Just wanted to let y'all know that mom is in the hospital again with pneumonia.

Her white blood cell is still down. She says that she is tired and that she feels sicker this time than ever before. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Good luck to you all. Your in my thoughts and prayers.

Renee

I'm sending warm and positive thoughts for you and your family and for a quick recovery for your mom. I'm so sorry she is feeling so terrible. I guess it just comes with this terrible disease. Don't forget to take care of yourself and keep us update. Many are praying for your mom and you.

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have an obligation to make the path clearer and aid those that come after us."
- Lance Armstrong

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December 29, 1938 - September 6, 2003
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Renne, is your mother getting any white blood cell boosters like Neulasta or Procrit to prevent this? 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

Renee, I'm sorry that your mom has to go through this . How are you holding up? I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you and I will say a little prayer for your mom and you and your family. Take care, and please keep us posted. Deb

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Dad has advanced NSCLC: diagnosed 1/02
brain mets treated with Gamma knife in 1/03. Started Iressa 1/03. It worked for a while.
Stopped Iressa 6/03, mets to liver; fluid drained from lungs in 7/03-talc procedure
started navabaline (1x a week) on 7/11/03
bone mets-switched to Gemzar 8/29/03 (2wks on/1off)
Radiation to bone met on shoulder blade (10 rounds in total)

December 23, 2003
Daddy left this Earth-and I will never forget how lucky I was to have him for a father. "Thank you, Daddy, I love you and will always miss you, but you will live always- in my heart and memory."


"What a grand world this would be
if we could forget our troubles
as easily as we forget our blessings..."


The secret of health for both mind and body
is not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future,
or anticipate troubles,
but to LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT
WISELY AND ERNESTLY.---Buddha

Picture is of Daddy and me on the way to the church on 10/20/96.

Make sure they are giving her shots for both the red blood cell counts (Procrit) and the white (Leukine or Nupogine (sp?). They are letting her counts get too low and that's bringing on the pneumonia. Same thing happened to my husband till they started him on Leukine in addition to the Procrit.

she does take those shots.... the ones that start with an "n".... lol I can't remember the name.

They give her those after they start going down. They waited this time until they were 0.2 to give them to her. she goes twice a week for blood work and they see they are going down, but they won't do anything until they are so low she is in the hospital.

I don't know why. This whole thing is so frustrating. I'm just tired. I have a hard time coping now. I wish I could go to bed and hide under the covers with a gallon of "fudge brownie ice cream". But I can't.

My wife automatically gets the Neulasta shot a day after each chemo. We don't wait for the count. It is a preventive. 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

It's alright to hide once in a while! I think the ice cream sounds good!

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non-smoker for 17 years
breast cancer 1997: mastectomy/chemo
breast cancer 1993: lumpectomy/radiation
Both stage 1

Avatar picture - my guys at my 50th

I'm so sorry to hear that your Mom still having so many problems.. It must be so hard on you! I am praying for you and your Mom. I know how you feel about the fudge brownie and covers... do what you have to do... just remember that Ben and Jerrys make a real good ice cream! Make it count!

Can't we all "Just go to Disney World"?????
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 Renee,

Sorry it has been awhile. I hope you are finding the strength you need. Remember to take time for yourself and eat as much fudge brownies as you want. I am thinking of you and praying for your mom. Mirrell

Dear Renee,
Moms are so very, very special. I'm praying that your precious mother will pull through these trying times.

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"Every moment is a breath-taking, transitory experience, never to be repeated again." - Don Juan Matus

Tiny
Age 58 at dx; lifelong non-smoker
12/01 dx NSCLC bronchoalveolar-type adenocarcinoma (BAC), Stage IIA
2/02 Lobectomy RLL; no chemo or rad
6/03 MRI = "empty"
3/05 Bone Scan = negative
2/08 CT = "No Evidence for Metastases or Recurrence"
Enjoyed 6+ years of NED
1/09 CT/PET:Recurrent disease: multiple new nodules in both lungs, mediastinal lymph nodes, and spot on liver.
2/3/09 Bone Scan: Degenerative arthritis (hooray!)
2/4/09 Started Tarceva
~~ picture: Temple of Poseidon, Greece 4/08 ~~

I am another well wisher. i hope all works out for her.

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Dad: Stage IV NSCLC with Met to bones dx 1/06.


4/18/03 Liver Met. and Adrenal Gland BUT lung mass shrunk considerably.


5/17/03 Brain Met.

mouth/throat cancer survivor for over 10 years.
#1 Dad passed away 5/25/03 at 12:55 am

Picture of all, Me (green monster), my sister Kim on big wheels and Sandy and my dad on my bike in June 1981