Re: lung scan

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

Sending thoughts and prayers. God bless.

cindyNC · ‎08-01-2019

@catter70 Thinking of you. Hope it turns out well.

Terrywu · ‎05-09-2010

PRAYERS and wishes for good results on your scan.

Kabella · ‎02-24-2016

@catter70 You have been doing so well. Try to stay positive & its hard I know but everday in life is a blessing. I never talked to you but you have been in my prayers for a long & healthier life.

This is the first time I am speaking about my recent Diagnosis of left lobe lung cancer, I found out in late May. I had no symtoms. I was gardening & I fell on the hard pavement as if I had been pushed. It was strange. Anyway, I went to emergency & they took serveral Xrays for my ribcage which turned out to be badly bruised from the fall. But I was shocked to find out I had Mass on my upper left lobe of my lung. After several tests later including a Pet Scan which luckily showed no spreading.

I now have Chemo once a wk. & Radiation every day. Wonderful ongologist & Radioligist. I am so blessed to have my wonderful husband supporting me & my daughter.

Your in my heart & every lovely lady here who have health problems. God Bless.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@catter70,

How did it go?

We should form a group-I go every 6 months too for a scan-non small cell lung cancer. I had half of one lung taken out almost 2 years ago.

So now I am lucky to be "cancer free."

You know what I started dreading though? The sticks with needle to put in the contrast. I have never had so many bad techs taking blood or putting in a needle! So I was thinking about it, worrying about it 6 months to the next! So I told my oncologist just a few weeks ago-I don't want the contrast anymore. She said ok.

Anyway sometimes we've just gotta live each day the best we know how. And "with a little help from our friends."

The hospital where I go for the ct scan has a little gift shop. And you know what I do when I'm done? I go and get a bottle of Innis to give myself a gift! I've really gotten to love that.

I wish I was near to take you out to lunch and celebrate that you did it one more time again!

And to all of us!

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Kabella · ‎02-24-2016

@on the bay Happy for you. God Bless I agree that it would be a good idea to have a support group.

I first saw a surgeon & he did not reco. surgery for me as least not for now. Mine is small cell also & I just finished my 2nd wk. of chemo & radiation. Too early to detect if the mass has shrunk.

catter70 · ‎10-11-2017

@Kabella @on the bay , seems like we're in the same boat. Too early for me to have gotten my results back, so nothing to tell at this moment. Along with that mass, I also have COPD and it seems, at least to me, to have progressed since the last scan. Even though we didn't have one or 2 big snow storms this winter, we had small ones about every other day and I think it did me in as I've been struggling with my breathing ever since.Anyhow, I'll keep you both in my prayers and will update when I know anything. Thanks for everything.

DSD2 · ‎01-09-2016

@Kabella thank you for sharing your story.

"everyday in life is a blessing" is such a heartfelt and positive statement.

May God bless and heal you; you will be in my prayers.

DSD2 · ‎01-09-2016

@on the bay wrote:
@catter70,
How did it go?
We should form a group-I go every 6 months too for a scan-non small cell lung cancer. I had half of one lung taken out almost 2 years ago.

So now I am lucky to be "cancer free."
You know what I started dreading though? The sticks with needle to put in the contrast. I have never had so many bad techs taking blood or putting in a needle! So I was thinking about it, worrying about it 6 months to the next! So I told my oncologist just a few weeks ago-I don't want the contrast anymore. She said ok.
Anyway sometimes we've just gotta live each day the best we know how. And "with a little help from our friends."
The hospital where I go for the ct scan has a little gift shop. And you know what I do when I'm done? I go and get a bottle of Innis to give myself a gift! I've really gotten to love that.
I wish I was near to take you out to lunch and celebrate that you did it one more time again!
And to all of us!

Dear @on the bay, thank you for sharing your journey which I had not been aware of.

You are such a kind, gentle, caring soul yet courageous with the heart of the warrior. I am so happy you are "cancer free". What an inspiration you and others battling this insidious disease are!

Your "sometimes we've just gotta live each day the best we know how" are indeed words of wisdom. Our lives are finite but our ability to live our lives with grace, determination and love is infinite.

God bless you...

Kabella · ‎02-24-2016

@DSD2 Your Welcome & Thankyou so much for your thoughts & prayers.

When I was in my 20's I was diagnosed with a very rare form of luekemia. I was give a few wks. to live because it gave me heart failure & more. To make a long story short with a special kindhearted hemotogist that put himself out there to take a chance on a machine cell separating. He said either I would survive or pass that day. I was given a miracle & am so grateful that I reached my 70's without a relapse.

My sadness comes with children fighting cancer & I give to ST. Jude. Thanks again