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murielm99

(30,656 posts)
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 04:57 PM Sep 2022

Update on my cancer

I have a pulmonary appointment on Thursday, Sept. 15. There is a tumor in my lower left lobe of my lungs. She (my primary care doc) says it is large, 3.3 x 2.8 cm and it is cancer. Lower lobe tumors do not metastasize as often.

It has not spread into my back. They caught it in time. The treatment I am having is a broncospopy.

I will be getting treatment and I should be able to heal.

I have had one and one-half cigarettes since July 26th, and I am done smoking. I don't care how many cigarettes my husband brings home. That is over.

I am feeling good about things. I know I can beat this.

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Update on my cancer (Original Post) murielm99 Sep 2022 OP
Good news. applegrove Sep 2022 #1
Sounds like you are doing all the right things. Sending good thoughts and healing vibes skylucy Sep 2022 #2
Stay Strong!!! DarthDem Sep 2022 #3
This sounds like good news LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #4
((muriel)) blm Sep 2022 #5
Excellent news! Diamond_Dog Sep 2022 #6
yes you can beat this! best wishes for a speedy treatment peacebuzzard Sep 2022 #7
Thanks, everyone for your support. murielm99 Sep 2022 #8
Isn't it weird how your body tells you to quit smoking? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #31
Best wishes for your recovery Bayard Sep 2022 #9
Wishing your well. gademocrat7 Sep 2022 #10
Thanks for the update. For what it's worth, I also have a sense of optimism about this. Google a Karadeniz Sep 2022 #11
yes you can and you will beat this Skittles Sep 2022 #12
Good ideas. murielm99 Sep 2022 #17
you can kick cancer ass, muriel! Skittles Sep 2022 #18
Great news! Anon-C Sep 2022 #13
Good news and best wishes. yonder Sep 2022 #14
Wonderful news! and tell hubby to smoke outside. mountain grammy Sep 2022 #15
That's Rebl2 Sep 2022 #19
"I know I can beat this". I know you can too. Healing hugs and vibes on the way to you. LoisB Sep 2022 #16
You rock!! Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #20
My mother Rebl2 Sep 2022 #21
The mind is a very power thing - love your attitude. Stay strong. iluvtennis Sep 2022 #22
As a former heavy smoker, I have to tell you that BigDemVoter Sep 2022 #23
I'm so happy to read this! femmedem Sep 2022 #24
I'm feeling good FOR you, Muriel.. whathehell Sep 2022 #25
Stay strong... pazzyanne Sep 2022 #26
I'm so happy to hear to, Muriel!!🕯🕊❤️💚🍀🌈 Cha Sep 2022 #27
So glad they got it in time. Best to you for years and years in the future. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #28
Keeping healthing positive thoughts for you! kimbutgar Sep 2022 #29
That is great news! 👍🏼 benfranklin1776 Sep 2022 #30
Very good news. onecaliberal Sep 2022 #32
Good for you! ancianita Sep 2022 #33
great job! Half-step Sep 2022 #34
Good news! Sending vibes for successful procedure and healing. Your DU niyad Sep 2022 #35
Excellent decision to ditch the cigarettes. 3catwoman3 Sep 2022 #36
Stay Strong my friend. William769 Sep 2022 #37
I quit smoking 15 years ago after SlimJimmy Sep 2022 #38
I'm SO happy!! Thank you for updating us lostnfound Sep 2022 #39
PS my partner quit using Kirkland Quit lozenges. Maybe those would work for your husband.nt lostnfound Sep 2022 #40
Cancer Treatment PaulnFortWorth Sep 2022 #41
Wishing you a fast recovery. Check into CoQ10 supplement. My husband had heart failure, Ziggysmom Sep 2022 #42
Not smoking gets easier each day. pandr32 Sep 2022 #43
Hoping for the best for you. Sounds like you are on the right track. Midnight Writer Sep 2022 #44
"They caught it in time." Best words ever. Native Sep 2022 #45
I'm so happy to hear this, Muriel! Quakerfriend Sep 2022 #46
please don't promote woo Kali Sep 2022 #49
I hear what you're saying. Quakerfriend Sep 2022 #50
Good news and good healing uppityperson Sep 2022 #47
Oh, I am so very glad to hear this. stage left Sep 2022 #48
Fantastic news. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. virgdem Sep 2022 #51
Sending you ❤️💗❤️💗❤️💗! MLAA Sep 2022 #52

skylucy

(3,734 posts)
2. Sounds like you are doing all the right things. Sending good thoughts and healing vibes
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:00 PM
Sep 2022

to you murielm!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
31. Isn't it weird how your body tells you to quit smoking?
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 07:29 PM
Sep 2022

Makes it much easier than when people just quit without any such feeling.

You are in my thoughts! Just like my sister said... When she got breast cancer. Not going to worry about it I am just going to focus on doing exactly whatever the doctors tell me to do and take it one step at a time. It works out!

Karadeniz

(22,276 posts)
11. Thanks for the update. For what it's worth, I also have a sense of optimism about this. Google a
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:14 PM
Sep 2022

photo of healthy lungs and visualize that inside you. Can't hurt!!!!

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
12. yes you can and you will beat this
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:38 PM
Sep 2022

now promise us this: if you are tempted to light up a cig, POST YOUR INTENTION HERE FIRST and let us talk to you about it

also, is there any way to get your husband to limit his smoking to outside or one room - he should be helping you

murielm99

(30,656 posts)
17. Good ideas.
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:04 PM
Sep 2022

He mostly smokes outside.

I still have cancer. I need to be sure they remove or eradicate it before it spreads to my spine.

yonder

(9,631 posts)
14. Good news and best wishes.
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:54 PM
Sep 2022

With healing and some extra energy, consider working on your husband to quit also - you'll be his best example.

Rebl2

(13,310 posts)
19. That's
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:17 PM
Sep 2022

What my FIL did when my MIL got lung cancer. He smoked a pipe and took it outside when she was diagnosed. She went through chemo and radiation and lived another 21 years.

Rebl2

(13,310 posts)
21. My mother
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:21 PM
Sep 2022

in-law lived 21 years after having lung cancer. It was pretty amazing to me. Sending you healing thoughts.

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
23. As a former heavy smoker, I have to tell you that
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:38 PM
Sep 2022

if you can make it 24 hours without a cigarette, you can DEFINITELY quit! You are going to feel so much better. I didn't realize that lower lobe tumors do not metastasize as often. That is great news! I wish you the very, very best.

femmedem

(8,188 posts)
24. I'm so happy to read this!
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:40 PM
Sep 2022

So, so much better than the previous post I read about your cancer. Yes, you can beat this!

whathehell

(28,969 posts)
25. I'm feeling good FOR you, Muriel..
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 06:44 PM
Sep 2022

I smoked a pack and a half of cigarettes a day for over 25.years, and I was finally able to quit..Very best to you

Cha

(295,912 posts)
27. I'm so happy to hear to, Muriel!!🕯🕊❤️💚🍀🌈
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 07:05 PM
Sep 2022

I hope your husband smokes outside for your sake!

benfranklin1776

(6,427 posts)
30. That is great news! 👍🏼
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 07:20 PM
Sep 2022

It sounds like you have an exceedingly high chance of beating this completely which is awesome 👏🏼 And your attitude is the perfect response! So YES YOU WILL PREVAIL!

onecaliberal

(32,486 posts)
32. Very good news.
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 07:32 PM
Sep 2022

Your great attitude will be so helpful. You got this. Positive healing thoughts to you. 🫶🏻

lostnfound

(16,138 posts)
39. I'm SO happy!! Thank you for updating us
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 09:16 AM
Sep 2022

I’m sorry that it’s cancer but so thrilled that they caught it at time, that it is good news, and that you know you can beat this.

Shoot for 99 anyway… Make it the best 15 years of your life.

PaulnFortWorth

(58 posts)
41. Cancer Treatment
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:38 AM
Sep 2022

I had throat cancer last year. Chemo and radiation. It's in remission now. It was scary. I lost 15 lbs in less than two months. I needed a G-tube to consume Boost high calorie drinks.

Now my wife has myeloma. Since I had a good outcome we're going to the same oncologist. She also had a bronchoscopy to see if her lung congestion is related (it's not but long-term covid may be the cause of that).

Get your husband to quit also. The smell of smoking will be in his skin and clothes. It'll take almost a year for the smell to go away but it'll always be a subtle reminder that you won't notice. I'm a former smoker also and it took three years of trying before I finally was able to quit.

Good luck with your treatment. Eat healthy and keep physically active.

Ziggysmom

(3,374 posts)
42. Wishing you a fast recovery. Check into CoQ10 supplement. My husband had heart failure,
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 12:08 PM
Sep 2022

with a mitral valve replacement, and is also on oxygen for COPD. His surgeon suggested the supplement, she is from Greece and it is very regularly used in Europe she told us. My husband is now 5 years out from his valve surgery and has no further symptoms of heart failure such as fluid build up in the legs and lungs. I take CoQ10 for migraines and it has helped reduce their frequency.

I know how hard it is to quit cigarettes; the additives tobacco companies put on tobacco are to increase the nicotine and smoking addiction. I hope you and the husband can both stop smoking and enjoy better health

pandr32

(11,447 posts)
43. Not smoking gets easier each day.
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 12:31 PM
Sep 2022

I am so glad to hear your cancer is treatable. Best wishes to you.

Quakerfriend

(5,417 posts)
46. I'm so happy to hear this, Muriel!
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 01:41 PM
Sep 2022


I’m going on 25 years as a survivor myself!

You may want to read about Rene Caise’s use of Essiac Tea to cure cancer. It was at one time approved as a treatment for cancer at Sloan Kettering.

It is especially good for the lungs.

It was part of my protocol & I believe part of my cure.

- Blessings to you!

Kali

(54,990 posts)
49. please don't promote woo
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 03:01 PM
Sep 2022

especially crap that may actually do the opposite of what is claimed.

https://www.webmd.com/diet/essiac-tea-good-for-you

Research into essiac tea's effect on cancer has been conducted by the National Cancer Institute, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and many other institutions. To date, the results have been conflicting.

Several studies have shown the drink stimulates the growth of certain cancer cells. This effect has been observed in two lab studies, and one study with rats.

Essiac tea may also interact negatively with chemotherapy. One case has been reported where it may have caused increased toxicity in the blood of a chemotherapy patient. Many experts caution against combining essiac tea and chemotherapy.


Quakerfriend

(5,417 posts)
50. I hear what you're saying.
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 03:16 PM
Sep 2022

I worked doing clinical research for the NIH at UPenn Med for several decades and I am farmiliar with the studies re: Essiac but, thank you.

stage left

(2,934 posts)
48. Oh, I am so very glad to hear this.
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 02:53 PM
Sep 2022

That they caught it in time. Bravo for being done with cigarettes. It is so hard, but so very worth it. And your husband may just follow suit. Mine did. Smoke free since May of 2009.

MLAA

(17,165 posts)
52. Sending you ❤️💗❤️💗❤️💗!
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 04:02 PM
Sep 2022

Can’t imagine how hard it is to quit when your spouse still smokes but it sure sounds like you have the determination ☺️💖💗❤️💖

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