Newly Diagnosed And Frankly, It's Scary

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    Damn! I still like you anyway!
     
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  2. Tony Page

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    Beth,
    How have you been feeling? You're finished with all your treatments now? Wishing everything is well.

    Tony
     
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    She’ll answer you in her own way but she seems to be kickin’ butt and taking names. Heck, she could probably kick start a 747.
     
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    Excellent
     
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    Tony--I've been doing pretty well, thanks for asking. Still have some nerve pain and a lot of muscle tightness from the radiation, plus joint pain. I don't know whether the joint pain is a residual side effect from treatment or simply old-age arthritis, etc. I see my oncologist every 3 months but have no scans or tests unless a problem develops. Of course each time I get a new ache or pain, my first thought is that the cancer is back. Hopefully that tendency will fade in time.
     
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    Is your nerve pain due to neuropathy?
     
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    No; it's from where they cut through the nerves during surgery. The pain is all along the surgical scar to my underarm where they removed 32 lymph nodes.
     
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    My sister-in-law was just diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer today, so she will be going through a lot of what you went through, @Beth Gallagher.
     
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  9. Beth Gallagher

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    So sorry to hear it, Don. My best wishes to her. Do you know whether it's small cell?
     
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    Yep. small cell. It is in the liver at least and both lungs. She is to get a PET scan today or tomorrow to check the brain and spinal cord. Thanks, Beth.
     
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    I'm so sorry your having discomfort after the surgery.
     
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    Bless her heart; I wish her the best.
     
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    It's much better than it was, Tony. Just takes time, but it does get frustrating. Thanks.

    How are you feeling today? Are you still as sore from the falls?
     
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    Just a few aches.
    Having two falls in a week makes me cautious when I'm walking I find myself now using the cane indoors, never did before.
     
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    Don,
    That's terrible news about your sister-in-law, I will pray for her and her family.
    Tony
     
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