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Hi everyone. Hope everyone is well. When Jim had his lung removed in Feb. the surgen paralyze Jim's vocal cords..It has been 12 weeks and no improvement..He will just now be starting is Chemo on…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by mike May 24, 2011.
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My husband will be starting chemo in 4 weeks. Has anyone ever been on Gemzar and Cisplatin? I wonder how bad this will effect him..
Started this discussion. Last reply by geri Apr 19, 2011.
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mike replied to geri's discussion Jim's throat..
"HI geri,
My throat surgery was in April 2010. I had lung cancer, that was discovereed in late stage one/early stage two. My pneumonectomy was in April 09. I did not have complications with pneumonia. I wish Jim well with…"
geri replied to geri's discussion Jim's throat..
"Hi Mike, Glad to hear your doing ok. How long ago was your surgery.? What kind of cancer did you have? It has been 3 mo. now for Jim. He has had pneumonia 3 time since his surgery. He also has a ton of thick phlegm that get caught in his…"
mike replied to geri's discussion Jim's throat..
" My vocal fold was damaged and I waited nine months for it to heal, but it did not. I then had surgery whereby they implant goretex to fill the space caused by the fold not closing because it is paralyzed. My voice is pretty normal but it…"
mike replied to geri's discussion Jim's throat..
"HI ,
I had it happen to me . I won't write too much because I am not sure how to post this. If you receive it please let me know and I can give you more information.
thanks,
Mike"
GADawg/MOD replied to geri's discussion Jim's throat..
"Hi Geri, I haven't heard of this happening, but have you seen an ENT or a speech pathologist specializing in vocal disorders? An ENT could examine the vocal cords and throat, and a speech pathologist could recommend therapies to help with the…"
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Jim's throat..
Hi everyone. Hope everyone is well. When Jim had his lung removed in Feb. the surgen paralyze Jim's vocal cords..It has been 12 weeks and no improvement..He will just now be starting is Chemo on 5/23/11 because of so many complication with penumonia after his surgery.. Has anyone had this happen to them??
geri replied to geri's discussion New to Chemo
"Hi Amy,
How are you? Jim was in the hosp. for 10 days with peumonia. He is home now,but that set the chemo back. His new start date is 5/2/11. He is scared but I know we will get through this also.
Thank you for thinging about us. We will let you…"
AmyLCA replied to geri's discussion New to Chemo
"Hi Geri,
You mentioned that your husband was starting chemo in 4 weeks. That means pretty soon. How are you guys doing?
Amy"
geri replied to Noreen Rosenthal's discussion questioning doctors
"Hi Noreen
Hang in there. My husband and I are right where you at. We took him to they best Cancer center in Michigan.
He has started his process of having treatment as I have already posted. But now I am not so sure he is at…"
icandoityesican replied to geri's discussion New to Chemo
"Hi Geri.
I've got NSC, squamous, and had the cisplatin/gemzar cocktail last year. The gemzar was very well tolerated and I made it through three of the four scheduled cisplatin infusions. For the last one we switched to carboplatinum.…"
DavidatpMOD replied to geri's discussion New to Chemo
"Hi Geri. Welcome to LLL and Good luck to you and your husband in your treatment. We are all different and react differently with the treatments but here is what I learned from my experience. I started out with Cisplatin/Etoposide(vp-16) (concurrent…"
geri replied to Noreen Rosenthal's discussion questioning doctors
"My husband also has non small squamous cell carcinoma also with Bronhioavelar carcinmoa. They als found Carcinoid tumorlets all in the left lung .He had surgery to remover the masson 2/14/11. They took his upper half of his left lung. He will start…"
RickThompson replied to geri's discussion New to Chemo
"Geri,
He may well come to a point where he wants to chuck it all. That is when the caregiver has to become a taskmaster.
I did my four regimens over a 12-week time frame. Two weeks of of the regimen I was at the infusion center,…"
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Took Jim back to see Doctor..He will start Chemo in 4 weeks. He will do 4 rounds of Gemzar and Cisplatin over 12 weeks. Has and one been on these drugs? How did you do?
Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:43pm — 2 Comments
Thanks Amy and John. My husband ct san and biopsy both showed he had a 3.8cm mass that was squamous cell carcinoma. After surgery the Doctor came in and told us they found a 0.7cm BAC on the margin …
Thanks Amy and John. My husband ct san and biopsy both showed he had a 3.8cm mass that was squamous cell carcinoma. After surgery the Doctor came in and told us they found a 0.7cm BAC on the margin for the lung they removed. And they also found Carinoid tumorlet in that same lung. Dr. said he would not remove any more lung at this time.. He was very surprize at these finding. So we do not know if they got it all or not. Still waiting to see Oncology for treatment plan.. Continue
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 8:05pm
My husband has been diagnos with different types of cancer in one lung all at the same time.
Hi my name is Geri..My husband has been diagnos with NSC Squamous carcinoma along with Bronchoaveolar carcinoma and Carcinoid Tumorlet. Has anyone else had the diagnosis? He had half his Left lung removed and they found the BAC on the margin of the lung that was removed. He has stage ll a (2) N1 MO and Stage 1 NO MO. What does that bring for the furture with cancer in margin of resection??
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:18pm — 2 Comments
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- At 9:11am on May 19, 2011,
karenA said… Hi Geri
No - I did not have any difficulty with my vocal cords. The nerves to the vocal cords run down through the mediastinum - they are called the recurrent laryngeal nerves (one for each side). They are fine threads and can be damaged during thoracic surgery. If stretched the injury may clear - if more trauma is the problem the nerve may not improve. Twelve weeks is long - I would have thought there would be some improvement by now if the nerve was just stretched.
I agree with the suggestion of a speech therapist. Unfortunately, whenever one has serious surgery such as this there are possible side effects. What did the surgeon say - did the surgeon say that the cause was due to injury to the involved nerves?
May I make a suggestion? Choose your battles - right now focus energy on the chemo - that will require all of your strength and definitely all of your husband's strength.I know the vocal cord problem is a real problem - and I know that you are both in a state of confusion (we all are when facing this terrible disease). You are both in my prayers.
Best and God Bless!
Karen
- At 1:47pm on May 18, 2011, karenA said…
Hi Geri
My cell type is adenocarcinoma with BAC - this is also a NSCLC (squamous, adenocarcinoma, and large cell are all Non-small cell lung cancers).
My initial treatment was partial lobectomy - I was a stage IA. When it recurred in my mediastinum (IIIA) I was treated with:
Carboplatin/paclitaxel for 12 weeks
surgery with resection of remainder of right upper lobe, hilar node dissection, and mediastinal node dissection.
followed by - Cisplatin and radiation for 8 weeks.
It sounds like your husband has 2 types? with the 2 different staging numbers - one is a II and the other is I...
Here is a website that talks about BAC
http://lungcancer.about.com/od/typesoflungcancer/a/BAC.htm
You should be able to ask your husband's doctor (or PA or NP) what the different cell types mean and what the different staging numbers mean....
The one thing I wish to say is no matter what kind of prognosis you are given - remember that there are many of us who are surviving and winning this battle.New treatments are discovered all of the time!
God Bless!
Karen
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