Hello all..I am new to the message boards here...my husband was just diagnosed with Stage IV NSC lung cancer about 6 wks ago...he is getting chemo every 21 days...one combo of Gemzar/carboplatin and 1 time of just gemzar....this is so new to us..he has a cough//but also some pain in the lung site where the tumor is...no nausea, only extreme tiredness after the chemo treatments...what supplements are good to take during the chemo process...does anyone ever make it through Stage IV? I feel hopeless on what I can do for him..he gets very depressed//they have him on Xanax..helps with the nervousness/anxiety he is experiencing, but does nothing for his moods...so sad really... we are so close and this hurts us terribly..such a shock this year..we just had the hardest time getting past the crying and shock of it...I am now just ready for the fighting stage, but it is hard to get him to that...I know that there are times that he is just ready too give in to the cancer...is there any cure and what am I to expect during the future months...the oncologist said that he could give him a year, possibly two even three..is that too much to hope for..they said he had stage 4 mests., but he has notrhing in the brain and nothing in the bones..so is that mets?? He first got diagnosed becasue he had fluid in his lungs and so far he has had two thorocentesis's since Oct 12..so it became stage 4 with plueral effusion...OK..well I hope that I explained this thoroughly enough..thanks for your replies....