@northoftheborder, thank you for your understanding…I never felt optimistic about my cancer even though I was stage 1b and later on I was 1a..you would think that I’d get positive feedback about early detection…this was not the case, I have a thoracic surgeon who performed both operations but before I had the second treatment he was speaking very negatively to me about my condition…without much explanation he tells me we’re trying to get you another year and also he was commenting on another nodule that he was sure it would turn to cancer…he said they can’t remove it surgically but perhaps I might have to to do radiation. I never felt comfortable with this doctor, he might be a good surgeon but he lacks the basic skills of compassion and empathy. I would have gladly changed doctors but this isn’t possible. I have never been on a social media and I don’t plan to but it really was a good choice to come here, I don’t feel so alone or doomed as before and reading about the successful treatments and how long people are living today with stage 4 cancer, this is very encouraging and better than medicine. I recently saw a program about lung cancer and they said it was the only cancer that was declining in death rates, this is due to early detection and the better scans they have today, this is very encouraging news for those of us who always felt so hopeless. Good luck to you and stay strong and positive.