Is there anything out there to treat the symptoms of lung cancer?
January 17th, 2010 | by admin |There is a family friend that has stage 4 liver cancer and after a recent scan they have found spots on her lung. She is curently undergoing chemo therapy weekly but the symptoms of the lung cancer is what is alling her. She is short of breathe, fever, cough. Right now we are more interested in cureing the symptoms than the cancer. Is there any treatment out there that would help with the symtoms?
If are in the medical industry or have been through this please make sure to tell me in your answer.
Also she has never been a drinker or smoker.
You didnt hear this from me, but marijuana will help with the symptoms, especially the nausa. She obviously cant smoke it, but she can bake them into brownies. Otherwise have her MAKE her doctor get her on some painkiller of some kind like vicodin. Good luck and I hope she makes it.
3 Responses to “Is there anything out there to treat the symptoms of lung cancer?”
By Rob on Jan 17, 2010 | Reply
You didnt hear this from me, but marijuana will help with the symptoms, especially the nausa. She obviously cant smoke it, but she can bake them into brownies. Otherwise have her MAKE her doctor get her on some painkiller of some kind like vicodin. Good luck and I hope she makes it.
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By D31025 on Jan 17, 2010 | Reply
The symptoms of your friend is rather part and parcel of the disease. Since the lungs supply the body with much needed oxygen, any disease involving it will lead to shortness of breath and cough. If your friend is having difficulty in breathing, my advise is to have the patient admitted in the hospital where he or she can be placed in a ventilator if the need arises. And most importantly is to provide emotional and spiritual support.
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By Katie on Jan 17, 2010 | Reply
cough drops work
the really expensive ones
and just have her relax and read i book, it will keep her mind off of struggling to breathe
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