a friend of my brother has found out that he (the friend) has stage 4 lung cancer and has a 20% chance to live. here's what gets me....the friend never smoked a day in his life and is in his20's.
i don't what all of you believe religiously, but i want you to ask you all to pray for my brother's friend.....thanks!
2007-02-09 04:21:07 · 11 answers · asked by Laura 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Sorry to hear about that.
If you are old enough to remember Andy Kaufman, the comedian/performer from the late 70's (the movie Man on the Moon was about him, as was the song of the same name by REM), he also died of lung cancer even though he never smoked. It's unusual, but it does happen.
We'll keep your friend in our thoughts. Stay strong, and be there for you brother and his friend.
2007-02-09 04:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more you learn about the cancer maze you will find that statistics are meaningless. My son had a 15% chance and he has already beaten those odds. Stage 4 cancer is more difficult to treat, but not impossible. If your friend is young and relatively healthy he has a much better chance at surviving a stage 4 cancer than you realize. Prayer is fine, but he needs to find an oncologist that he trusts and than listen to what treatment can be offered.
Cancer is no longer the death sentence that it once was. Your friend needs to gather as much information as he can and prepare for the fight. There is always hope. And, you should encourage him and . . 20% is at least better than 0% . . be strong.
Remember that even Lance Armstrong had a stage 4 cancer with three mets to the brain.
2007-02-09 04:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stage 4 ovarian cancer has a 5 year survival rate of 10%.
2016-05-24 01:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How sad but unfortunately an individual with Stage 4 lung cancer really as NO chance of survival, this cancer has spread to other organ systems, that is what Stage 4 means.
2007-02-09 04:26:46 · answer #4 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Dana Reeve never smoked a single cigarette and she died of lung cancer. I'll pray for your friend
The battle's not over yet. 20% chance to live still means he has a chance. Keep fighting
2007-02-09 06:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My suggestion is serious vitimin C. The RDA says 64 miligrams a day. Linus Pauling who got 2 nobel prizes for his work on vitimin C and organic chemestry said a minimum of 1000 mg a day and 2000 mg if you are sick. I had something, to this day the doctors have no idea what it was, but I was flat on my back for 2 weeks in usually Nov and again in Feb. I went on vit C when I got sick and after a couple of years I have never been sick again. During those times I was sick I took a varying amount daily and it followed a bell curve over the 2 weeks. I was up to 40,000 mg a day at one point, 300,000 mg over 2 weeks. It was a narrow range I had to maintain. If I took too much I got diarrea and if I took too little I was sick. In that range I was totally asymptomatic. You need to drink a lot of water because Vit C is a natural diarretic. Also, you doctor will say your kidneys will disolve or calcify, but drink the water and it SHOULD be fine. A couple of years ago the had a report out that said the best cancer-fighter was Interferon - at $15,000 a gram - but it also said that Interferon is a product of the natural breakdown of Vit C in your system. Shortly after that they tried to make Vit C by perscription only. Guess why. Good luck.
2007-02-09 08:06:26 · answer #6 · answered by David M 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree with the consensus here: Don't believe that statistic! Your brother's friend can come through this .. he is young and strong. Be sure to provide strength and reassurance to help keep his spirits up during this time. You'll be in my prayers! Best of luck.
2007-02-09 06:45:04 · answer #7 · answered by Duckie314 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not a problem. and just know you don't have to smoke to get lung cancer, cuz thats the funny thing about cancer, it can happen to anyone. god bless.
2007-02-09 13:37:22 · answer #8 · answered by Jester 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hope and prayer go a long way now. Also look for some herbal or nontraditional treatments
2007-02-09 04:29:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How sad. My thoughts go out to the friend and their family.
2007-02-09 04:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by Shelley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋