Sunday, May 8, 2011

My mother was diagnosed with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and I feel barely any emotion is that bad

My mother was diagnosed with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and I feel barely any emotion is that bad?
I feel no emotion it's like it hasn't happend. Like my mothers completely fine.
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Don't be too hard on yourself. People deal with bad news in different ways. The best thing to do is to start supporting your mother, even if you don't feel any emotional drive.... just do what you KNOW is good to do. You love her, but the oddness of the news may be difficult to process. So simply take action and be there. When you look back on this, you will have done the right things for the right reasons, and THAT, will help everyone to deal with the emotions that are to come.
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This is actually very normal. You're probably in denial. Its a hard fact to accept and you're not ready to face it yet. Eventually it'll sink in and it'll hit you that this is real. Or you might just possibly be in denial the whole time because its too hard. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer twice (when i was 13 and again when i was 17) and both times I felt just like you. I refused to let myself face it and I was in complete denial for a long time and wouldn't feel any emotion. I'm really sorry about your mom. But if it makes you feel better, my mom had cancer twice and both times it went away completely and shes been cancer free for 5 years and shes in better shape than ever before. So just know that your mom CAN fight this and come out of it on top.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

What is the relationship between cigarette smoking and Lung Cancer

What is the relationship between cigarette smoking and Lung Cancer?

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The relationship is that cigarette smoke has about 60 known, proven carcinogens. Every 16 or so cigarettes (on average) causes damage to the lung cells' DNA. Eventually you have damaged so many cells in so many locations, that a lung cancer is able to develop. Perhaps 15% of smokers will get lung cancer. Many more will get other chronic (and acute) respiratory and circulatory illnesses directly as a result of smoking. About 90% of lung cancer cases are caused by cigarette smoking. It is the single most significant cause of fatal cancer in the world today.
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There are compounds in cigarette smoke which can damage DNA in cells (carcinogens). Over time, the amount of damage to cells in the lungs builds up and eventually a cell malfunctions and instead of dividing normally like every other cell in your body, the DNA is damaged so that the cell divides out of control and doesn't self destruct. That is the beginning of cancer. Basically, smoking causes cells to change and become cancerous.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

can your elbows or ankles start swelling with lung cancer

can your elbows or ankles start swelling with lung cancer?

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Yes. It happened to my grandpa, he had to wrap them really tightly, they even got so bad where fluid was coming out. There is a prescription you have to take, i can't remember the name of it but ask a dr., it is crucial to get the medication for this. If not, the body will start to swell everywhere and it can get really bad and your skin will even open up.

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