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  • About Me

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    kat6979

    Female, 48, Married
    Blairsburg, IA, USA
    Member since October 21

    • About Me

      The website blogs below will give you an insight to where my life was last winter, before I was diagnosed and it may be the area that I start using to journal and blog what's happened since. I'm not sure yet.

      The website blogs below will give you an insight to where my life was last winter, before I was diagnosed and it may be the area that I start using to journal and blog what's happened since. I'm not sure yet.

    • Website

      http://bearkatprints.blogspot.com

  • Recent Activity

    November 7

    • kat6979 commented on their journal entry Preventative Radiology 5:07pm

      I'm not sure either, my radiologist says I could permanately losee my hair in that region & my fatigue…  
  • Journal

    • Preventative Radiology

      Mood November 5, 2009 4:23pm

       

      Has anyone out there had preventative radiation of the brain after being treated for lung cancer? How'd it go & what were the side …

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    • Close Lung Cancer

      Dx with SCLC in Feb. 09, been through 1 round of chemo & 1 round of rad., depressed & tired all the time.

      Treatments

      Chemotherapy Somewhat Helpful
      the first 2 sessions (3 days on, 3 weeks off) shrunk the tumor quite a bit, but then stopped, was sick as hell & hospitalized twice for dehydration
      Radiotherapy Too Soon to Tell
      I had 34 days of radiation to my chest back burned my back badly concurrently with chemo now they cant tell how much is scar tissue how much is still tumor
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