Happy you have joined, lady. I am Stage IV now with nodes and spots on my liver. Brain MRI was clear, so far. If the doctors had listened to me for months, maybe this would have been caught sooner. I haven't even seen an Oncologist yet! Praying we can all beat it. Were you sick from the treatments and where were you treated? Since this is a Mayo discussion board, I assume there.

I will be thinking about you. I am sorry you are faced with cancer again. You beat it once, I hope this journey is the same. I also have SCLC. Blessings.

I too have SCLC stage 3b. I am being treated at Mayo, Jacksonville. I've had 30 rounds of radiation (done twice a day and finished in 3 weeks). I'm glad that stage of treatment is over. My radiation doctor says I will continue to get adverse effects from radiation for a month. Then I should start getting better.My throat has narrowed, normal eating is difficult. Doc gave me a prescription for a throat numbing medicine. It really helps. I am drinking High calorie Boost to supplement my calories. I've had 2 rounds of Chemo and will have my 3rd round next week. I've been a bit anxious about the next 2 rounds - decided to stop that as it is ruining the good days I am having. One person on this site said to set an appointment to worry, be anxious, be mad etc. If those thoughts arise outside of the appointment time tell yourself that you have to wait until your appointment time. That thought has helped me. Let me know how you are doing. I was told this cancer was probably caused by the radiation for breast cancer I had 31 years ago. I am a white female; never smoked. I don't fit the pattern for SCLC. It is in my lymph nodes, but they have not found any tumors elsewhere.

Blessings and best of luck.