Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi
Welcome to the Lung Cancer group on Mayo Clinic Connect.
This is a welcoming, safe place where you can meet people living with lung cancer or caring for someone with lung cancer. Let's learn from each other and share stories about living well with cancer, coping with the challenges and offering tips.
I'm Colleen, and I'm the moderator of this group, and Community Director of Connect. Chances are you'll to be greeted by volunteer patient Mentors and fellow members when you post to this group. Learn more about Moderators and Mentors on Connect.
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Waiting for the inevitable can be extremely difficult and anxiety provoking. Do you have help caring for your mom or are you alone in this? You need to be selfish at times at care for yourself too.
We all have things we're waiting on: waiting on a dream to come on pass, waiting for our health to improve,waiting to meet the right person, we know God put the promise in our heart,but we wonder why it's taking so long. When is it ever going to happen? The scripture says, 'there is an appointed time for the promise to be fullfilled. If there's a right time that means any other time is the wrong time, if u dnt undrstnd that God will alwys be right on time, then the delays, the detours, the waiting period will cause u to be fustrated, It's not enough to just trust God? U have to trust in his timing
Sounds healthy-so she is eating? That's great. Have a geat day.
Oats,leafy vegetables,nuts fruits
That's a bit low- What is her diet like? Is her appetite down because of all the pain? She needs maybe more iron?
She doesn't have problem with breathing...we checked her hemoglobin too it's 11.1
Hi!! That's wonderful. She will rest more easily with less pain. How is her breathing?
@merpreb hi ....thanks a lot for your concern....she is doing fine By the Grace of God .....gave her some accupumture on her left hand she found some relief
Good day to you Samantha- How is your mom doing since we last had contact?
Hi @bluelagoon, healthy diets can support healing. You were wise to consult your oncologist to ensure that the diet plan didn't raise any red flags. Many cancer centers include dietitians in the cancer team. They are an amazing resource when people have questions about healthy diets and also about getting good nutrition when cancer treatments may make a challenge to get enough calories or cause unwanted weight gain.