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Posted 2 Years, 7 Months ago
Schen-Tuu
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Meaning just mets to the lungs without mets to the liver or bones....or elsewhere.

I was dx with lungs mets last Fall and since my symptoms have gotten worse I'm ready to start chemo. I'm having a port put in this Thurs, see the onc. next Tues, and hope he'll schedule chemo to start right after that.

I think the plueral effusion that I had last fall has returned. My March xray showed that it had gone away, but now I'm feeling fatigued, short of breath, have some tightness in my chest and have a cough.
So.....I'm ready to try the chemo. My question is: is the chemo likely to relieve these symptoms after 1 or 2 cycles? There don't seem to be many women that just have lung mets (only 2 responses pertaining to the question in another forum). I'm thinking that if there are mets to several places it might be harder to know what the response will be to one area. Would appreciate anyones experiences.
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Posted 2 Years, 7 Months ago
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The hospital called this AM to see if I'd had an EKG done so they could do the anesthesia for the port-a-cath, but no one told me about it. So,
I went to the onc today and then had the EKG. I asked him when he would be starting the chemo and he said probably in a few weeks. Not sooner?
He correctly pointed out that I had already stalled for 6 months so another few weeks wouldn't matter. EKG was OK thankgoodness. Another lymph node in the neck area is enlarged so he always wants it biopsied.

I've noticed that when I'm out of my apt. I usually do not cough as much. And my chest is now feeling 'normal' so maybe the tightness, etc.
was because of several bad coughing jags last week. Onc listened to lungs and didn't say anything. My CEA from last week is in the normal range. Sometimes I wonder if some of my coughing is because I spend so much time mornings/evenings in the room with my parakeets. I clean their area daily, but the expression "dirty bird" is true.

The oral chemo that I've been on since Jan. for the blood disease is still being adjusted. The cells counts are still VERY high and platelets have gone from way high to low and back up again,so now I'm going to do the hydroxyurea every other day. Hope when I eventually add the CMF I won't be fatigued out because the HU has made me tired since I started it.

I dream of adding 20 lbs. (I'm too thin), and getting strength and stamina back.
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