While 2010 was a fabulous year, I made several trips to the doctor because I just wasn't feeling quite right. With every trip I was assured all was fine. In January I came down with persistant cough. After a trip to urgent care the last week of January, I was diagnosed with pneumonia. I was sent the next day to have a CT scan done of my lung, sent imediately to a lung specialist, and told I would be having fluid drained from my lung the following day. When testing this fluid they found malignant cancer cells. So over the weeks to follow I underwent many scans and tests to figure this all out. I was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinomas - which is lung cancer in the pleura of the lungs. Initially, it seemed impossible to have lung cancer as a young nonsmoker. However, I have learned that this particular type of lung cancer is growing in prevalence - it's different than the type of lung cancer that effects smokers. In women, about 20% of lung cancer cases are now nonsmoking young women. They don't know why..... yet
I had a PET scan and they now know I have a tumor in my left lung, a tumor on my 4th vertabrae and the lymph nodes in my bronchial tubes as well as those in my neck are filled.
I am currently in my 4th week of treatment. I am doing 2 chemo drugs and one target drug called Avastin.
Thank you for keeping myself, Mike, and Ava and all of my doctors in your prayers. I know we will get through this!
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