PamKellyMott

hope you're doing well.

Hi PamKellyMott,
Welcome to WhatNext!. This is a great site with lots of information and hope. Many of us here are living with Stage IV lung cancer successfully. Wishing you well on your journey.

Hi PamKellyMott! Welcome to WhatNext! You and I share a similar diagnosis, except yours is still really new for you. I hope it gives you some solace to know that I was diagnosed with inoperable, stage IV adenocarcinoma of the lungs in 10/2012. My tumors haven't gone away, but I am living a full and relatively healthy life today. Fighting cancer is not fun. You learn a lot about yourself and about your friends and family ... some good, some not. The great news is that lots and lots of us are winning the battle! I'm hopeful you will too!

PamKellyMott...I hope you're doing well. Obviously getting this diagnosis is a shocker! There are a lot of good people on this site that are going (or have gone) through what you are now. A couple of key things I would suggest ... first learn what your tumor mutations are (you may hear things like EGFR, ALK, KRAS positive or negative). The results of these help your oncologist find possible targeted therapy and overall will help direct therapy. Second, find supportive friends, family, support groups, counselors, etc...to help you talk through all the fears and concerns you will have. Getting things out in the open somehow makes things a bit less scary and easier to deal with.
Good luck...I know you'll be in people's thoughts and prayers:)
Andy

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