Lung Cancer Support Group

My heart breaks for you and you mom Grace......My mom found out she had lung cancer Oct. last year when she felt ill at work and I took her to the E.R.....She had a lung removed.......and opted for NO chemo or radiation......as she was soooo ill from the effects from the surgery that it was not an option. Flash forward a year later, and it has only been in the past 2 months that she has gotten any appetite back. She lost 30 lbs. just from the surgery trama. Now it appears that the lung cancer is controlled, but she has a spot on her kidney that I am taking her in for a needle biopsy this Friday. But she is SO elated that the lung cancer has not come back to her chest, etc...The kidney can probably be blasted with radiation.It has been a long, hard road, as she is my very best friend in this world!My mom wanted/wants quality of life...that is why she chose no chemo.......I would suggest to you that your mom accept things as they are (which hurts beyond belief!) and just go on as she has...NO chemo or radiation. It is just prolonging the inevitable......and she will have NO quality of life......I guess chemo works for some people.....but for my mom it is WRONG..and not an option! God bless!

I am very sorry to hear about your mom. My mom has almost the exact same story. Throat cancer 3 years ago, and now Lung Cancer Stage 4. She is 55 and has undergone 10 chemotherapy treatments. I am watching her deteriorate before my very eyes. It is a very tough decision to make, my mom doesnt want to continue with the chemo, but if she stops it she will not live more than 3 months. She did not have radiation, but the chemo is sucking the life out of her, yet also keeping the cancer "stable". I will say a prayer for your mom and pray the right choices for all of you come your way.

Thank you both very much. I feel the same with the whole chemo idea. Everyone who ive talked to has said the same. My mom is a very strong woman and I do not want to see her go but I dont want to see her go through all the pain and suffering. Right now she is up doing things outside playing with her grandkids and almost all the normal things she did before. It is just so hard to face the reality of this whole situation. We just have to take it 1 day at a time but I feel like im still stuck on the day we all found out. I will pray for both of you moms everyday right along with mine. My mom is my best friend also we talk at least twice a day. She lives in Oklahoma and mh husband and me and our little boy moved to Texas 3 years ago. Im thinking of moving back to Oklahoma but we have lots of decisions to make.

Grace OMG this hits home with me as Im 45 and have lung cancer too, they want to take out part of my lung this Nov the 4th. Its encouraging to know this worked well for your mom but yet now I hear your pain and cant begin to imagine how hard this is for you,I will pray for your mom and you as alot of folks have done for me and I believe it makes a big difference. Hang in there hon deb