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Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi
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Hi, I’m Steve and was diagnosed late last year with stage 4 lung cancer. It’s currently just in my right lung and I was put on Tagrisso four weeks ago. It appears to be working as many of my symptoms such as regular coughing, nausea, lack of appetite, difficulty sleeping, and runny nose have been reduced or gone away. I still have shortness of breath and feel winded after activity, and periodic dry cough. I have lost a lot of weight since last Oct (20#) and struggling to gain it back on.
Does anyone have any suggestions how to gain weight back? Also I may be starting chemo in another month or so. Are there any side effects that I should be aware of? Thank you
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@stevenh31 This worked for us after chemo, you can try it and see for gaining weight. Soak overnight in milk or water - 10 Almonds, 5 Walnuts, 5 Pecans, 1 tsp Pumpkin seeds, 1 tsp flax seeds, 1 tsp chia seeds, 2-3 dates, protein powder of your choice one scoop. Grind it in Magic bullet/blender next morning and drink. High protein and healthy way to gain.
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Welcome Steve @stevenh31, It's good to hear that some of your side effects have lessened over time. There are some that seem to hang on and are with us for the long haul. The drugs can be quite effective but harsh. I take a different targeted therapy, alectinib for ALK positive stage 4 lung cancer.
Here's a link to a recent discussion about overcoming weight loss that may be helpful:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/weight-loss-from-stage-4-lung-cnacer/
Interesting, your team is looking at adding chemo to the Tagrisso? Do you know yet what type of chemo you may be given?