Originally Posted by
TruF
I've been wondering how the surgery and tests went, Bud. Great news that they got it all and that you've got treatment that will prevent it from returning. I've never had chemo, but I found a great book to help you get into the right frame of mind while you are undergoing chemo. It's called
Peggy Huddleston's Relaxation/Healing CD. I'm rather an anxious person, but I sailed through surgery a couple years ago thanks to this CD. Great meditation and visualization exercises. And there is special visualization for going through cancer treatment. Some of the reviews on the Amazon.com link are from people who used this CD for chemo.
Sending good thoughts your way!
TruF,
Because my tumor was small, and the ct scan showed no hint of lymph node involvement, the doctors thought the cancer was stage I nsclc, and that surgery to remove the upper lobe of my lung would be the only treatment needed. They were wrong. Biopsies after surgery showed a single lymph node to be cancerous. That changes the diagnosis to stage II, and raises the risk of recurrence a lot. Adjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to lesson that risk, so I'm embarking on that.
Thanks for the link. I'll check that out. And I can use all the good thoughts I can get!