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07.02.08, 12:52 PM General Topics
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what's your prognosis for someone who has lung cancer and it has now spread to his brain? how much longer would someone live with this? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 12:52 PM Flag
 

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I'm sorry to say but spread to the brain is usually pretty quick [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 12:52 PM Flag
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not much. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 12:53 PM Flag
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9 months tops. my mother however has lung cancer. it did not spread to her brain but to her bones. That was a year ago and she is still alive. Now living with lung cancer for 2 years. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 12:54 PM Flag
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my fil has had lung cancer for 4 years but it's just spread to his brain. not sure how this will play out [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 12:56 PM Flag
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small cell or non small cell? the thing is radiation is a bitch. much worse than chemo for lung cancer imo. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 12:59 PM Flag
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ugh... i can't remember. it was very mild cancer at first but he refused to get treatment and now it's much worse [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:02 PM Flag
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how horrible. Why did he refuse treatment? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:07 PM Flag
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oi - how to answer that question... do you have hours? he refused to do anything to save himself and was waiting for his family to do it for him. just like how he tried to starve himself to death last year. he's got narcissistic personality disorder (or so i believe) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:09 PM Flag
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well, he's not going to be around much longer, so now is time to make your peace with him [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:10 PM Flag
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we're trying. althought it's more the fact that dh and his brother need to make peace with the man that beat them and abandoned one of them at the age of 17. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:13 PM Flag
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Fathers who beat and abandon deserve such a horrible and lonely death. signed. daughter who was beaten by her father. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:24 PM Flag
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wow so he is not treating the lung cancer or the brain tumor. I have no idea how quickly he will go, but expect some odd behavior from the brain tumor. He won't be himself ever again. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:15 PM Flag
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maybe that's better. sounds like he was an ass. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 04:18 PM Flag
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1-2 months. I am sorry. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:14 PM Flag
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i'm so sorry. i lost my father to a terrible type of cancer. Although miracles happen, odds are he does not have a lot of time. Enjoy the quality moments now. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 01:26 PM Flag
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weeks, not months. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.02.08, 04:13 PM Flag
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