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Stage IV lung cancer, what treatments work for you?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jul 14, 2020 | Replies (40)
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@shortshot80

SHORTSHOT/NANCY) HI COLLEEN, I HAVE HAD A PET SCAN WITH SURGER AND A BI OPSY ON A GROWTH AS BIG AS MY FISH IN MY LEFT SIDE. IT GREW FROM MY GROIN TO MY RIBS. THE DARN THING EVEN GETS CAUGHT ON MY RIBS. IT IS CANCER AND I WILL KNOW WHAT KIND NEXT TUESDAY. THEN ALSO WILL FIND OUT WHAT TREATMENT IF ANY IS AVAILABLE. DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY I FELL IN MY OFFICE ROOM AND FELL ON TO MY VACUUM CLEANER. i LANDED ON MY RIGHT SIDE AND BACK. HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING. i EVEN HAVE SOME CANCER GROWING ON MLY HEAD. NOT FUN. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. . NANCY

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Jul 4, 2020

@shortshot80 Hi Nancy,
Thanks for your update. I am so sorry to hear about your fall and the difficulty you are having breathing. What a tough place to be. Have you talked with your doctors about Palliative Care (different from hospice care)? It provides comfort care when you have a serious illness. Here is some information from Mayo's website,

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/palliative-care/about/pac-20384637

Perhaps one of your children could talk with your doctor about consulting with a Palliative Care team.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jul 4, 2020

@shortshot80- In my last appointment at the hospital where I am treated and where my doctors are my Oncologist sais that Palliative care is where I am. Since there is no cure for my type of cancer I am treated in a Whack-a-mole fashion. As different lesion changes take place my 3 doctors decide what they should do- do they zap it with SBRT or try a different approach. Both palliative care and hospice care provide comfort. But palliative care can begin at diagnosis, and at the same time as treatment. Hospice care begins after treatment of the disease is stopped and when it is clear that the person is not going to survive the illness.
I'm wondering if you have decided to stop any treatments that will prolong your life or just want to be made comfortable. Have you discussed this with your medical team and what do they recommend?

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