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Wife Just Diagnosed w/ ES SCLC - What Can We Expect?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 20, 2022 | Replies (222)
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@merpreb

Bob- I'm sorry that I'm late answering this. I had a meniscus tear mended and haven't been on in a few days. I'm sorry to hear that Liz is having a rough time. Cancer metastasis can be extremely challenging and tough, especially if it goes to the bones and about 30%-40% of lung cancer patients with advanced lung cancer have this complication.

At this point keeping Liz as pain-free as possible is extremely important so she can feel as normal as possible. Having more nourishment will help with this too.

How are you doing? Isn't today a Chemo day?

Merry

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rlogan | @rlogan | Apr 26, 2022

Merry, yes today was Liz's first chemo and auto-immune therapy and everything went pretty well. She is still not eating and the Oncologist is prescribing her an "appetite enhancer" to see if this will help. She has not eaten anything solid in 4 days now and has only consumed a single protein shake each day. She has no sense of taste and will not eat for the sake of eating. I am very frustrated but I cannot force her to eat.....

Things are starting to build up on me and I am trying to keep a level mind, but have been waking up around 1-2 am each morning and unable to go back to sleep. Our youngest daughter will be coming down tomorrow and staying for the weekend so hopefully this will help.

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