Just wandered on to check things out! Was told there was a lot of activity on this website esp for lung cancer patients, so that caught my interest as I was diagnosded stage 3b non small cell

Hi Anne,

So glad you found us. Please let us know how you are doing. We care.

Peg

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husband NSCLC stage IV Nov 2002. Mets to brain and bones. Radiation to bones/stereotactic radiosurgery to brain. Taxol/carbo, Iressa, and clinical trial of TLK286 and Taxotere unsuccessful. Gemzar started 8/26. 12/23 Gemzar worked for 5 months. Progression of disease 3/2. Beloved husband is gone 4/22/04.

Hi Anne,

Welcome to the site. I hope that you will get the information and support that you need here as I have. There are so many good and loving people here that have become like family to me!

Laurie

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God Bless You,

Laurie

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MOM DX SCLC 10/02 COLLAPSED LUNG
CISPLATIN/VP16 4X
RADIATION URL X30
REMISSION CLEAR SCANS 2/03
PCI BRAIN RADIATION 3/03 X18
9/15/04 SCAR TISSUE SHRUNK! CLEAR SCANS!
2/3/05 SCANS STILL CLEAR 2 YEARS NED!
5/2007 STILL CLEAR!!

Hi, Anne! My prayers are with you. Keep connected to this big family here. Blessings. Don

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72-yr old, married 47 yrs. Wife Lucie diag. 10/02 NSCLC (adeno carcinoma) w. multiple bone mets (skull, rib, upper spine, left hip and right fibula); non-smoker.

Radiation: 10-12/02 (spine, fibula); 03-04/03 (hip); 06/03 (sacrum); 07/04 (rib); 12/04 (skull); 04-05/05 (right fibula - recurrence).

Chemo: (Carboplatin/Taxotere), 02-05/03 - effective in reducing tumors; 07-12/04 (Navelbine) to treat recurrence in other lung, lymph nodes, rib - effective in reducing tumors; 08-12/05 (Navelbine/Gemzar) to treat recurrence in hip sacrum, spine, rib, shoulder, and liver - held everything stable; Alimta 2-4/06 - no effect; Carboplatin/Taxol/Avastin,5-9/06 - effective in reducing tumors.
Zometa monthly for bone strength.

Staph infection, systemic, 12/02 - second port-a-cath installed. Bilateral pneumonia, 08/03. Septic staff infection, congestive heart failure, 09/06 - deceased

I am 11-yr. prostate cancer survivor, Stage II (two bouts). Also 9 yr. heart bypass surgery survivor.

Avatar Pic: Don & Lucie, 02/06

welcome to the site if you have questions everybody on the board is helpful im tcandy

Hello Anne.
Good to see you found this site - it is indeed a wonderful place to hang out and get things off your mind, along with getting all your questions answered by some one whose "been there, done that." You WILL find information and support that you need, like so many others have. Welcome Anne,
David P.

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Left Pneumonectomy 1977.
No chemo, no rad.
Positive attitude, exercise, social responsibility, and hope for the future are all things I believe in which helps me be a stronger person.

Photo of me wearing the 2007 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock cycling jersey