you all know some days are better than others. My daughter has been my motivation to be strong through all of this...because I will see her grow up and have children of her own and when I've had enough chemo (in my mind) I just look at her little face and realize that she needs her mommy and these past four or five months are a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of our lives. Thank you again, everyone. Your support got me through a tearful day!

My name is steph. I am 29 and was diagnosed in December with nsclc stage IB. I am going through chemo Carbo/taxol and only have two treatments left. Although the dr's are confident that the margins and nodes (25) were clear I am still so scared that something new is going to pop up on my next set of scans. My post-op Ct's & X-rays were all clear, I guess nobody really knows how cancer works, but I guess I'm looking for some sort of insight. Thanks.