On 8/16/2007
Elona wrote:
Hi,
I cant tell you what i felt when i read your message.
This is my first time in this site and is really good, my dad is diagnosed with NSCLC and the shipment of tarceva is coming tomorrow at no cost to him from Genetech so that was great news.
Reading that you have been with NSCLC for 10 years is good news to me i hope happens to my dad too, he is 69 and i hope lives a long life, even though the doct dont seem to think so, he did good after radiation has shrunk a lot, but he has in on the spine so that worries them, but for now is inactive.
I dont know i keep hoping he will live long time with that.
I wish you the best and keep your spirit up
Thank you to you all and God Bless you all
Your message was very inspiring to me. I was diagnosed with stage 3b in January 2007 having had 26 treatments with a trial drug Erbutux, 7 weeks 5 days a week radiation and 3 chemo treatments. With all this you wonder what's next. Currently I'm on Tarceva and dealing with the rash, but if it means life I will tolerate it. My last pet scan on 10/22/07 showed no active cancer and the lung tumor is shrinking. Your having been with NSCLC for 10 years is great news to me and I sure wish you continued success.
God Bless