Hi everyone. I started this thread and wanted to give you an update on my recovery progress. I am now 4 weeks from surgery and am walking over a mile per day. I am doing some small chores around the house and cooking again. All activity restrictions have been lifted by my surgeon so it is up to me to do anything I can tolerate. I currently take a couple of tylenol (1000mg) mid day to help with the nerve pain and I take 300mg of Gabapentin and 50mg of Tramadol before bed. I am finally getting a good night's sleep and sleeping through the night. The numbness in my stomach area and side is beginning to shrink in size but I am now experiencing a sharp pain in the area which used to be numb. I am assuming this is a side effect of the nerves mending. The pain is not constant and it comes and goes but it gets your attention. I have also developed a nagging dry cough, especially when talking. I will discuss all of this with my lung oncologist when I see him next week to set up my chemo. I have also agreed to participate in an immunotherapy test trial for Stages 1, 2A & 2B adenocarcinoma patients. The test trial with Stages 3 & 4 patients was very successful by significantly raising the survival rate and they now want to see if this will also help the lower stages. It was an easy decision for me to agree to the trial with the risks as this will hopefully help future lung cancer patients.
Thank you all for you kind words and participating in this thread.