Iressa

[shammyl]

In my mother's case, IRESSA worked wonder on her. My mother is nsclc, had reoccurance(?) one year after she did the surgery, there were spots all over her both lungs again. The doctor only gave her six months. After she had several round of chemos, she started taking IRESSA. Three months later, the CT scan showed the there were fewer and smaller spots, and another three months later, all the spots were gone! She has been taking it for one and half year now, tumor free and felt great. The only side effect is minor diahrea.

[Brigid Mulloy]

Just an up date on my mom and Iressa. She took it only for one month because of feeling so much worse on the drug. She lost down to 99lbs and was hardly able to eat for fear of gastric problems. It is a month later now and finally she is feeling better and starting to eat a resonable amount to keep her weight stable. When you factor in the expence of it and feeling so crummy she didn't feel it was worth it to take the small chance that it would help. She may have a small liver met ,something showed on the catscan but she refused to have a biopsy taken. It is interesting to consider that there maybe a connection between low tolerence for Iressa and liver involvement. Blessings to all of you living with this tragic disease. Brigid

[pinkzen]

My brother has had good results from Iressa. Three months on it and all scans are clear. Had mets to the mediastinum. NSCLC. No severe side effects so far. It is working for him.