Lung Cancer Support Group
Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. Most commonly it is bronchogenic carcinoma (about 90%). Lung cancer is one of the most lethal of cancers worldwide, causing up to 3 million deaths annually. Although lung cancer was previously an illness that affected predominately men, the lung cancer rate for women has been...
My mother was diagnosed a few months ago with Stage 3/4. The tumor is large and in the center of her chest. After 7 rounds of chemo, tests show that chemo is working and the tumor is shrinking. She began another 8 rounds or so. However, she'll never be operable becuase of the location and the fact that the tumor is too close to the lymphnodes. She goes in and out of wanting to fight the cancer and then wanting to quit. It can be so hard to hear her sobbing on the phone about this...I know I'm losing my mother. I just wonder how others who have been the caregiver and how you deal with the emotions of the one you love and your own?
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Around a month and a bit ago, my ex broke up with me. we was together for a year and a half and in forgave him for a lot, including cheating and compulsive lying. he broke up with me as he said it just wasn't working. i was doing fine until i found out he had a new girlfriend who he had got together with 2 weeks after we broke up. is this a rebound? i miss him but at the same time i do't because...
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I was seeing a therapist for about 2 months in which I talked about my issues with my identity and how throughout my life, because of who people refer to me as and how people know me, it has time and time again made me irritated to the point to where I end up wanting to kill myself. When I was in therapy and I was trying to talk about a lot of this stuff, a lot of this issues with my identity...
You can check the types of chemo to minimize side effects- carboplatin is easier than cisplatin for example.
I AM CURRENTLY OFF TREATMENT FOR A WHILE (RELIEF!) HAVE BEEN THRU 6 ROUNDS OF CHEMO EVERY 3 WEEKS WITH A BREAK OF ABOUT 2 MONTHS UNTIL THE CANCER STARTED GROWING AGAIN. IN EARLY DECEMBER BEGAN RADIATION AND CHEMO COMBINED WHICH ENDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. MY NEXT PET/CT SCAN IS FEB. 27TH AND I SEE MY DOCTOR ON MARCH 27TH. MY PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD EITHER AND I'M SURE I'LL HAVE TO HAVE MORE CHEMO...BUT FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS OR SO I WILL CHERISH EACH AND EVERY DAY OF FEELING SO GOOD. SURE, I HAVE SIDE EFFECTS BUT IGNORE THEM. I WISH YOUR MOM COULD HANDLE IT BETTER FOR ALL OF YOUR FAMILY, I KNOW IT'S HARD ON EVERYONE. BLESS YOU AND YOUR MOM, ESPECIALLY. HANG IN THERE! HUGS, GINNY