Dear Barbara,
Couldn't help read your message here and as usual I am awe struck by the
great courage and inpspiration so many here have. The ability for one to
take charge and wish to progress in a path of wellness by researching
into other methods that will help support and heal is very courageous
and rewarding. The additional ability to question and learn about their
disease is essential to the assistance and understanding of which
direction to proceed on in beating the disease. You and many of my
friends here do..do that. We have learned much by the exchanges and
diaglogue of ideas and thoughts and sharing. Thank you for your
contribution as I thank the so many here for theirs. Keep up the great
work. It will be rewarding for you in your recovery.
God Bless
marty Auslander
Barbara Silverman wrote:
>
> Dear Claire, Carla, Torie & all,
>
> Thanks much for the info. Well, I had my appointment with an oncologist at
> Sloan yesterday. He recommended no further followup treatments of chemo or
> radiation - just keep an eye on it with bone scans, cat scans and a brain
> MRI. He told me they normally give chemo and/or radiation before surgury
> to see which drugs the tumor responds to. (Of course, I already had
> surgury so that was not an option.) He told me that clinical trials are
> being done on the chemo combination I was given; i.e. taxotere and
> navelbine, and they are showing some promise. However, he also said the
> side effects I experienced are common - one man almost died from the chemo
> - and if I had continued treatment, I would have gone through the same
> reaction as I did the first time.
>
> A point of interest - he told me that they are finding out inadvertantly
> from their clinical trials that those individuals who had an infection in
> their lung following surgury seem to be less likely to have a recurrance of
> the cancer. They feel that the infection stimulates the immune system,
> which kills off cancer cells while fighting the infection. And here I
> thought what bad luck it was that I had come down with an infection right
> before surgury!!
>
> I'm continuing with the vitamin and herb regiment, and finding my health
> and energy improving daily so I'm going to keep that up. I'm also thinking
> of going to a holistic cancer doctor for other recommendations in this
> direction so as soon as I do, I'll share.
>
> Take care. My thoughts and prayers are with you as always.
> Barbara S.
> ----------
> > From: Claire <clee02@snet.net>
> > To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> > Subject: Re: [MOL] Squamous cell carcinoma in lower part of lung
> > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 9:05 PM
> >
> > Barbara Silverman wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear Claire,
> > >
> > > You wrote that your husband had 2 incidents of Squamous Cell lung
> cancer.
> > > Could you please let me know, did he undergo followup treatment; i.e.
> > > chemo? radiation?
> > >
> > > Thanks much,
> > > Barbara S.
> > >
> > > Dear Barbara --
> >
> > My husband had no follow-up treatment after his surgeries although he
> > had frequent check-ups and sputum analyses. His last incident was
> > almost 14 years ago, however, and things may have changed.
> >
> > I've heard that if additional treatment for squamous cell lung carcinoma
> > is called for radiation, not chemo, is used. Sorry I can't be more
> > helpful.
> >
> > Claire
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