are the cancers found there always fatal and would this 3 months be super important to survivng or not..
I just told my son and brother one was found via catscan for a major wreck..so much is happening to me my head is spinning..one thing after another since my died 4 months ago..and just in last two weeks..I am not sure I can emotionally go through finding this out..I have insitu ductal carcionoma on the same side against chest wall..maybe 14 years ago that recurred about 6 years later still insitu..(3 lumpectomies and radiation one time)..I heard the radiation can cause cancers also..dad died of lung cancer in mid 50's (my age)..I remember his suffering and not sure I can go through this,...dad smoked in my childhood before they knew about 2nd hand smoke..I remember coughing all the time but only yesterday realized this was probably why I coughed..I also smoked 3 packs a day before they told you it was dangerous and am currently highly allergic to cigarette smoke..I quit in 1976
2007-12-12
20:13:00
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janie
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31 years ago ...what are my odds it is cancer...and is this size a bad one..should I get checked...I am afraid to think about it even..I do not have bloody sputum like dad did but cough up clear phlegm sometimes and wheeze but I think this i from allergies..doctor thought I had allergic rhinitis...I used to think I had chronic bronchitis but when I moved from a house that I later found had mold under carpet..symptoms went away till they remodeled...(thick dust I inhaled) but went away...appetite fine..
2007-12-12
20:13:25 ·
update #1
will waiting three months make a big difference..
2007-12-12
20:13:52 ·
update #2
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EDIT correction to sentence above
since my MOM died 4 months ago..and just in last two weeks..I am not sure I can emotionally go through finding this out..I have (this should read had not have..I am ok about 9 years..
2007-12-13
14:21:05 ·
update #3
edit to person asking if I lost my mind
I just found this out 2 days ago and was not able to get to the doctors as car totaled and noone will take me anywhere..I am--of course--going to talk to the doctors but see nothing wrong with asking people's opinions till I can get to doctor to ask..the way I make decisions is gather as bunch of data through researching, other's opinions,etc..figuring pros and cons etc and finally making an informed decision..FYI
2007-12-13
14:24:46 ·
update #4
edit to person asking if I lost my mind
I just found this out 2 days ago and was not able to get to the doctors as car totaled and noone will take me anywhere..I am--of course--going to talk to the doctors but see nothing wrong with asking people's opinions till I can get to doctor to ask..the way I make decisions is gather as bunch of data through researching, other's opinions,etc..figuring pros and cons etc and finally making an informed decision..FYI..my son just got back from a business trip and I told him and he strongly tried to tell me to get chrecked immediately..this stuff was on my mind and I was stranded here till I find a way to doctor and I was just asking people's opinion..I am NOT going to based life threatening decisions on a single source of info but will thoroughly research it and then arrive at my decision..I was just asking what people thought and then hear what they said..
2007-12-13
14:28:40 ·
update #5