I have heard people say they are in stage I vs. stage IV What do the numbers go to and what numbers is good vs. bad? My mother in law has a 7 cent. mass in one lung and a 3 cent. mass in the other. She is not going to let them do the biopsy, but the dr. says he is sure it is cancer. She is not going to let them give her treatments, either. With something like this, how long does a person live. She is 73 and has a problem breathing. Any help on what is going on????

REPLY http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/frown.gif((EXCUSE MY SPELLING))))IF SHE HAS A MASS IN EACH LUNG , ARE THEY GETTING BIGGER ??? DOES SHE SMOKE ??WHERE DOES SHE LIVE ?? (LOCAL ENVIROMENT'S EFFECT A PERSON'LIFE SPAN !!!! IF SHE LIVE'S IN THE COUNTRY. BESIDE AN ORCHADE, WIND GUST'S COULD CAUSE SPRAY'S TO DRIFT OVER HER , HER FOOD AND THE THINGS SHE TOUCHES ETC MANY MANY THIN'S CAN BE EFFECTING HER ,SMOKING , ASPESTIS etc THE LIST IS ENDLESS......
NOW THE SIZE IN PERCTAGE OF THE LUNG ....
SAY FOR EXAMPLE YOUR LUNG IS A HOT WATER BOTTLE
YOU POUR WATER IN AND IT STAY'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE
THAT IS 100%NOW IN ONE LUNG SHE HAS A 7 CENT HOLE THAT IS 7% WATER IS LEAKING OUT, THAT IS A LOT OF DAMAGE 3CENT'S IS 3%THAT IS ALSO ALOT ALOT OF DAMAGE!!
HOWEVER WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCE'S OF HAVING THEM REMOVED . etc (((( BUT i DO KNOW THAT IF THE PERSON WHO IS HEALTHLTHY OR START'S TO GET HEALTHY CAN REPAIR THEMSELVES IN NO TIME , ONE PERSON I KNOW HAD 50% OF HIS LUNG REMOVED IT GREW BACK BECAUSE APART FROM SMOKING HE WAS A HEALTH STRONG PERSON ((HE DID GIVE UP SMOKING ALSO THOUGH.) MY MOTHERS LUNG CANCER IS AT THE POINT THAT SHE WILL DIE BETWEEN NOW AND 3OR 4 MONTHS I HAVE BEING TOLD IT IS UNOPERATABLE IN BOTH LUNGS SHE ALSO EXPECT'S THAT THE CANCER HAS SPREAD TO HER BONE'SHOWEVER SHE IS STILL SMOKING AND STILL DOES NOT SEEM TO USING ANYTHING FORBREATHING ASSISTANCE,SHE DOES HOWEVER HAVE A CARER DURING THE DAY, HOWEVER I THINK ALSO IT IS THE STATE OF MIND OF THE PEOPLE, HER FRIEND 27 I MISTOOK FOR BEEN AROUND 40 YEARS OLD I AM 26 AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO OUT OF TOUCH I STILL FEEL AND ACT AS ATEENAGER EXCEPT FOR HAVING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN ADULT
****OUR MOTHER IN LAW HAS 7 AND 3 % MY MOTHER HAS ABOUT 65% _ 85% SO THEY ARE PRETTY BIG HOLE'S

IF YOU COULD MAKE AYTHING OF MY DIALEMMA, I WITNESSED APERSON DIE OF CANCER AND OLD AGE SHE WAS 85 SHE WAS BED WRIDEN HER SHE BEGAN TO BLOT SHE HAD ALSO TURNED ASICKLY YELLOW WHICH SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE SWELLING RATHER THAN THE COLOR OF HER SKIN .. BETS OF LUCK ..

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WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCE'S OF PROCRASTINATION