KatieB Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 YOU are such an inspiration Don!!! Don't think you can sneak back in here and not let me congratulate you!! Check in more often! We miss seeing you around here! Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstdzy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Don, Ha! Katie busted you! Congratulations! Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisyqin Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Hi Don, This is a new friend and i comes from China, my father was checked as the SCLC recently, Can you give me some advice for this and pass to me as below E-mail Daisy.qin@arjohuntleigh.com Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joppette Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Hi Don, Well, I am fairly new here and so glad I found your post. Fantastic is all I can say. I love the beginning when you have a good talk with the Lord. Me too. I know I will be here as long as he has plans for me here, and that has always given me huge peace. Nice. Great story, and I'm pleased to meet you. Judy in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 Hi Judy in MI and hello to Daisy also. Daisy I have sent you an email back. Please feel free to keep in touch wiith me. I hope everyone is having some level of success with their treatment plan. I have been very blessed and cancer free for almost 8 years now. If I can be of any help please contact me at Laughery@gvtc.com Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenck54 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hi Don, I just read your notes on what you are doing to fight your cancer. Is it still working? I also amd drinking lots of water, green tea and fruits as well. I an about to finish my chemo and am planning on vitamins as well as some certain herbs. Please let me know how you are doing? goldenck54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hello goldenck54, I just saw your post and wanted to let you know that I am doing fine and still kicking. It has been over 8 years for me now and I plan on being here another 8 years if the Lord wants me to. I hope that you and all others the best. It's a tough thing to fight just stay as strong as you can both physically and mentally. God Bless Donb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Your post is really inspiring Don! Thank you so much for your advice. It's been very helpful. I would like to ask you if you had brain radiation for the brain mets or if you were treated only with gamma knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteWare Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thank-you for sharing Don. Your post has been inspirational and life reflective. It's great to see you responding back to your posts, but don't cut yourself short, you're going to be here longer than another 8 years. Take care, Cheers, Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hello Everyone, I just passed my 9th year and didn't realize it. I wish you all the best in 2012. Am sorry that I can't say more at this time but I will be back. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 love ti hear great news Don!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminkw Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Terrific Don, keep on keeping on! Judy in KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieB Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Good to see you Don! How are the horses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petunia Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I am new to this and have never posted anything on the internet (I don't even do facebook) but my mother was just diagnosed with extensive sclc and I feel like the life we knew has ended. She begins chemo tomorrow and I am scared of how she will feel during chemo because she is feeling fine now. It is very difficult to know that she may get sick from the chemo. I need to know that there are people out there that survived sclc for more than a year or so. I just need hope for my best friend to be here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric byrne Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hi Petunia, Welcome to LCSC,I am so pleased that you have managed to find us .There are so many here, who with their individual experiences with lung cancer, will be able to help support you through this difficult time.I am really sorry to hear of your Mothers diagnosis,this does take some time to adjust to,starting out on this new journey is at the most difficult time,but I promise you things do get better. At the time of my diagnosis,it took me quite a while to come to terms with my new situation,and like you, desperate to find some re-assurance that this disease can be beaten.I set out firstly to read up on lung cancer and the treatments available to eliminate it from my body.The next step was to search out people who have this disease and who were living proof it can be beaten,one day,I picked up a newspaper which had an article in it about a guy starting up a lung cancer support group in a hospital near to my home,it really caught my attention the more I read about this person,he was diagnosed with SCLC in 1993,given only two months to live by his medical team,he was hospitalised for his chemo treatments,and on more than one occassion, his family were called to his bedside,as his doctor did'nt think he would see the next day,well, to his doctors amazement,Robert,responds to the chemo and makes a full recovery,then in 2007,Robert is now diagnosed with NSCLC,he receives surgery and chemo this time,and goes on to make a full recovery.I just had to meet this superman,so I joined his support group,since Robert Lowe and I have become great friends and I take an active part in helping him run the support group,Robert today is 73 years young,fit,physically and mentally,enjoying life to the full.Thats now 19 years he has survived both type of lung cancer,and if he can do it,why not everyone else?.Please pass on to your Mum my best wishes for a speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petunia Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Thank you so much for the hope. The weirdest thing about seeing your reply is that I never look at this post and for some reason tonight I did. It is also my birthday and I spent my day with my mother. I came home and got very upset and my husband told me to believe. Now, here I am at 11:00 at night reading your reply to something I wrote months ago. Thank you so much. It means so much that other people are there to offer hope. I am so happy that there is someone out there that is almost 20 years from diagnosis. It gives hope to all. His story is amazing and I hope one day to write about my mother's amazing story of how she was able to overcome it all and come out the winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric byrne Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Hi Petunia, Another weird thing,I scan the posts daily and will reply to something current,seems I missed your original post in March,so why would I have even looked at an old post,and replied to it is beyond me,unless it was flagged up again somehow?.Is'nt it strange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Well I finally made it to the 10 year mark. My scans couple weeks ago is still clear. I have alzhemiers now but I am on medication for it. Forget things, get mad at things, and have lost what little patience ever had. Last spring dislocated my shoulder tearing rotater cup in three places. Doc said you will never lift your arm again. Surprise I can reach in the highest cabinet in the house and still saddle my horses. My brain is messing up now from the radiation but thats ok. My breathing is still good taking Alieve and Sprivia. Sorry if I cant spell but I dont really care anymore. Too lazy to look it up. I am sorry for all the people who have lost their battle here with cancer. It doesnt mean God wasnt with you or chose you to go home sooner. Sometimes I look back and wonder if it would have been better to have lost. The effects seem to remind you almost daily that you had cancer. Now I have go go to dentist since most of my teeth have fallen out. Think I will ask if I can just rent some for awhile. The only real advise I will leave you with is remember it is the quality of life that you desire. God Bless and have faith in Christ that he will come after you someday. Don Still Cowboying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 For someone celebrating 10 years with that attitude your makin me misty eyed this am with Joy.... Congrats and keep on chugging man. Sounds like a great report card to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shineladysue Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Don, thanks for sharing this wonderful update with us. You are such an inspiration and a man with a BIG heart. Thank you for all you have given to others. The world could sure use a lot more folks with your spirit and your kindness. Wishing you the best . Hugs, Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieB Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Good to see your update Don...you've sure endured more than most and you are still inspiring us all. God bless you and yours and post now and then when you can, ok? Hugs, KatieB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_beanes Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I am so glad that u are doing well! I did wonder some time ago how u were doing ..there was a time when I desperately searched for SCLC survivors and hardly found someone..until I found lungevity and came across your posts.. Wishing you all the best ..keep putting on the saddle! Cheers Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Thanks to all of you. Another Update: Went to Ortho wednesday to have my hips that were replaced xrayed. Doc asked "how many times you been bucked off since we replaced them" and I said 15-20 times at least. We both laughed. He said xray shows I got another 75 years warranty on them. Next week Brain MRI. The worst thing about going to doctor or store now is I can't remember where I parked or if I drove the truck or the car. Looked in pocket see what keys I got then look for that vehicle. Maybe try riding a horse to the store and tie him up out front. Then just look for the crowd. Or I could drive the tractor. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 You have such a good sense of humour, Don! Your great personality seems to have helped you so much with the disease... You are a perfect example of how all patients should be! Congratulations! My father is still fighting and i wish he has the same route as you... I am sending you the best of my wishes PS: your answering email had helped me very much in the past. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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