Quote from medphoto:

Your story seems similar to my dads. He had NSCLC Stage IV, with mets to the bone. Once the bone mets showed his oncologist put him on Iressa. Dad had a 30 day supply, he had some minor side effects, nothing too severe. After being on the Iressa for 3 weeks the docs found the lung cancer to come back in both lungs. He had tumors all throughout his lungs. They gave him 2 months. He lasted 6 weeks and he just passed peacefully on Thanksgiving morning. Iressa did not work for my dad but I have heard many many stories of it working and clearing up and shrinking tumors. I have a friend who is the cancer program director where I work, she too says that if Iressa is going to work you would know in a week or so of taking it, I would try it, I'm glad my dad did, at least he was able to say that he tried everything.

I wish you luck, you will get through this, and my thoughts and prayers are with you. If you ever need to talk, you know where to come. This forum has helped me out tremendoulsy with my dad's sickness. There are a lot of knowledgable people on here.
K.

Quote from zekzek:

Thanks medphoto for your story and I'm truly sorry about your father. I have to see my doc this afternoon with the answer. Actually. I'm very worried to use it coz right now I'm having some coughing ( which come back after my trip to Mecca.) I'm afraid this will lead to ILD ( some kind of lung infection) which thru my readings most of patients using iressa developed it. Can I ask about your dad condition prior to using iressa? I mean his cough, pain at bones and other places like liver? Because I'm having all those right now...

Quote from zekzek:

Thanks medphoto for your story and I'm truly sorry about your father. I have to see my doc this afternoon with the answer. Actually. I'm very worried to use it coz right now I'm having some coughing ( which come back after my trip to Mecca.) I'm afraid this will lead to ILD ( some kind of lung infection) which thru my readings most of patients using iressa developed it. Can I ask about your dad condition prior to using iressa? I mean his cough, pain at bones and other places like liver? Because I'm having all those right now...

Quote from medphoto:

Your story seems similar to my dads. He had NSCLC Stage IV, with mets to the bone. Once the bone mets showed his oncologist put him on Iressa. Dad had a 30 day supply, he had some minor side effects, nothing too severe. After being on the Iressa for 3 weeks the docs found the lung cancer to come back in both lungs. He had tumors all throughout his lungs. They gave him 2 months. He lasted 6 weeks and he just passed peacefully on Thanksgiving morning. Iressa did not work for my dad but I have heard many many stories of it working and clearing up and shrinking tumors. I have a friend who is the cancer program director where I work, she too says that if Iressa is going to work you would know in a week or so of taking it, I would try it, I'm glad my dad did, at least he was able to say that he tried everything.

I wish you luck, you will get through this, and my thoughts and prayers are with you. If you ever need to talk, you know where to come. This forum has helped me out tremendoulsy with my dad's sickness. There are a lot of knowledgable people on here.
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Oh My God all theese stories sound so familiar. My Mom was mis diagnosed for over a year also she was told she had Phnuemonia,bronchitis,copd, then in an emergency room through a chest x-ray they found the fluid which was found to be cancer. She had her first thorencentheisis (drained fluid from the lung) I am not sure on the spellings of these medical terms please forgive me. Then she had a plueradecis, that is where they put a tube into her chest and pumped the fluid from the lung for 3 days then they sealed the area with a talcum powder. That was not succesful. The fluid built back up and overflowed through the path the tube was inserted and busted through the incision point and oozed down her back. She was on chemo a drug called Tax- something that is all I can remember of its name she went through the 3 cycles Then was put on a new chemo called Gemzar (SP?) Then it was found to have spread to her bones, lower spine and left femur. So she was put on Irresa. Now she ended up in the hospital with a lung infection. An infection that the infection and disese specialist here in Las Vegas cannot even identify. They put her on so many antibiotics she was vomitting constantly. She could not keep anything down then she became dehydrated. So then they had to rehytdrate her. Then she was back in the hospital because of the fluid build up. But the fluid is so thick now they cant get much out at a time. And this is where we stand today. She is at home in severe pain, with fluid building up again, and back on the Gemzar chemo. But she still vomitting everything she eats. Her Dr. told her to just eat again after she vomits. Dear God what do we do now?