I am a 41 year old single mom of five children. I was diagnosed with lung cancer in June. I have been through 38 radiation treatments as well as chemo treatments. While doing the radiation treatments, the pain in the spine had just about gone away. Now that the treatments have stopped the pain in my spine is worse than before. Last week an MRI was done and the tumor is shrinking and seems to be moving away from the spinal cord. Hopefully in three weeks when the pet scan is done this tumor will be gone. Published: October 27 ::

I was diagnosed with lung cancer twelve years ago. An upper part of my right lung was removed. The surgeon left a small piece of the lung in my chest. It was a difficult and painful procedure, but thankful that it was taken care of before it had spread. I took a long time to heal and still have shortness of breath and get fatigued. Recently, I began experiencing a spot of pain in my lower right back. After a cat scan, a spot was found and the doctor put me on Cefuroxime Axetil for ten days. He wanted to do a needle biopsy right away, but the doctor who read the cat scan advised the antibiotic first. So, that's where I am now. Twelve years ago when they did a needle biopsy, my lungs started to collapse and they had to do a very painful procedure, plunging a needle into my left lung before it collapsed. That was extremely painful and I surely don't want that to happen again. So now I am waiting to see what this antibiotic is going to do. Hopefully, all I have is an infection, and I'm praying that is all it is. Thanks for reading this. Hope is helps someone. Published: October 07 ::

In 2001, I underwent radiation treatment for head and neck tumors. They have pre-cancer cells, (whatever that means). I nearly starved to death and required a feeding tube for six weeks after treatment. Recently, I had a CT scan of my upper boddy and the doctor found a nodule-type mass in my right lung. He wants to wait three months and repeat the CT scan to see if the mass has gotten larger and possibly biopsy it. I have been a smoker for 42 years and this seem odd to me. I don’t understand why a mass of any size would be put on hold. Published: October 07 ::