Re: [MOL] Lung Cancer

[Lillian <firefly@islc.net>]

Dear Allison:  I would first suggest that you call NCI @ 1-80-4-cancer, they will even send you questions to ask your mothers team of doctors.  At this time you need to gather all the information you can and seek second and third opinions from doctors who are not affiliated.  Pls. know that we care and if we may be of further service to you, we welcome you with tender loving arms.  Your friend, Lillian
 
WELCOME TO YOUR MOL CANCER FORUM
Here you will meet a wonderful caring group of individuals who
cancering.or loved one and friends being  advocates for those cancering.  Individuals in this group are not in the medical professional field.  Therefore,we do not endorse a treatment, drug or product.  Our people combined do have many year's of accumulated knowledge and expierence, who come from all walks in life and are able to lend tremendous assistance to help you walk through this journey.  

There are a few matters of importance to address.
It is the general assumption of the group that one can use alternative treatments (with your doctors permission) in conjunction with traditional therapy.
We feel that an individual who has had testing and is returning to the doctor should take someone with them as an extra set of ears.
It must be remembered that this is a most stressful time for you.  We also agree that a second or even a third opinion is healthy.  One needs to shop for the right doctor for them; as each of us are so different not only in personality; but our bodies react differently also.
You should be seeking nothing but the best doctors and hospital, remember this is your life and you want to be in control.  The best way to be in control is to acquire all the information needed for your particular cancer; so that you and your doctor can descide the best treatment for you.
We find stress is our worse enemy, it is so important to remove yourself from stressful situations and non positive thinkers.
There are so many new drugs and treatments our there for most cancers that lend all to maintain hope.
Be prepared for you doctors visits with questions.  Should the doctor interrupt you while you are questioning explain that you have more questions.  Make sure the doctor speaks to you in lay terms and that he is postive also.
Too often the doctor will give a gloomy statistical report, thus taking the hope away from the patient and we find so many people who far out live the guess of any doctor.  Last; but never least make sure that you eat healthy and that you keep your ammune system built up.
Again, we are here for you, we are a place of compassionate comfort, a place you can rant and rave knowing that we too have done that.  A place of shelter; whereas all of us know what your are going through.  Your friends of the MOL CANCER FORUM

                                TRADITIONAL SITES
 National Cancer Institute    http://rex.nci.nih.gov
Univ of Penn                          http://cancer.med.upenn.edu
Cancer Notes on the Net      http://www.cancernews.com 
Medicine On Line                 http://www.meds.com
 MD Anderson                        http://rpisun2modacc.tmc.edu./8080/research/ctmdacc.htm
Mem. Sloan-Kettering          http://www.mskcc.org
 

ALTERNATIVE SITES
For a positive view of shark cartilage in treating cancer, see the following:
http://www.drlane.com/
http://www.betterhealthtech.com/indexa1.shtml
http://www.realife.com/
http://www.explorepub.com/articles/shark.cartilage.html
For a more balanced or negative view, see the following:
http://www.commonwealhealth.org/cartconclu.html
http://www.quackwatch.com/index.html
http://www.drweil.com
There's also information on the National Cancer Institute site, but I couldn't find the URL.
Under no circumstances should you use alternative remedies like shark cartilage as a substitute for
well-tested cancer chemotherapy.
 
 
 

Docent@aol.com wrote:

Hi-

My mother went to the doctor a couple of months ago  because she was having
pain in her hip.  A couple of weeks later she developed a cold. the doctor did
a chest x-ray and thought she had pnuemonia.  He gave her two weeks' worth of
antibiotics.  She came back and the symptoms had cleared, but a chest x-ray
showed that the spot had not cleared.  An x-ray of the hip led the doctor to
conclude that she had broken her hip.   He admitted her to the hospital that
day and called in a pulmonary doctor and bone doctor. They ordered a bone scan
which showed a little bit of uptake that the bone doctor said was arthritis.
The lung doctor said he was pretty sure the shadow was cancer and scheduled a
bronchoscopy with negative results.  The pulmonary doc then ordered a needle
biopsy of the lung; the pathology results indicates a 3 x 5 cm adenocarcinoma.
The brain and the lymph nodes looked clean, but the oncologist ordered antoher
set of chest x-rays and an MRI of her hip and spine.  If the MRI comes back
clean, then the oncologist and the pulmonary doc want to do pre-op
chemotherapy and then surgery.  My mother is 70 years old.

Any comments and/or suggestions as to what to expect, questions to ask, etc.
would be very much appreciated.  My dad died three years ago -- nine months
after being diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma.  Mother and I are not
sure how to deal with this new set of challenges.

Thanks-
allison
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