Lobectomy in 1997. My lobectomy was my first thought when I woke up that morning. It was 4 AM. During the type of lung surgery that I would have, they had to spread my ribs. It was an uneasy thought, the removal of my lower right lobe that contained a fast growing cancer. Although it […]
Category Archives: Mulitfocal Adenocarcinoma of the lung
NSCLC 1997 I had lung cancer, NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer! And I needed to stop smoking! I would need a right lower lobectomy, for my lung cancer. It would mean the removal of that entire lobe of my right lung. I have struggled with this particular post. My mind doesn’t want to go back […]
Lung Cancer, September, 1997 When it all started. I started smoking when I was a young girl of fourteen. My mother smoked and my twin sister had already crossed that line. Before the 1960’s advertising the sale of cigarettes was still legal, but in the 40’s and 50’s advertising was different. It encouraged cigarette smoking […]
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October, 2017 I was all prepared for this week’s travel to Boston for my second Thoracic Radiation treatment. Because I was so tired last week I cancelled all my other appointments. I was imposing a sort of self-hibernation when I wasn’t on my way to or back from Boston. I wanted to save all my […]
October, 2017 I had a lot to think about after my first Photo Beam Therapy. First of all I felt nothing as the photons altered my cells. There wasn’t any burning; I didn’t feel faint or sick to my stomach, which relieved me no end. The machine was pretty quiet too. As long as I […]
October, 201 My first Photon Radiation Treatment followed an earlier appointment for me to get fitted for a mold for my treatments.This would keep me in the correct position for the beams to hit their target. I had to have a “dry run” too. This means a practice session to make sure that all mapping […]
September, 2017 I had Multi-focal Adenocarcinoma of the lungs. My long – time surgeon, Dr. Henning Gaissert saw the nodule in my last CT Scan. He had already had a conference with my oncologist Dr. Jennifer Temel, her assistant and my radiologist Dr. Henning Willers. We (Dave and I) talked about a plan for me […]
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September, 2017 My Non Small Cell Lung cancer It’s Back again Some of you know by now that my non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is back again. This is draining way too much of me and Dave, both emotionally and physically. I was not afraid of the treatments that need to be done or the […]
