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Hi my forum buddies. I got bad news this morning when I had a follow-up with my lung surgeon. The CT scan I had last week shows two new cancers on my lung, just about the same area that I had a cancer removed 2 years ago. We discussed where we go from here and I made it clear that I'm not going through another surgery on my lung, along with all the surgeries I'm having re bladder cancer. She agreed with me that I've been through the mill for the last almost 5 years now and she understands where I'm coming from. She will order a PET scan as that will tell us what else may be going on. Certainly not what I thought I'd hear today as I actually don't feel too bad, other than the awful issues I'm having with this bladder cancer. Besides which, everyone tells me how well I look. I guess looks are deceiving for sure.

Lorraine

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    Hi Everybody, thanks so much for your kind words. I haven't decided yet about treatment, but it will depend on the results of the Pet scan for sure. That will give us a better picture of everything else that's going on and certainly help to make a plan for treatment. With so much going on, with 3 different kinds of cancer, I can't be having surgeries on top of surgeries without knowing how all of this will impact the other issues. The other thing is at what stage all of this is at, because I don't intend to put myself through aggressive treatment when in fact, I should be looking at a maintainance kind of treatment. In any case, there are too many unknowns right now and my lung surgeon certainly agrees with me on waiting for the whole picture before we make a plan.

    I'll keep you posted on how things go, and thanks again for your support. All of you know what this is like because you have been there too.

    Take care all.

    Lorraine   

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    Hi Lorraine

    I'm so sorry to hear about your bad news

    You have already been through so much.

    Just remember your forum buddies are

    Here for you all the way xxxxx

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