Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi

Sorry I have not updated but fired since radiation has been "stable" with the radiation the neck lymph node as looked and felt like its reduced in size. The last CT was in July and since no longer in the clinical study, no chemo, only immunology KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) every three weeks which he is tolerating very well with no side effects. A CT is scheduled for Oct 2nd.

Me been busy cleaning up 5.3 acres been working every day itrs not raining 6-8+ hours a day made small dent... plus i have tangoed with the dumpster but the dumpster won out. slamming my forehead and nose into it; landing hard on the ground with my right knee... I dusted my self oof walked into house rested for 3 hours and went back to work outside the same day... a couple of scrapes on forehead, nose, did not break of scratch my glasses... did have a side ache for a week or so must of twisted; have a hard head Making head way... A trucker friend came in Wednesday and we have about conquered the front yard weed wacker the yard down with a weed eater with metal blade on it and sawing off seedlings that have sprouted since probably about Nov 2016 when his father no longer mowed the yard and it was the sons responsibility (he done paths only the width of the riding lawn mower) he never even burned the trash he took out to the north only expanded the it from the trash hole to above ground for 5 feet plus.... have the second dumpster about full and waiting for the 3rd 🙁

Things became final on Wednesday the 11th.. waiting for the bank to release the funds only released a mere repentance seven tho it was an escrow account from the title/abstract company... 20th is the release date and soon after I will have a new vehicle factory warrantied... and hen will work on housing... yet to hear from my account 🙁 SO things are looking up if i can survive the clean-up....

Type of cancer “malignant neoplasms of lung adenocarcinoma” my iPad changes spelling of words. Mrs. Trout who I played mahjong with recommend this site which I’m great full she did.

@richcolleen- Welcome to Mayo Connect. I'm glad that you found us and there are many to talk with on the Lung Cancer Group. I have stage 4a multifocal adenocarcinoma of the lungs for the past 10 years and 10 years before that had a fast growing adenocarcinoma. I am a mentor for Mayo Connect's lung cancer group. I have not had immunotherapy but have had regular, nasty chemo.
There are many people here who are taking Keytruda. I hope that they will chime in and answer any questions that you might have about this drug, including, @liz8716, @bentrivercarla
What kind of cancer do you have and have you had any other treatments? You must have been devastated to hear that you had lung cancer. I know that I was. But we march on, don't we? Are you feeling better during your "off" time?

My name is Colleen also and have stage 4 lung cancer. Meet Mrs. Trait and she suggested this sight. Had 8 treatments of chemo (pemetrexed, carboplatin and pembrolizumab every 21 days.) get sick 8-11 days. Decided to take 3 weeks treatment off trying to recover from last infusions. Think it would be helpful talking to patience with same diagnosis.

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@mbach1074 - Welcome to Mayo Connect and good morning. My lung cancer was found much like yours! I bumped into something and after a couple of weeks, when the pain hadn't subsided I had an Xray- It was very obvious that I had a lung tumor and not broken rib. I'm glad that you are already in treatment. What kind and stage of lung cancer do you have?

Hey new here, but been reading a lot of the post that arre here. Im an 80 year old wih lung cancer. Kinda funny how it has all come about. Last Feb, I fell on Ice and hurt my shoulder. I had let it go forawhile until I finally went to the Doctor to have it checked. They most certainly knew that I had rotator cuff. But, an MRI was ordered. Turns out no Rotator cuff, but rather a tumor Went to a local radiation oncologist and then from there I went to Mayo. What A GREAT experience that was. At any rate, I just started Immune therapy once every three weeks. After my first treatment, there seems to be no side affects. Dont know how long that wll last.Right now I feel very good.
Thanks for you forum
Merle

He is not good about answering questions on line at all. I can ask him questions when I see him and he will answer but does not really "discuss" things. Wakelee is good about answering questions but she is not technically my treating doctor. Makes it more complicated as there is no real treatment for my cancer.

@margot69- I know, the chemo and all the other crap is wreaking havoc on your health. I'm sorry. If there's a change in how you're feeling it's most likely that last thing that you had.
If you have the strength it's beyond time to sit your oncologist down and tell him that you don't feel like you are getting enough information from him. That you know that you are I'll but you need to know the truth, all of it
Can you do that?

Hi Merry,
I will check out that link, thank you. I am not having a good week, feeling sicker every day since tgat Infusuon but not sure if it is the cancer, chemo or Keytruda.
No, they did not mention dental care but I try to watch that closely. Due to chronic dry mouth and throat for years. I had $$$$ of dental work last year. Great!! My Oncologist tells me next to nothing.