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Found out the other day that someone in the family was diagnosed with lung cancer.
Sux. Not sure what this is going to look like. I heard live expectancy is ~5 years after beating cancer.
Look My wife works for Moffitt Cancer Center in tampa, if you need any info on the type cancer the member has or need anything at all let me know. Try and get the specific diagnosis of the cancer and I'll ask her what the prognosis is.
Exactly, thats why I want to put him at ease. I will warn you about my wife. Aske the question, get ready for the answer. She is very blunt. She deals with it every day
one of my partners on my biz team diagnosed with stage 3 a year ago - plenty of chemo and radiation...damn near killed him - looks good now, and just wating to see if he is clear for 5 years...but you should see the fear in his eyes, every day.....and ...my best friend I fish with for 4 days in bimini every year is 50 and has always smoked like a chimney...every night after we ate, at 10pm or so he came down with massive cough that would put him on the floor for 5 - 10 min....I quit 15 years ago and I'm still afraid...quit now if you smoke....
Sorry to be reading this post, TB. I wish your family all the best. With early detection lung cancer (most cancer!) is very curable.
Glen, I was just reading about smoking and lung cancer. If you have been off tobacco for 15-years it may be as if you never smoked. The damaging effects of smoking reverse themselves over time. After 10-years of being tobacco free you are statistically equal to the non-smoking population for lung cancer risk, emphysema, etc. In that regard it is as if you never smoked. You are well past anything you need to worry about anymore. You did good.
Someone in my family had LC. They did operate and she lived a nice long time. She was about 72 or 3 when they discovered it. Good luck to your family member and I send them strength and health.
My dad lived for about 14 months after his diagnosis (inoperable), though the last coupla months couldn't really be classified as "living".... Nasty nasty thing to watch someone you love waste away and suffer from this. Early diagnosis is key so hopefully your loved one will have the chance to live a long and healthy life.
Cancer is never pretty, but it can be beat. I know, I am a survivor myself ( 14+ yrs now) and I think you can never underestimate having a positive attitude.
A good friend passed away a few weeks back after she was diagnosed in October of 2006 with stage 4 lung cancer. Never smoked a day in her life and was in excellent health.
It all depends on what stage your friend is in - if early it can be treated but if it's too late there is nothing they can do. Either way, spend as much time with your friend as possible because you never know.
A good friend passed away a few weeks back after she was diagnosed in October of 2006 with stage 4 lung cancer. Never smoked a day in her life and was in excellent health.
Lung cancer has replaced breast cancer as the most common cancer in women. Researchers do not know why, even women that have never smoked and never been around second hand smoke are getting it.
A current study is going on in Singapore where the numbers of women diagnosed with lung cancer is rising rapidly. In Singapore women do not smoke.
As was already stated, it is very curable in the early stages. Screening is answer, and not just for smokers. Regular screening is necessary for everyone. CT scan is preferred over chest x-ray because the heart blocks one of the lung's lobes in an x-ray. The CT scan sees that lobe, too.
MichiganBoater - 8/6/2007 11:46 AM . Cancer is never pretty, but it can be beat. I know, I am a survivor myself ( 14+ yrs now) and I think you can never underestimate having a positive attitude.
Glad to hear that MI......
My father in law was a chain smoker, started when he was 16. Was diagnosed with kidney cancer and then lung cancer. They removed a portion of one of his lungs and one of his kidneys. He quit smoking for a month after that and then started again. The cancer came back again(or never left) and he passed away a few months later. It is very hard to watchsomeone as big and strong as him go basically down to nothing. He smoked until the day he went back into the hospital for the last time.
I just don't get that.....it must be a terrible addiction. Please do not smoke.
I believe they consider cancer free for five years a "cured patient". Sorry to hear about it. If its stage four you friend does not have long. Man, I got to quit these cancer sticks.
Here is link about my cousin in LA. She fought hard for Lung Cancer research funding and did alot to raise awareness of this disease. Read the article she was a pretty remarkable person.
The ability to treat the cancer depends on if it is a small cell or large cell carcinoma. Small cell is inoperable but can be slowed down in its growth pattern with chemo. Small cell means it is liklely in other areas of the body and has just not surfaced yet. Large cell is surgically operable caught in its early stages.
Small cell you will get the spill from the oncologist that it is "not operable but with chemo we hope to give you 3-5 years"
It is a vicious fast growing cancer and the chemo is like dumping drano in your body.
My Mom died in 1998 from small cell lung cancer at age 67, she smoked from age 16-63. Her body could not cope with the rigors of the treatment, she died 8 months after diagnosis.
The night she died I watched her take a breath every 6 seconds for 10 hours (try it, breath deep, one-thousand one to six, breath again, count again) before she finally passed away. Brain stem activity was all that was left.
Every breath she took you just knew it was the last one, but then she would breath again.
It was brutal to watch and I was so relieved when she finally passed.
I lost my mother to cancer back in 1994. She was a 2-pack a day smoker....diagnosed in 1992 with a secondary metastasized tumor in her lower back. She lasted for over 16 months....the last 3 were not good. After she passed away, the autopsy showed the metastasized cancer originated as a small-cell carcinoma in her lung.
It's very unpleasant, and I wouldn't wish a death like that on my worst enemy.
Hopefully, your relative's situation is different and the cancer can be treated successfully. I will keep my fingers crossed for you and your family.
The ability to treat the cancer depends on if it is a small cell or large cell carcinoma. Small cell is inoperable but can be slowed down in its growth pattern with chemo. Small cell means it is liklely in other areas of the body and has just not surfaced yet. Large cell is surgically operable caught in its early stages.
Small cell you will get the spill from the oncologist that it is "not operable but with chemo we hope to give you 3-5 years"
It is a vicious fast growing cancer and the chemo is like dumping drano in your body.
My Mom died in 1998 from small cell lung cancer at age 67, she smoked from age 16-63. Her body could not cope with the rigors of the treatment, she died 8 months after diagnosis.
The night she died I watched her take a breath every 6 seconds for 10 hours (try it, breath deep, one-thousand one to six, breath again, count again) before she finally passed away. Brain stem activity was all that was left.
Every breath she took you just knew it was the last one, but then she would breath again.
It was brutal to watch and I was so relieved when she finally passed.
hghcpa,
I was saddened to read your post, and the others on this thread who have lost loved ones to this awful disease. I am truly sorry.
I am going through the early stages of what you experienced. My mom is a life long smoker, since 18, she's now 65.
In March, she was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and scans showed that it has already metastisized into her bones (skull, both femurs, back, pelvis, etc). The oncologist who comes from Dana Farber gave her 2 months if she chose to do no Chemo. It is not curable, but chemo does buy some time. She tried two courses of it and wound up in the hospital both times before deciding enough was enough. She is now back to smoking as much as ever (despite being told by her doctor that it would accelerate the cancer growth tremendously) and is currently doing no chemo.
To say it has been hard is an understatement. She is functioning pretty well right now. In fact, we are taking a family vacation next week to Captiva to spend time together while she is well enough. We don't know when she wil start to decline, I don't think it will be all that far off as she refuses to stop smoking. Forgive me for not being optimistic, but I don't see her case being one of "fighting back against my cancer."
It is an awful thing to know that your mom is going to go through this horrible awful death and be completely unable to do anything about it.
Please, if anyone reading this is a smoker, go to all lengths to quit. If not for yourself then for those who will have to endure this alongside you.
__________________ Seems there are more people riding in the wagon these days and far fewer pulling
Living with lung cancer. What to expect... 
