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Old 10-21-2007, 11:48 AM   #1
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I posted a while ago ...think it was back in April...my husband was diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer...he had chemo,it shrunk his tumour by 80% , made it operable...he had a complete phnemonoctomy...he was in and out of hostpital after 4 days...he did reaaly well....it was a very risky op....entagled in blood vessels and the heart..they had to cut some of the peridicum...(i think) thats what its called ..outer skin of heart...he had clear margins ......this was in July....3 weeks ago had pet scan found hot spot in femur.....sent for mRI scan showed hot spot also....no pain....he fels fir and well..no symtom sof cancer at all...despite phnemenoctomy....oncologist told us prognosid without treatment ...6 months....with tratment 12-18 months....hes still working and you wouldnt know he had cancer...which makes it more difficult...they suggested raditherapy on femur and chemo for pallitive care.....hes 45 ...and feels he has come this far ....not to give up now....he wants to have the tumour cut out of his femur which means replacing with metal plates from hip to knee....then chemo...he feels this gives him best chance...saw ortho surgeon..hes doing a biopsy next wednesday...he needs to feel as he needs to know its 100% cancer ..because he has no pain..if so he will operate on leg then chemo....
doesnt it feel like wer'e in a different world....why???.....i feel so much for people that have lost partners and relatives on this board..but you never thing its gonna happen to you.....i dont know how to cope ..and im not the one with it....How do you cope???? I feel so lost........
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Old 10-21-2007, 12:05 PM   #2
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Dear Wendy,
I wish there was a magic formula I could spout out, or waive my magic wand. Unfortunately, there are no such things and the only things that keep us going are this: God sees to who stays and goes (takes responsibility out of our hands) and God gives us the strength to keep up the good fight. Win, or lose. Looking back at the two years that my Bud fought so hard and despite his overall good health, lack of other issues and successful chemo, the Lord saw that it was time for another angel to be brought home. Do I feel lost? ABSOLUTELY. It has been almost a year. This last Thur the 18th would have been our 3rd wedding anniversary and I have to admit, it was the worst day besides last Christmas. I cried for two days straight. The pain never goes away, we just become better able to deal with those sudden bouts of loneliness, fear, loss, depression, hopelessness. I realize that what he and I had is gone forever. Never, ever to return again. It was ripped out of our hands. So, what do I do to continue on my own? Well, for one thing, I have become a huge advocate of the American Cancer Socies and its spin-off ACS CAN. I have plunged myself into fund-reaising events for more than just the ACS. I have gotten involved in Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the United Way, and March of Dimes. I have adopted friends as family and become a big sister, buddy and over all, Cook-Du-Jour. They love my cooking, and that is such awesome therapy for me.

Please find peace in knowing that here, we are all walking the same path. The cancer journey is no respector of people. It strikes at will and all we can do, is have hope and believe.

Love, healing, hope, and prayers from So. Indiana
Jan

 
Old 10-22-2007, 02:15 AM   #3
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have you ever read the book "naturual cures they don't want you to know." ? its kind of a scary book when you are reading about all the satistics and stuff. how the cancer rate along with every other illness out there that can cause death is getting higher and higer. your right to make that comment, "i didn't think it would happen to me" a long time ago you would only hear about it, but never think it would happen to you, and it more likely would not.

now it seems like everyone has to think what illness is going to show its ugly face to you. and if we don't think like that, it just pops up on us and we are shocked and don't know what to do about it. younger and younger people are getting sick, and its really sad whats happening to us. but many people don't open their eyes to see this.

I just lost my mom to lung cancer a few years ago. she was only 44. to me, that is young. that means she was mid life at 20. thats jsut not right. I lost my (not related) uncle to lung cancer, and my friends mother died of it too.

I'm glad that you have a good doctor that is willing to help you as best he can, but you can always do more, like buy everything you want out of a health food store. I usto alway go into a health food store look at juices and foods, and say, "I would like that, but i don't have the money for it. so i will just stick to my regular diet." but then my health problems have been going out the roof. and I'm scared, so if it is really healthy, and cost alot, I buy it now, my health comes first. cloths, dvds, updating my computer, things I would regulary spend my money on, is not on my to do list anymore. I guess you have to make sacrfices.

one thing I bought at the health food store is Goji berries. Goji berries have been grown in protected valleys in wild and cultivated areas of Inner Mongolia in million year-old soil where pesticides have never been used. scientific research, has discovered it is the most powerful fruit, with powerful antioxidant, and is even knowen to extend life. I think its one of the most important health discovery ever made, and many scientis do also, but this is one of the many things "they" don't want you to know. when you can just buy Meds.

but I think sure, take the meds, but also do more. my mother tried to do more, but it wasn't the right things, and the cancer was already agressive. so it was to late for her. and if you are not sick, do more, so you don't get sick, thats the steps I'm doing, I am sick, I have all the things my mother had LONG before it got so bad it became cancer, I feel like my body is warning me.

wehn I lived in china, many very healthy people drank Goji berry tea. so I buy them, make tea, and when I finish the tea, I eat the berries out of the cup. there are many powerful foods out there that people should be eating everyday. but we don't even know about them. I didn't know any of this stuff when my mom was DXed with cancer, but the wake up call was to late for her, but not to late for me, and not to late for you.

i once heard a native elder say knowlege is power, and we need to learn everything from other elders, spending time with them, reading their books... but we don't. an elder also believes that you should be reading one book a week, and not just books for entertainment, but books written by "elders".

that was explaned further that these people are all around us. like Opras doctor, Christiane Northrup, M.D. to me she is an elder, and I can learn alot from reading a book she wrote.

well that is just my reflections after losing my mother to cancer. hope it helps

 
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you can cure cancer, but the people who did, it has never been by a doctor, but come from you. the doctor was just an aid, not the answer.

 
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Miyu,
thank you for the tip on the Goji berries. Never heard of them, but I am a big advocate of foods that have antioxidant and anticancer properties. I grow herbs and brew teas. I will look into them. I live in the Midwest and it's really hard to find ethnic grocery stores unless I were to go to St Louis, Nashville or Indy. But, there is always....Woohoo....Online ordering.

Take care all, thinking about all of you...
Jan

 
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