help need suggestions cancer in ganglions around lungs

[sarah]

Hello,
I hope someone's had this problem and come through it. The liquid around the lungs of our friend with IBC, HER2, ER-PR- cancer has cancer in it. she's now on oxygen and I'm not sure anything else is being done. the answer is she's too weak for chemo but I don't see how she can recover if she doesn't get chemo or at least herceptin. She has cancer in the ganglions and I think a small tumor in the lungs and now her eye seems weird.
Please give me your advice. I am very worried for her.
help
sarah

[Mary Anne in TX]

Wish I had an answer for you sarah, but I can pray for her. My best to you, ma

[Joan M]

Sarah,

Can the liquid be drained?

I'm praying for your friend's recovery.

Best, Joan

[sarah]

they keep draining it and I was told they won't fill the drained cavity with talc, a common procedure apparently, because there's cancer there.
very worried
sarah

[Lani]

and involves involvement of the nerves at the top of the lung which are on their way to the face and cause the eyelid to droop. Of course I could be wrong and she could have brain mets or even mets to the orbit around the eye.

I'm sorry I can't add more to the list of what trials there might be in France.

Don't know if I have really helped you with this info...

Hope some of the info already sent on trials proves useful.

[sarah]

thank you Lani, as usual you have such knowledge information.
this is a wonderful site and I appreciate its existence so much, for myself, as well as for my friends.
stay well, be happy
sarah