Special prayers are being sent your way. God Bless!

Prayers and good thoughts heading your way.
They work!

As a former smoker I still make sure I have a chest exray with my annual physical. My doctor always insisted on it.

To all of you smokers & former smokers, take a morning, schedule an exray,
it may save your life.

Thanks for all your good thoughts and prayers..They do mean alot to me...

And, as others have said, please if you are or were a smoker, get a chest x-ray...You probably don't have anything, but as you can see from me, you never know!!

Enjoy today!!!!:laugh:

I am also sending prayers. God may give you enough Strength and ability to fight against this critical time.

Hi Everyone...Just an update....I went to see the oncologist this week...Of course, they never really review all your reports until after you see them atleast once!! Anyway, reviewing everything while I was there, he said it appears that I was one very lucky woman and that it looks like everything was taken out with the surgery. He does want me to see a radiation oncologist next week to just go over everything and see if he agrees or would suggest a few rounds of radiation to be "sure" they got all the cancer. My medical oncologist is also putting my file with a panel for review...Guess everyone needs to cover their a-----!!!! Which is fine with me!
Thanks again to all for your prayers...now I'm concentrating on getting my stamina back!!

Thanks Kathie...Yes, it will take time and I just need to be patient! The golf course and pickleball courts will have to do without me a little while longer!!
Have a great evening and weekend!

lung cancer
 

I am so happy that you are doing well. I agree that a positive attitud is essentle. I was diagnosed with lung cancer almost 8 years ago and the local hospital gave me one year and I'm still here after wonderful care at Mass General Hospital in Boston. Mine was advanced and I had radiation and chemo before undergoing surgery to remove the lobe and four ribs that were also affected and then another round of chemo. It returned and I was on a clinical trial for 6 months which was two weeks (one day per week) on chemo and one week off and the cancer cells were killed. It returned again and that time I had the lobe remove in my other lung and no treatments needed. I then was diagnosed with small nodules in both lungs and had another 6 months of chemo and have now been cancer free for over three years. I can credit Mass General for great care and my family and friends for so much support and the most important person in my life was my husband who took over just about every house chore and was the best caretaker. I think that my attitude that I wasn't going to let this damn thing get me has helped me give it a good fight and so far I am winning. Keep your chin up and a sense of humor and remember that your friends and family are there for you. Good luck and my prayers are with you.