Lung Cancer Stages!!!?

hi
i have homework in english where i have to write 10-14 poems and making booklet of poems that all have the same storyline.
so i decided to write about a man in his middle ages who has terminal lung cancer from smoking all the time.
so what stages of lung cancer are there??
im looking for VERY SPECIFIC details from the very beginning to the very end, meaning death.
and i need some info on lung cancer too.
THANKS

i would appreciate the stages PAINWISE, not medically

Lung cancer is a disease in which the cells of the lung tissues grow uncontrollably and form tumors. It is the leading cause of death from cancer among both men and women in the United States.

There are two kinds of lung cancers, primary and secondary. Primary lung cancer (also called adenocarcinoma) starts in the lung itself. Primary lung cancer is divided into small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, depending on how the cells look under the microscope. Secondary lung cancer is cancer that starts somewhere else in the body (for example, the breast or colon) and spreads to the lungs.

Small cell cancer was formerly called oat cell cancer, because the cells resemble oats in their shape. About one-fourth of all lung cancers are small cell cancers. This type is a very aggressive cancer and spreads to other organs within a short time. It generally is found in people who are heavy smokers. Non-small cell cancers account for the remaining 75% of lung cancers.

When diagnosed with lung cancer, a stage of the lung disease is identified to describe the severity and indicate the extent of its progression. This staging of lung cancer is used by healthcare professionals to determine the choice of treatment that will best rid the body of the lung cancer.

Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
Stage 0 Lung Cancer
The lung cancer is localized; it is found only in a local area and only in the first few layers of cells. The lung cancer has not penetrated the surface lining of the lungs.

Stage I Lung Cancer
The lung cancer is confined to the lungs and surrounded by normal tissue.

Stage II Lung Cancer
The lung cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Stage III Lung Cancer
The lung cancer has spread to the chest wall, diaphragm, or other nearby organs or blood vessels.

The lung cancer may have spread to lymph nodes in the mediastinum or the other side of the chest or neck.

Stage IV Lung Cancer
The lung cancer has spread to more distant sites in the body.

Small Cell Lung Cancer
Limited Stage Lung Cancer
The lung cancer is confined to one of the lungs, the mediastinum and nearby lymph nodes.

Extended Stage Lung Cancer
The lung cancer has spread to other lung tissues or other areas of the body.

Stage IV and above is considered as TERMINAL and death is inevitable.

PAINWISE, it is difficult to tell how it will be for each stage of the disease. Most of the time the disease is shown up after Stge II only and from that time the treatments like Chemo, Radiation, etc., start and the side effects of these treatments will be more painful than the pain of the disease itself.-

Terminal Lung Cancer would be stage IV.
Go to www.webmd.com or google for more information.

I can't rehash what happens to someone when they pass away from Lung Cancer, it just took my grandmother's life.

Sorry.

this won't help much.i only know that by the time the symptoms of lung cancer show, you're already on the 3rd stage, which is too late to cure.
oh, and most lung cancer patients suffer an agonizing death.

It sounds as if your looking more for The Stages of Grief.


Probably the most well-known of these might be from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' book, "On Death and Dying." In it, she identified five stages that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis.

The stages Kubler-Ross identified are:

Denial (this isn't happening to me!)

Anger (why is this happening to me?)

Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)

Depression (I don't care anymore)

Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)

Many people believe that these stages of grief are also experienced by others when they have lost a loved one.

my dad was diagnosed at stage 4.... he hadnt really suffered pain just an ongoing chest infection/cough, he felt slight pain at his last stage... through the cancer spreading within his body... he did not die an agonising death...