Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi

@lady1lake- Hello. It's been quite a while since I have heard from you about your cancer status. The last the I read was about your successful lens replacements. I love mine. How are you doing?

@alamogal635- I know that you do.

I'll check out your site recommendations thanks for the input.

@merpreb I mean what I wrote. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

@alamogal635- Awww. You are such a sweetie. Thank you.

@merpreb Am like you--I keep the "what ifs" to myself. Have found that most people are uncomfortable talking about such things. That is why here we CAN discuss such fears. Moreover, I truly have no family left with whom to talk. I do a lot of living in my mind. I think none of us wants to die, even though we can rationalize it as something that will happen one way, or another. We just can't comprehend the idea., i think. We all have our own way of facing our ultimate demise and if we go kicking and screaming, or quietly that is our own choice. I love life and will fight for living it to the fullest until that time comes. I have my piano and my four dogs. Don't know what I'd do without them. Don't know what I'd do without this site where we can truly be honest about things. I"m so glad to have found you. You are such an inspiration to us here.

@hgregory- Good morning Greg. I must warn you that stem cell treatments for COPD is very new and that there really only trials being offered. It's important to find legitimate information about the trials and those that are just scams. There are a lot of bogus clinics offering all sorts of promises that are just not science based.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/features/copd-new-treatments - This will give you some understanding of your interest.
I would recommend looking into this: https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/center-regenerative-medicine/patient-care

Thanks for the welcome. My wife suggested the clinic. I suffer wit emphysema and COPD. I inquired about stem cell treatment and does it really work. No answers yet but I will Share if I do. Greg Edwards

@alamogal635- Good morning. "What if" is one of the new you thingies that happens with cancer. I don't "what if" out loud to myself I just fill up with dread and inertia takes me over. Of course it is all about lamenting our own lives. How can it not? I might be better off "what iffing" because then I might come up with some alternatives. I am not a person who has just accepted their own death with ease at all. I fear I might go kicking and screaming all the way. I do know that it is inevitable but I am so not prepared for it at all.

@merpreb Will do so. Not saying all is sunny and bright--the lurk of "what if" IT returns is always there. I guess it will be so from now on. I have found deep breathing to help settle nerves and anxiety hen anxiety arrives. That is probably lemental for many on this site, but for me, actually doing it has helped tremendously.