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Anyone out there living with stage 4 lung cancer?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 24, 2023 | Replies (143)Comment receiving replies
(Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma, papillary) The usual answer I get from my doctors is the "it depends." On so many variables that are still being discovered. I have a FOXA1 and a.familial POT that are not understood in lung cancer. For a while there I felt like an orphan: everybody else has a targeted gene; why not me?
The reality is that yes, we know more...but there's much more in the undiscovered country of our genomes. DNA may make us more vulnerable but you have to take your personal history into account, like your job or your food or where you're living. And...AND...your DNA may be perfect but you are still at risk. So I always return to the "get as healthy as you can for as long as you can." Talk to your nutritionist if your program has one. Cheers & good luck, Wendy
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‘Ditto!’ to Wendy’s comment about ‘see a nutritionist’! We are 2 3/4 years in to my husband having lung cancer. We HAD asked the doctor about foods, nutrition, etc… He said it didn’t matter-. Bully! Two weeks ago we set up an appt.w/a nutritionist! She told us things we didn’t know and DID give guidelines that are important! IMO everyone should be told to ‘See a nutritionist!’
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Hi Wendy, welcome. You're so right to follow your pledge "get as healthy as you can for as long as you can." That's one to live by. So often it is impossible to pinpoint the exact cause of one's cancer.
When were you first diagnosed with lung cancer? What treatments have you had? And, more importantly, how are you doing today?