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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

I'm so sorry to hear that Liz is having difficulty with her chemo. I was afraid of this and with no food to help absorb acids she must feel extremely ill. Do you know how much weight she has lost? What do her doctors say?

May I make a suggestion that you back off pressuring her to eat? This really doesn't work, as you are seeing, and may make matters worse. I think perhaps that the stress she is feeling increases with the pressure to eat? I'm not sure that she will eat no matter what you do.

I wish that I could talk to her. Do you think that she would be willing, in a private message maybe?

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rlogan | @rlogan | May 1, 2022

Merry, I will ask her if she would like to get up with you.
She seems to be more active first thing in the morning and then after taking her meds sleeps most of the day. I am able to get her to drink her protein shake each morning, but that is about it. She has lost about 25 lbs since this started in late - February.

We will be seeing the Radiologist tomorrow afternoon and tell him what is going on, maybe he has some suggestions to help her out.

One of my biggest challenges, other that the obvious ones with her cancer, is that we do not know how much longer she will be able to walk. I have been looking into wheelchair options, but the height of the house above ground level is a real road block. I am afraid that she will lose mobility before I solve this issue and then we will really be in a fix.

I want to that you again for being there for us and keeping in contact. It means the world to me!!!

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