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Lung Cancer | Last Active: Apr 18 7:21pm | Replies (104)
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Thank you. He is going to have pinpoint radiation and just had his gallbladder removed, but is still very sick. I worry that if he does not get these stomach issues worked out he will not be strong enough to tolerate anything. Going back for post surgical this week so I may have to push for something else to be done. I guess the reason we don't understand all of this is that he was told it is slow growing?? I would hate to see what aggressive looks like. I just never did understand why they took him off of it for 6 weeks until he started radioisotopes which they say is not working either. After those 6 weeks he had a new tumor, the others had gotten larger and now has spots on his liver.
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First of all, hang in there. Cancer treatment is a frustrating process. We want things to move at warp speed and who can blame us for that! Six months into my Keytruda treatment scans showed a second cancer site totally unrelated to the initial NSCLC site; adenocarcinoma versus sarcoma. As a friend told me I was "hoggin' all the cancers". It ended up being an uncommon form of cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST, for short) that was surgically removed successfully last August. The best news is that he is now in treatment and being (what seems like) constantly monitored and that is a very good thing. You're on top of things so stay on top of things. Amazing things are happening in the treatment of cancer. I know it's hard but there is always a need for optimism.