Carcinoid cancer: Want to meet others

I was diagnosed with a pnet metastasized to my liver and bones in 8/22. It was functioning, and it blocked two important veins in the area. So, I got very sick. Surgery was not an option. I was 56 at the time. I took CAPTEM chemo, capecitabine and temozolomide, for a year. They shrunk everything. For example, my 8x6cm pnet went to 4x2cm. It didn't block veins anymore. My pancreas and liver started to function properly. After 2 additional years of capecitabine, the cancer has been stable. I am the healthiest that I have been in years. Keep a positive attitude and outlook. It might not always be a cakewalk, but you can manage it. A lot of us here have. We have not only survived, but we now thrive.

Hi @blm1024
Welcome! Glad you’re in the other side of surgery.

I have typical lung carcinoids and DIPNECH. Very slow growing. Discovered in 2008. Too many to remove. Had largest 2.6 cm destroyed with ablation. CT scan surveillance all along. Still stage 1. Octreotide injections to control respiratory symptoms.

I talked to a lady from another NETs site who had a typical lung NETs tumor the size of a tennis ball removed along with one lobe at 70 years old. I last talked to her when she was 80. She just had CT scans for 10 years. No recurrence or metastasis. No breathing issues. Doing great.

Lung NETs is much less likely to spread than GI NETs. I hope you find this encouraging and you’re one and done. 😄

Thank you for taking the time to respond.. I just found all of this out on Friday June 13th.. can you imagine. Went to the ER for something else.. was told '' by the way, you have a NET tumor" (FREAKED me out to say the least. I was to have surgery today for a small intestine ressection .. but they postponed it for 3.5 weeks.......... ANXIETY to say the least. I now know its a grade 1 but not the stage yet until after surgery. So worried about a return.

How do you typically manage anxiety?