Mass on lung and lymph nodes
I had a routine Cat Scan about a month ago and found large mass in lung and probability of surrounding lymph nodes. I have consultation this week to discuss best approach to biopsy and also setting up Pet scan. I’m beyond devastated and scared. I heard the needle biopsy is miserable. I feel certain I’m facing death and perhaps worse thing is telling my two adult daughters who already lost their dad when they were kids.
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Thanks Colleen. I wouldn’t take anything unless my dr prescribed it. The use of Ivermectin in clinical trials is, however a hopeful thing!
@bellsina71 and @detroitmom23, ivermectin combined with other chemotherapy drugs or targeted drugs is being studied in early clinical trials and shows promise in patients for whom conventional chemotherapy has not worked in some cancer types. It may be effective against drug-resistant cancer cells.
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Yeah that's what I thought!
Yes, I'm totally anemic and feel just fine! Ha ha! Go figure? I'm not tired at all and usually stay up late and get up early! My oncologist office said that this could have been going on a while or slowly and so my body didn't notice it but it's so weird! With the blood, I went to bed and started wheezing which I never do, so I got up to go spit it out and it was blood. I called my mom to come over to watch Ameirah while I went to the hospital and by the time I got there an hour later, it had pretty much stopped. But I am grateful it happened long enough for me to find out I have this wrong because I want to have a chance!!
The ivermectin is interesting..,
Maureen,
It's also good your hubby is keeping things positive!! I have my mom and son doing that for me right now and it helps so much! My mom told me tonight she was going to kill me because I kept sending horrible things about my CT scan I was finding on the internet. She is right though I shouldn't be diagnosing myself!?! It was such terrible, depressing things I was finding also. She told me that she wanted to think positive and not be upset until we know for sure what's going on. I told her I would try to stop looking online! I think I have too bc I will drive myself completely NUTS! Are you religious at all or do you believe that we go on somehow? I think we all go on but that doesn't mean I want to go yet!!!!
The blood levels sound like anemia? Are you really tired all the time? A cancer center sounds like a good place to be and they probably have access to clinical trials too. Did you just spit up blood the one time?
Also in Milwaukee here I am with the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic and I am hoping they have clinicals and stuff but I dont' really see that there are any Research Hospitals near me. My sister is a nurse and she told me to get some Ivermectin and start taking that 1 time a week. There is some research that it can help cancer patients or stop the cells from dividing. I've tried to read up on it, but I would eat a centipede if they said it could help!
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You are so fortunate that the doctor is going to have the pathologist there and everything! That is great. I have to wait while this doctor is on vacation, then when he gets back meet with him again, THEN set up the brochoscopy. Come on! I don't know if I'll be able to stand any procrastination! You are NOT a baby!! You are scared, terrified, but maybe the news will be a little bit better than you think it will be?! Just because of the mass, that doesn't mean it's all cancer either. Mine is large also, and it's odd I haven't really had any symptoms and still don't, but my blood work is off the charts! I can also feel that mass or something is in there now if I take a real deep breath sometimes...I think it's because it got irritated when it bled and I spit up blood. Today I found out that I need to have iron IV infusions because my levels are at 12 and they should be between 50-170, I just can't bear the thought of horrible news either!!! I usually crack up during the day at least a couple times, but I know that's normal. We are both terrified and we are human so I think we are both doing the best we can right now in a terrible situation!!!