BarbaraCabel

Hi @BarbaraCabel and thanks for following me! I read below on your post to Stew that you're doing well!!! That's awesome. You are so right about how much science is accomplishing. I always say that if I have to have lung cancer, this is a good time to have it. So much more hope than just a few years ago.

Keep in touch, okay?

I am my wife's caretaker; she was diagnosed in August 2017 with having Stage 4 Cancer in her lungs, liver, and bladder. The bladder had a large tumor which was taken out surgically. Yesterday after the first stage of many rounds of chemo with Gemzar and Cisplatin she shows much improvement. 12 lesions on the lungs and one is left; others are gone and the one is reduced by two-thirds. The Liver had 16 lesions; one left there at 50% reduction. Bladder is clear of tumor; a slight thickening of one wall of the bladder is present and appears being in the healing stage. It is very hard for PET or Cat Scans to get good imagery as the bladder is hollow. Then we were told even the spots in her bones appeared to be calcifying. This was news to us as we had not been told about them before. They said they withheld it as it would have been overload to our brains. Lol, stage 4 is bad enough with three regions. Much improvement. Very hopeful after this report. Going into stage 2 of the Chemo Next week; new scans later but the radiologist was even praising along with the oncologist. Hope be with you and do not fear; you will be uncomfortable with some of the meds and with your Dr. but ask about things; get as informed as you can. It is your body and you are actually in charge of it.

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