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Starting Tagrisso: What time of day do you take it? With food?
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I just started this journey, was in the ER in June with what I thought was a heart attack and turned out to be reflux but they noticed a spot on my lung. Fast forward to now, I have NSCLC with an EGFR mutation. This has only spread to my lungs but has spread so considered stage IV. I started Tagrisso 22 days ago and so far handling it very well, no side effects so far so I just hope it is doing its thing. Fingers crossed.
Thank you for asking.
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Maureen,
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@mmusselman01, I'm glad your body is handling the Tagrisso well! However, I'm confused by the stage IV diagnosis. My understanding is that stage IV means that the lung cancer has spread to another organ. Even if it was widespread through the lungs, it should still be stage III.
Do you know which EGFR mutation you have? I have the Exon 19 mutation, also known as Exon 19 deletion. Welcome to the club no one wants to belong to!