Kaf....u still there hon? havent see u post for awhile...hope ur feeling ok....check in if u can ...miss ur posts. take care....Rich B.

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06/28...Broncoscopy Mon....suspicious mass in left lung per ct scan...wish me luck...much anxiety, and yes, fear.
06/30...Needle biopsy, due to bronch. being inconclusive
07/02...dx is adenocarcinmoma...NSCLC

07/15...Surgery, entire left lung removed, No lymph node involvement or metasis yet discovered, so...hopeful prognosis
07/21 Home after sufficient recovery in hosp., slow recuperation, awaiting appt. with oncologist to determine if any additional treatment, screening, etc..
08/17/04 Oncologist appt....recomends more scans, CT bone, MRI, Pet etc. Also recomends one round of chemo...

9/17/o4 Good news, scans are all clear..NO evidence of disease detected...hopeful it remains that way. Remaining cautious tho, one more MRI to go and some adjuvant chemo....so waiting, healing, still doing med. appts for awhile. Then regular xrays ea. 3 mos.

Whoops...detour, the MRI/spine turned up a small lesion of unknown type. Off to the orthopedic specs. to investigate, get options. Chemo delayed briefly pending opinion from ortho guys.

Opinion is "not cancer" on spine...apparently just my arthritic joints...so, becomes a pain management issue..appt. made. On to adjuvant chemo on Monday. Finally.

Mon./10/27...o4 started adjuvant chemo finally; Taxotere first , then Cisplatin, I think...fatigued knocked me flat the 3rd day after...dozing, trying to catch my breath every time I move...sigh
Fri...emergency room, oxygen...Pneumonia-like inflammation of remaining lung...week of IV antibios and steroids...finally recovering, but...chemo ceased...end of that notion. Bad react. to taxotere. Now on to just screening scans for future. Continuing pain management consultations for back and surg. pain.

10/10/05 CT and PET scans; NED, clear, normal..1yr. out from treatment...cool.

2 yr. scans clear...wheww! SOB and easily fatigued tho, continues. Perm. I guess.

Rich, you read my mind.. I have been thinking about Kaffie too. She went missing for awhile back in Nov or Dec. too. I hope you are all right, Kaffie!

Hi Rich and Cindi

Thanks for your concern, I've been here, just not on the computer as much as I used to be. I need to get off my duff and get back into living. The blues from this stuff can really get a person down if they aren't careful.
Means so much to know someone cares, I have so much going on maybe it's getting time to write in the My Story forum.

Kathy

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Kathy, 56
7/16/2004 Vats lower left lobectomy
dx 1A T1N0M0 NSCLC
7/31 Returned to hospital with plural effusion
and empyema, chest tube.
Four chemo treatments completed Dec 2004
carbo/taxol
Ned as of Dec 15 2004
Still NED as of mid March 2005
Still NED as of September 15 2005
NED as of mid April 2006

Blessed to say still NED as of
October 2006
Still blessed to have NED on my 3 year anniversary...July, 2007
YEAH.....July, 2008 4 years NED
Thank you God!

Lost my wonderful father to lc 9/27/2000

Hi Kathy!

Great to see you and your little pooch. I am glad that you are all right. Yes. Write your story. That would be good.

love, Cindi o'h

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Cindi NSCLC lllB Dx:11/02 at age 47
squamous cell carcinoma. T4N3M0 poorly differentiated (grade 3)

Aggressive, Curative Treatment:
Chemo (carboplatin/taxol weekly) and 8 weeks of daily radiation.
then taxotere 3 cycles
tx ended 6/03

NED every 3 months
Moderate Asthma
11/03 heart attack and stent
transient pleural/pericardial effusions
hypothyroidism
significant radiation pneumonitis
1/05 pneumonia
interstitial fibrosis
9/05 pleurodesis (talc procedure)VATS procedure to resolve chylothorax and effusions. Now loculated effusions.
ll/05 PET/CT clear/NED
10/06 CT Clear again!
12/06 heart/lung troubles
Biggest problem remains shortness of breath. (SOB)


Celebrating FOUR years since diagnosis: 11/02
2 brothers lost to lung Ca. Dick died at 37 from nsclc. John died at 42 from sclc

Hi Kathy,

You have been missed, but so glad that a busy life has kept you away, that is good news.

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Ginny
Please use gdecoursey@aol.com for email.

Earl born 1/28/42 - dx 9/21/02 - died 8/18/04. He was the sunshine of my life.

THERE u are..hehe...glad to hear ur ok,...yea, easy to get a little depressed with all this, but spring may make us perk up a little. (Im still taking a mild anti-depressant, my Mom said I sounded depressed, so...thot Id better get back on em.) K..take care...and keep in touch. Rich B.

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06/28...Broncoscopy Mon....suspicious mass in left lung per ct scan...wish me luck...much anxiety, and yes, fear.
06/30...Needle biopsy, due to bronch. being inconclusive
07/02...dx is adenocarcinmoma...NSCLC

07/15...Surgery, entire left lung removed, No lymph node involvement or metasis yet discovered, so...hopeful prognosis
07/21 Home after sufficient recovery in hosp., slow recuperation, awaiting appt. with oncologist to determine if any additional treatment, screening, etc..
08/17/04 Oncologist appt....recomends more scans, CT bone, MRI, Pet etc. Also recomends one round of chemo...

9/17/o4 Good news, scans are all clear..NO evidence of disease detected...hopeful it remains that way. Remaining cautious tho, one more MRI to go and some adjuvant chemo....so waiting, healing, still doing med. appts for awhile. Then regular xrays ea. 3 mos.

Whoops...detour, the MRI/spine turned up a small lesion of unknown type. Off to the orthopedic specs. to investigate, get options. Chemo delayed briefly pending opinion from ortho guys.

Opinion is "not cancer" on spine...apparently just my arthritic joints...so, becomes a pain management issue..appt. made. On to adjuvant chemo on Monday. Finally.

Mon./10/27...o4 started adjuvant chemo finally; Taxotere first , then Cisplatin, I think...fatigued knocked me flat the 3rd day after...dozing, trying to catch my breath every time I move...sigh
Fri...emergency room, oxygen...Pneumonia-like inflammation of remaining lung...week of IV antibios and steroids...finally recovering, but...chemo ceased...end of that notion. Bad react. to taxotere. Now on to just screening scans for future. Continuing pain management consultations for back and surg. pain.

10/10/05 CT and PET scans; NED, clear, normal..1yr. out from treatment...cool.

2 yr. scans clear...wheww! SOB and easily fatigued tho, continues. Perm. I guess.