[jones7676]

I totally understand what you are going through. When I developed a lung met, my oncologist felt it was lung cancer due to my history of smoking. However, upon that diagnosis, they did not have my original slides. I have a friend that works at the NIH and she had me send the lung biopsy slide as well as the original slides from my breast tumor. 4 or 5 people there looked at them and they all agreed that it was a breast cancer met. Chemo resolved the problem at that time....

Recently I've developed a second met in the other lung in addition to a "flare up" on the old one and I'm wondering......and scared. Who is right? Which is more reliable. Scientific tests or doctors? Are the tumors shaped differently? Should I try to have them removed? I'm afraid I might go through a removal procedure only to have them come back- which is the best approach?

I will be watching what you do and how it turns out very closely....as I'm personally very interested (I care about everyone else as well of course).

I hope you would send me a personal email if you should run across something very fabulous. It might save my life too.

I hope you get the answers you need and find a successful treatment. I'll be thinking of you and sending positive vibes your way.