Need info. Mom has stage IV lung cancer. (symptoms, cheap, very expensive)

[Roselvr]

Originally Posted by Cecilia_Rose

Thanks for all the info. Im surprized your house hasnt sold. It sounds pretty spiffy. My house is very teeny. Ill be lucky to get $50,000. Crawl space. Two bedrooms. Less than 900sf. I dont plan on doing tons of work just fixing the major stuff. Then Ill get an appraisal and see what I can get from the guys that buy houses to rent. If its crazy low Ill contact a few realtors and see what other work I need to do to list it.

Hey, I dont need to be over there workin to find things to do to take my mind off stuff. I got plenty of stuff at my own house. My flower beds are sad. But theyll just have to wait.

We almost had a bidding war but stopped it at a certain price as it wasn't about money.. the house has to appraise and if it doesn't, what good was a bidding war? We picked the couple we felt loved the house and had the best chance of getting the loan. I feel good about the choice, I could tell they loved the house because they were smiling and had that look in their eyes when walking it and fully checked everything out, attic, stand up "crawl space".

Yeah, I know you have stuff to do at your own house. I'd put my life off when dad was sick. It helped to be able to go to his house and pack his stuff up.

[william jurak]

i have a ?my mom was diagnosed last week with stage 4 small cell lung cancer,and thats it is in her liver to.my question is how do the doctors know what stage it is because she seems to be getting along well shes taking advil for her back pain shes having.

[bluedevilz]

Originally Posted by william jurak

i have a ?my mom was diagnosed last week with stage 4 small cell lung cancer,and thats it is in her liver to.my question is how do the doctors know what stage it is because she seems to be getting along well shes taking advil for her back pain shes having.

Small cell lung cancer is not typically staged I-IV. That is a staging system used for non small cell lung cancer.

The purpose of any cancer staging is to group similar stage cancers for prognostic and treatment parameters. Most cancers are staged based on 3 factors: Tumor (detectable presence and size) Nodes ( involved or not involved nodes) Metastases ( evidence of distant metastases---always a poor prognostic sign). TNM staging.

Small cell lung cancer is staged as either Limited or Extensive, the presence of distant metastases (such as the liver) would automatically qualify for Extensive.

The prognosis for survival in Stage IV Non small lung cancer or Extensive Small cell lung cancer is extremely poor.

[ICN2U]

Originally Posted by william jurak

i have a ?my mom was diagnosed last week with stage 4 small cell lung cancer,and thats it is in her liver to.my question is how do the doctors know what stage it is because she seems to be getting along well shes taking advil for her back pain shes having.

how did they find it...did they do a liver biopsy???

[Roselvr]

I want to add that I was watching a show the other night, I think it was entertainment tonight, there is a cancer doctor that will biopsy the cancer and then use different drugs on the biopsy to figure out what drugs to treat that specific one.

I have it on the DVR just haven't had time to get the information from it.
His success rate is pretty good from what he said.

Cecilia, how are you doing?

[Orchid46]

Hi

I know what you are going thru, lung cancer is not good...not any type....my husband responded very well the first time, it came back in 3 years and responded to nothing, chemo etc., do not want to be negative with you but, such is it...what type of lung cancer does she have , did they tell you?

[Orchid46]

Celia, after knowing what I know of lung cancer, at her age, I would keep her pain free and comfortable as possible, and forget the chemo.....since surgery is not an option, I would forget the chemo...thats me....thinking and praying for you and your mom

[Cecilia_Rose]

Originally Posted by Roselvr

I want to add that I was watching a show the other night, I think it was entertainment tonight, there is a cancer doctor that will biopsy the cancer and then use different drugs on the biopsy to figure out what drugs to treat that specific one.

I have it on the DVR just haven't had time to get the information from it.
His success rate is pretty good from what he said.

Cecilia, how are you doing?

Sorry didnt notice this sooner. Im doin ok. Things got a little crazy busy there for awhile. Just about done dealing with the aftermath of the estates. Moms house is fixed up and I think I have it sold. (knock on wood) My husbands been in and out of hospital. He just got a new shiny pace maker and a defibulator. I lost Mr Mouskiewitz but I gained 17 snitty kitties from my Mom. (Yes I said 17) Dont know what Ill do with myself when all this excitement stops.

Originally Posted by Orchid46

Celia, after knowing what I know of lung cancer, at her age, I would keep her pain free and comfortable as possible, and forget the chemo.....since surgery is not an option, I would forget the chemo...thats me....thinking and praying for you and your mom

This is an old thread Hon. Mom passed away in March of 2008. I agree with you on the chemo tho but it wasnt my choice to make. Thank you for your kind thoughts

[Roselvr]

Originally Posted by Cecilia_Rose

Sorry didnt notice this sooner. Im doin ok. Things got a little crazy busy there for awhile. Just about done dealing with the aftermath of the estates. Moms house is fixed up and I think I have it sold. (knock on wood) My husbands been in and out of hospital. He just got a new shiny pace maker and a defibulator. I lost Mr Mouskiewitz but I gained 17 snitty kitties from my Mom. (Yes I said 17) Dont know what Ill do with myself when all this excitement stops.

Good luck with selling the house. I hope going to closing goes smoothly for you.

You sound very busy, I don't know how you manage to take care of everyone.

Good luck to your hubby

[Sandhillian]

I've been reading through this thread looking for info. A close family member was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer which had spread throughout her bones last February. She had started to have pain in her hip in May of 08 and had gone in several times without it being diagnosed. She has been on a modified chemo and doing quite well until recently when she fell. Amazingly, she has not been experiencing much pain. Now the doctor has said that it has spread even more and is talking about aspirating her lungs and wants to put her on another type of chemo. It is her decision, of course, but after reading some of this stuff I am wondering if that is a good idea given that she has tolerated the other chemo so well. What is her prognosis at this point? The doctor just says she has done much better than he expected. We live quite far and it is very expensive to travel to where she lives so we probably can only afford one more trip to see her. We don't want to leave it too long but were out recently so don't want to go too soon either. Any thoughts or suggestions as to how to know when the end is close?