Regarding the alt.support.cancer Frequently Asked Questions list at
www.cancersupporters.com.
In the Glossary, I have altered the definition of "Central line" to
remove the reference to a trade-marked product.  This was at the request

New to this group. I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma stage 3b(at least)
the day after Labor Day. I was discharged from the hospital last Tuesday
after the pulmonologists tapped into the pleura and drained over 4 liters
of fluid that had been compressing my right lung, which is ...

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My mom (who used to be a very strong and healthy 78 year old) was admitted
through the emergency room in May with respiratory failure. They said she had
fluid on her right lung so drained her for 5 days and then did some kind of
procedure with a little camera they stuck in. They ...

Discovered an egg sized lesion in my left temporal lobe back in July 03
after suffering a grand mal seizure.  Doctors have been monitoring for
changes since then using MRI as appearance suggests low grade glioma and
size/location makes removal infeasable.  Just had another MRI and ...

Hi!  I'm Isaac, I'm 26.
When I was 12, I was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkins Disease - it was
everywhere: groin, neck, spleen, a 15cm tumour in my chest!
I struggled through school through my chemo and radiation treatments,

I'm scheduled to start chemo next Tuesday 11/09--gemcitabine/carboplatin.
My diagnosis is adenocarcinoma--stage III B (T4 N0 M0). There's a 3x3.5cm
mass in the right upper lobe. Back in September when first diagnosed I
had a large pleural effusion.

Please click on my link below to see how Jesus is healing me of terminal
colon cancer.
In His Love,
Gwayne :)

Hi Again--
I have been delaying the start of chemo for almost two months now since
my diagnosis in early Sept. of adenocarcinoma of right lung--3x3.5cm mass
on upper right lobe. At that time I had a large pleural effusion. They

Hi - I am new to this group, although my brother has posted in the
past about our Mum who was diagnosed with NSCLC on 16 April 2004.
What I would like to know is does anyone have any experience of NSCLC
spreading to the bones.  Mum is really suffering at the moment with

    This passed Thursday and Friday Dad got blood.  He seems to be feeling much
better.  His breathing seems a lot better.  

My mom has a positive biopsy on her Left breast which is on the
outside of the lung, said to be attached. There are 3 spots(upper and
lower left, & one on her right). Receptor tests to be done on breast
biopsy, CT pet testing on coming Thursday to determine if cancer has

Please click on my link below to see how Jesus is healing me of terminal
colon cancer.
In His Love,
Gwayne :)

My GP has found blood in my urine, following a routine urine test.  I am
getting up in the night, of late and have an occasional "urgency" to pass
water.  I also seem to notice my bladder when I'm walking and have what I
can only describe as a kind of electric shock in my bladder ...

I have been lurking a little while and have decided that now is the time to
"go public" as it were.
On April 1st this year (2004), following instances of coughing up blood, I
had a chest x-ray which was abnormal.  A couple of weeks later following CT