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Julie in SoCal

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    • June 11, 2017 at 4:01 pm
    Patrisa
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      Dear Julie,

      I have been thinking of you, hope everything is ok…

      Take care,

      Patrisa

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        • June 11, 2017 at 6:11 pm
        Bubbles
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          Ditto!!! c

          • June 11, 2017 at 9:41 pm
          Julie in SoCal
          Participant

            Hi Patrisa and Celeste!

            Thanks for thinking about me.  I'm mostly recovered from the VATs lobectomy and am now recovering from having 4 intransits resected.  The whole experience (lung biopsy and VATs) probably freaked me out more than it needed to.  It was no fun, but not terrible.

            Right now I'm in the hurry up and wait process of getting a treatment figured for non-small cell lung cancer.  I'm pretty sure the plan will be 4 rounds of chemo and 6 weeks of daily radiation (chemo-beamo) but I don't know which chemo.  I'll talk with the Rock Star tomorrow and see if we can get a two-fer and find a chemo that will kill the lung cancer and keep mel at bay for awhile (until it's her turn again).  This is the plan.

            Thanks again for asking!

            Julie

             

              • June 12, 2017 at 10:22 am
              Bubbles
              Participant

                So glad you are through that part of things, Julie!!!  Good to hear from you.  Hang in there.  I will be thinking of you and your doc as you plan your treatment today!!! c

              • June 12, 2017 at 4:14 am
              Patrisa
              Participant

                Thank you Julie for posting, you know we are worriers/ warriors:-)) and care deeply for you and everybody else too!

                I admire your strength and calmness so much, I hope you get that lung stuff out of the equation asap and continue to do well with mel…

                Hugs,

                Patrisa

                • June 12, 2017 at 8:45 am
                Scooby123
                Participant

                  Keep up the good work me Julie x Glad you are on the mend x

                  Scooby

                  • June 12, 2017 at 6:01 pm
                  casagrayson
                  Participant

                    Good to hear from you, Julie!

                    • June 12, 2017 at 7:43 pm
                    jenny22
                    Participant

                      Hi- happy to see this post, as i was thinking about you too julie.

                      Hope you get your treatment plan soon for the lung part….my husand had a VATS lobectomy chemo and radiation for stage III non small cell lung cancer….that was 8 years ago…..still going strong…look forward to you getting this part behind you, so you can get back to MEL……sorry to hear about the latest instransits…..

                      Keep us posted….

                      best,

                      jenny

                       

                      • June 17, 2017 at 9:11 pm
                      Momofjake
                      Participant

                        I want to be as tough as you! Glad one step is behind you. Hope your recovery is fast and your cancer-s are slow!! 

                        Tjanks for the update! 

                        Kerri

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