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Companion Care
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My step-father is close to the end. My Mom is working full time, doing everything in the house, and not sleeping. He is wanting her to take all of what little t...
205/19/08 Message Rating
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painful cough
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Does anyone know anything to soothe a raking cough. My husband had his kidney and a cancered stomach node removed on march 13th, then two weeks l...
305/19/08 Message Rating
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Tarceva
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I have been reading about Tarceva.  Why do all articles say Tarceva isa "second line treatment"  I have had one radiation treatment and noch...
305/18/08 Message Rating
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Does anyone know of lung cance...
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My father, who is 50 years old, was diagnosed in May 2007 with non-small cell lung cancer with a single brain metastases. This was after he was wrongly diagnose...
305/17/08 Message Rating
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Coughing blood
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My Mom was diagnosed w/ stage IV lung cancer 2 weeks ago. She told me a couple days ago that she is coughing up blood. Is this common or is it a side effect I h...
105/16/08 Message Rating
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My Aunt died today
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She passed very piecefull the way she wanted and painfree.I new it was bad this morning when the nurse told me the 2hrs of morphine wasnt doing it.she never wok...
005/15/08 Message Rating
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my mum has lost her battle but...
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my beautiful mum lost her battle to lung cancer 3 weeks ago,weve been on this journey for just under a year. ive researched everything,ive tried everything...
705/15/08 Message Rating
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Just wanted to share
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Hello All---Since my mother (age 75) was dx'd in DEC 2006 with Stage IV, NSCLC,  Squamous cell, I have been been an avid reader of this site.  My ...
105/15/08 Message Rating
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Found out last week...
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I found out last week that someone very close to me has lung cancer.  She las a large mass in her right lung and six small tumors on her brain.  We&rs...
205/14/08 Message Rating
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how to care for a lung cancer ...
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hi!yesterday, may 14, my grand father (71 years old) was brought to hospital for general check up just to know the cause why he is suffering from paralysis and ...
205/14/08 Message Rating
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My Dadf has been diagonesed wi...
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My Dad has lung cancer, diagnosed about two months ago, advanced stage, in-operable - right lung has collapsed.  He went for radiation - supposed to be 60 ...
305/13/08 Message Rating
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quitting chemo
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my mom has been fighting iv lung cancer for 13 months. she did great the first year.now, the chemo seems to bring her down in every way. she has been in hospita...
105/13/08 Message Rating
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BAD NEWS HELP
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My Aunt who has lung cancer stage 4 and brain mets.is going down hill fast..She just found out about the cancer the end of march.DId her 3 weeks of radation and...
305/11/08 Message Rating
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What do we do now?
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September 2007 dad admitted to ER with severe pain in his right side and back.5" (12cm) tumor discovered. First biopsy revealed small cell, after the second bio...
205/11/08 Message Rating
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Tarceva
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I started taking Tarceva about three weeks ago. The rash on my face shows up as tiny pimples with heads that pop and bleed. Sometimes they're in clusters an...
305/11/08 Message Rating
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Lung Cancer IIB
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My husband was diagnosed with IIB (size of tumor was large, 1 lymph node inolved) in June 06 and had surgery to have a right lung pneumonectomy within a few wee...
005/10/08 Message Rating
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Tarceva
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My mon has NSCLC stage IV with mets to the bone. She is having a very hard time dealing with the side of effects of chemo, and there has been little success. He...
305/10/08 Message Rating
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Stage 111b nsclc with malignan...
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I am new to this site and my mother in law was diagnosed with stage 3b lung ca after feeling short of breath for a couple of days.  She went into her prima...
405/08/08 Message Rating
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Questions after getting second...
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My mom was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in August 2007.  They did a pet scan and found a small spot on her left lung.  She underwent chemo and rad...
105/07/08 Message Rating
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cervical cancer now lots of ti...
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My niece is only 32 and had very early cervical cancer. She had a hysterectomy and the doctors thought cancer cells may have moved through the wall, so they did...
105/05/08 Message Rating
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Alimpta for NSCLC
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Has anyone taken Alimpta? NSCLC stage 4, Mom had two sessions with Taxol and Carboplatnin..not tolerated well ( neuropathiy in hands and feet, nausea, diarrhea,...
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CEA test result
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Have had 2 prior CEA tests - 122, 125.  Dr. called and left unclear message re  latest  test.The new number  sounded like  it...
005/03/08 Message Rating
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Feeding Tube Question
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Good morning all. For those of you who are on a feeding tube or have a loved one on one, please tell me a little about the experience. Can you be too weak to go...
605/03/08 Message Rating
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Please please read. My mother ...
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My mother had breast cancer. She went through a mastectomy. But the cancer has spread. Mum took 5 chemotherapies but it didn't help much. Now,&nbs...
305/03/08 Message Rating
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Lung Cancer that mets to he br...
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Hi,mid Jan 08, my dad complaint about his back pain and we thought it was just a normal pain and did not even bother to seek medical advise till late ...
405/03/08 Message Rating
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