Update on Mother in law which was diagnosed in Jan 2007 with 111b lung cancer, they started her on 6months of chemo(Carboplatin & Navelbin) then added Avastin only after 3 rounds she got very ill put in hosiptal for 2 weeks with severe pain mainly in knees,hips an back. they ran MRI, CT, bone scan all came back clear they could not understand why she had such pain. She was on oxy, apatch for pain (don't remember name) after being home for 1 week she is pain free, however the Oncologist decided she would only recieve Avastin but when she went in for treatment he had changed his mind an said she is done with chemo. He says we are fighting a ghost since her tumor was removed with surgery but had 6 out of 9 nodes cancer positive. Only explanation was he thought she had, had enough. But she started Radiation this week. My question she is 71 not in the best of health no excerise period, she is weak nausea all the time dosent eat much at all which she has no appeitte. She started at 159lbs an now down to 116lbs. Her cough is horrible but no blood or mucus showing up. If a person can't handle chemo do they normally handle radiation better? The Oncologist is very vague they really don't tell you anything an that frustrates me to no end. From the time she moved in with my husband an me she has gone down hill. If she can't handle radiation then what do they do next? He had also mentioned putting her on a form of chemo pill however he changed his mind on that also. Just lost need help an answers or just a better understanding of the process.... Because believe me it's not clear.