Oh Tom, I am SO sorry. I've missed you around here but this is a crappy reason to return!You've been such a strong supporter for others here, though, including me, you know you have lots of people here willing to support you through whatver you have to go through.

In answer to your question about radiation, if you recall, I was diagnosed with two cancers (oral and breast) almost at once and had radiation for both within the year. My understanding is that if the cancer is in a different part of your body, you can get more radiation within some limits and the limits are because there is a maximum amount of rad. your spinal cord can take. But of you had IMRT before, your spine probably got little or no rad the first time and with all the new techniques they have, it seems quite possible to me they could focus on the lung the same way. But that's just my limited knowledge speaking--obviously a radiation oncologist could tell you a lot more.

Please let me know if there's anything at all you think I could do to help you.

Nelie