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Archives for June 2003

Both parents diagnosed with cancer
My mom was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1998. In Feburary, 2003 she began workups for a bone marrow transplant. She is in and out of the hospital every 3 or 4 weeks. In May my father was diagnosed with Lung Cancer and is currently receiving Radiation and Chemotherapy. Dad has not worked since May 16 and spends most of his…
after effects of radiation and thyroidectomy
My mom was diagnosed with advanced thyroid cancer just over a year ago. She had surgery to remove all of her thyroid and two radiation treatments involving week long stays in the hospital. She's now in "remission" and getting scans to ensure that any remianing cancer will be caught early. She retired after her diagnoses…
dizziness
My 80 year old mother has been experiencing severe vertigo for weeks. She has not had chemotherapy in three or four weeks. We had hoped that stopping chemo would -- at the least -- give her some relief from the dizziness. Her oncologist said that he doesn't understand why she is having such severe vertigo and that she…
saying "no" to treatment
Two years ago My husband was diagnosed with stage IIIA lung cancer that was treated with chemo and radiation - since then he has had two surgeries to remove tumors in his brain. He isn't working anymore but I guess I won't let him give in - he doesn't want to die but is so sad. I've convinced him to talk with a counselor…
Grieving after death
I am new to this website and would just like some people to talk to. I just wanted to know what coping mechanisms others have found helpful when grieving over the death of a loved one. My mom died of cancer in October 1997 and she was only 56. I was 20 at the time and that was the hardest thing I had to deal with. Then two…
Iressa
Has anyone started using this new FDA approved drug? And?

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