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realistic outlook for non small cell lung cancer

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my wife (36) was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer a couple of months ago, when we first saw the consultant to talk about it and the treatment she would get, she was given a piece of paper with what her diagnosis was and on it was different tick boxes like cure and others (which i can't remember) but on it it wasn't ticked for cure. any after that we got a letter detailing the meeting with the consultant and on it was the words palliative chemo, now i did google this and seen that it has something to do with prolonging life expectancy in this situation, what i'm wanting to know is realistically (with chemo) how long is the life expectancy in this situation? i know it might seem an odd thing to ask, but i kind of need to know 

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    Hi OMG. I am so sad to read your story, I was in a similar situation with my husband who unfortunately passed away from pancreatic cancer just last week. I'm only 36 and have 2 children. When we first found out he had it we asked many different people about a time frame and about chemo. We were told 3-6 months and he got just 3 (obv a different cancer)  we were told that palliative chemo could add 2 months onto his life but before he could get that he needed a stent to get rid of his jaundice, unfortunately he took an infection and passed away a week later. Was it an oncologist that you spoke to? I think they would be able to inform you although they won't know exactly the time frame. My husband and I had spoke about chemo as it can affect people differently. There is always hope and I found that even though we were in this awful situation that we had to try and stay as positive as possible. inhope this helps you a little bit, I totally understand what you are goi g through.  Thanks 

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    Hi OMG. I am so sad to read your story, I was in a similar situation with my husband who unfortunately passed away from pancreatic cancer just last week. I'm only 36 and have 2 children. When we first found out he had it we asked many different people about a time frame and about chemo. We were told 3-6 months and he got just 3 (obv a different cancer)  we were told that palliative chemo could add 2 months onto his life but before he could get that he needed a stent to get rid of his jaundice, unfortunately he took an infection and passed away a week later. Was it an oncologist that you spoke to? I think they would be able to inform you although they won't know exactly the time frame. My husband and I had spoke about chemo as it can affect people differently. There is always hope and I found that even though we were in this awful situation that we had to try and stay as positive as possible. inhope this helps you a little bit, I totally understand what you are goi g through.  Thanks 

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