My Mother Health

as i have told u in the past.my mother has adenocarcinoma lung cancer.she has told us that she will have round of ratation in which the dr stated all she could take is two weeks of it because of her health.we are starting it on august 6-11 and then august 13-18.does the radiation make the patient real sick or make their hair fall out.i am new to this and i worry all the time.will it kill the cancer or just put it in remission?please somebody out there give me some advice or tell me something?i have prayed and prayed about this i am so affraid of losing my mother!

Hi, My husband was just diagnosed with stage four adeanocarcinoma, we are at the best place on eath for treatment. We are in Tulsa, Ok. at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, It is the best for success. Do you have that option?Where are you living?Yes she will loose her hair, but that is nothing. If you have the ability to get her here , your chances of sucess will multiply. Call them at 918-286-5000. They will fly your mom down, with her caregiver. Do you have insurance. Please e-mail me. Let me know How I can help. I will pray for both of you. Virginia

My mom had both radiation and chemo. She lost her hair but that was due to the chemo. The side effect from the radiation is as the radiation goes on you get more tired. My mother also about 4 months after the radiation she developed radiation phnumenitis(i think that is how it is spelled). That is scarring of the lungs and it made it very difficult for her to breathe. That side effect is rare for radiaiton but it does happen. Good luck with your mom and be there for her, I wish I could be with my mom now but she passed away on June 21.

 

On 8/24/2007 stlars55 wrote:

My mom had both radiation and chemo. She lost her hair but that was due to the chemo. The side effect from the radiation is as the radiation goes on you get more tired. My mother also about 4 months after the radiation she developed radiation phnumenitis(i think that is how it is spelled). That is scarring of the lungs and it made it very difficult for her to breathe. That side effect is rare for radiaiton but it does happen. Good luck with your mom and be there for her, I wish I could be with my mom now but she passed away on June 21.

 

Thanks for the information.Ireally do apperciate it.Mother took 10 days of radiation and she seems to be doing fair.The radiation doctor said for us to come back in 2 weeks and they would x-ray and ct to see how everything looks.He said maybe we won't have to do more but we will have to see at that time.mother is very tired and has a terrible taste in her mouth.But we have to leave it in gods hands i sure hope my mother is around a very long time but that is not up to us.I am very sorry for your loss i cannot even imange what it would be like to lose my mother.I lost my son,daughter-in-law and her parents on august 28,2004 and i am still living with the grief from that.I just want you to know i am so sorry for your loss.TAKE CARE,

MS.Virginia,I am sorry it has taken so long for me to answer you back.We have taken 10 days of radiation so far it has only made mother real tired and have a bad taste in her mouth.you ask where we live at we live in Wynne,Ar which is about 50 miles west of Memphis Tn.mother wanted to try our doctors here first she had her treatments at the BEN OWENS CANCER TREATMENT CENTER IN JONESBORO AR.We go back in 2 weeks for x-rays and a ct at that point and time they will let us know if she has to have more and if it helped.How is your husband doing?I sure hope things are going well for ya'll.all we can do is pray and leave it in gods hands.Please be praying for me august 28 my son daugh-in-law and her parents will be dead for 3 years.It is always so hard for me this time of year.THANKS AND I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU ALL SHIRLEY