mums secondary lung cancer

[TIM]

CAN SOMEONE MAYBE HELP,IAM TRYING TO GIVE MUM ALL THE SUPPORT I CAN SHE HAS SECONDARIES IN HER LUNG AND LIVER BUT THEY CANT LOCATE THE PRIMARY.IT IS 2 WEEKS SINCE HER DIAGNOSED THEY WILL LEAVE FOR A FURTHER 2 WEEKS BEFORE DOING MORE SCANS!WHAT SHOULD I BE PUSHING FOR?SHE IS BUILDING HER STRENTH UP AND AT 73 SHE IS A VERY STRONG FIGHTER HAVING BEATEN BREAST CANCER 7 YEARS AGO.YOUR HELP,PRAYERS AND GENERAL GUIDENCE NO MATTER HOW SMALL WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

TIM.

[MO_Sugar]

At this point all I can do is welcome you to the family and offer prayers for your Mum. Until they have a dx of what kind of cancer she has it is hard to say what the treatment will be or what to look for. What tests have they done so far? What made them do testing in the first place?

God Bless,

MO

[gerbil runner]

Welcome, wish we could help more. Is it possible to try another dr/hospital? Sometimes a different viewpoint helps.

It took several tries to get a dx for my mom, even though the pulmonologist had the correct suspicions. Sometimes the biopsies just don't come back with enough information.

Hope you get answers soon.

[karenl]

Hi Tim

Sorry to hear about your mother. The fact that she has had breast cancer makes me wonder if the current condition isn't a recurrence of that. Hopefully you will get some answers soon, and she can get started on treatment.

Wishing you all the best

Karen

[john]

Tim,

Kim has an excellent point. It could be a recurrence. They need to get a biopsy. Was her breast cancer estrogen dependent and is/was she on

tamoxifen?

Aromatase inhibitors are a new way to treat estrogen dependent breast cancer because tomoxifen works only for a number of years (I think)

http://www.cbcrp.org/research/PageGrant ... ant_id=162