http://surviving-cancers.com/interesting-lung-cancer-facts/ Cancer research & treatment Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:49:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://surviving-cancers.com/interesting-lung-cancer-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Judy Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:49:24 +0000 http://surviving-cancers.com/?p=359#comment-35 In 1997 I went to the doctor for a pain in my left shoulder that wouldn't go away. She ordered an x-ray and by chance the x-ray caught a spot in my right lower lung and she told me I had cancer. In early 1998 I had the bottom lobe of my right lung removed, the cancer being about the size of a quarter. Stage one. I had smoked for probably about 30 years and continue to smoke. The surgery was through my back; the worst part of it was the tube down my throat after surgery. For me it was a piece of cake and I know I was lucky. I had x-rays every 6 months for awhile, then every year, and now maybe every year. I did not need chemo or radiation and don't want to make light of lung cancer, however it is not a death sentence and is detectable through s-rays. In 1997 I went to the doctor for a pain in my left shoulder that wouldn’t go away. She ordered an x-ray and by chance the x-ray caught a spot in my right lower lung and she told me I had cancer. In early 1998 I had the bottom lobe of my right lung removed, the cancer being about the size of a quarter. Stage one. I had smoked for probably about 30 years and continue to smoke. The surgery was through my back; the worst part of it was the tube down my throat after surgery. For me it was a piece of cake and I know I was lucky. I had x-rays every 6 months for awhile, then every year, and now maybe every year. I did not need chemo or radiation and don’t want to make light of lung cancer, however it is not a death sentence and is detectable through s-rays.

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