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Husband's 1st Day of Treatment...
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Harvey's 1st Day of Treatments June 24, 2008As of right now my husband is doing GREAT!! Absolutely no problems on the 1st day and hopefully it will sta...
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Dad' s cancer looks like it ha...
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My dad was diagnosed May last year with NSCLC with a single brain met. Two rounds of radiation and chemo didn't do a lot of good. April this year it had spr...
406/24/08 Message Rating
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Tarceva
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I forgot to mention her cancer is adenocarcinoma, bronchi aveolar.
006/23/08 Message Rating
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Tarceva
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My mother has been diagnosed with lung cancer, primarily in her right lung, and it has spread to her bones.  She started on Tarceva June 11, 2008...
006/23/08 Message Rating
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Lung Cancer Spread to Spinal F...
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My Mum has been on Tarceva since October 2006 having been diagnosed with lung cancer in December 2005. Until May this year Tarceva had been very successful but ...
006/22/08 Message Rating
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A Little Help Please!
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My wife was diagnosed with stage IIIB lung cancer. She is 44 years old and has never smoked. We can't figure that one out. Her doctor has started her on Tar...
406/22/08 Message Rating
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Husband 66 Has NSCLC Stage III...
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On June 5th, 2008 my 66 year old husband was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer - Squamous Cell Carcinoma Stage IIIA. Surgery is not an option due t...
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please give advice it would be...
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hi , though my mom is feeling hungry she is not able to eat properly because her tonge tastes bitter this is because she is taking cemo tablets since 11 days sh...
306/21/08 Message Rating
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Jerks
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Thanks to all that responded to my previous post about the jerks and morphine.  My husband's Onc. seems to think the morphine is working the best for h...
106/20/08 Message Rating
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Can't sleep
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Regardless of the kind of pain meds my husband takes (he's tried several) unlike most people who fall asleep with narcotics, my husband can't sleep.&nbs...
306/20/08 Message Rating
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Can anyone concur with this?
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In November 2007 my fifty nine year old mother was told she had a large tumor in her lung via ct scan, after she received an unpromising chest x- ray. Upon furt...
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Is there something to take to ...
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My dad has been suffering from NSCLC with brain and eye met for over the past year and has lost a lot of weight. He is currently taking Tarceva(which he hates a...
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Question about chemo - Taxol
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My mom was diagnosed 3 years ago with adenocarcinoma - unknown primary - stage 4. She took chemo and went into remission approx. 4 months later. It has been 3 y...
306/19/08 Message Rating
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traceva pills
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Hi, i am Payal n i have been dignosis that i am suffering from LUNG cancer and i am on stage 4. my doctoes have started me on Tarceva pills. Its very costly in ...
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traceva pills
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Hi, i am Payal n i have been dignosis that i am suffering from LUNG cancer and i am on stage 4. my doctoes have started me on Tarceva pills. Its very costly in ...
006/19/08 Message Rating
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Low Sodium
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My husband has finished his second go-around of chemo,(one month ago) had a PET Scan and cancer does not appear to be spreading.  However, he is exper...
106/19/08 Message Rating
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Depression? Any advice?
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My wife and I just got back from a vacation.  While we were gone (and she missed an Alimta treatment with her doctor's permission) here main side effec...
006/18/08 Message Rating
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Anyone have experience with Ta...
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After traditional chemo (CarboPlatin/Taxol/Avastin) my wife was put on Tarceva. After a couple of months and bad side effects the doctor said the cancer wa...
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Does Tarceva make you stressed...
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My husband has been on Tarceva for almost 4 years.  I've noticed the past year that he is easily stressed and agitated.  He goes from project to p...
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Mum has been given a final ans...
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Hi, My mum has been diagnosed with lung cancer 18months ago, and she has been on the tarceva drug for 10months so far.  Her health was really good at ...
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My father passed away...
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We brought my father to hospice yesterday evening and he passed away tonight.  My mother, sister and myself were with him.  He lasted less than 2 mont...
306/17/08 Message Rating
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morphine and jerks
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My husband is on morphine and the past 2 weeks he has been jerking really bad- comes up off of the bed and has trouble holding a cup without spilling the liquid...
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Mum Wants to Donate Body To Sc...
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Ok all, Mum was diagnosed stage 4 lung cancer on May 18th.  She has asked me to check out the donating  of the body for science..  Her wishes, I&...
306/16/08 Message Rating
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Mesothelioma
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Hello everyone,I am new to this site and this is my first message. My husband has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma. I am interested to chat with other people wh...
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Lynph node biopsy
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I had a lymph node biopsy in the clavicle (collarbone) area.  The results were benign. When I told the Dr. this was good news and said it showed bright red...
006/16/08 Message Rating
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