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new to the site
I am caring for my 77 year old florida father in the north east. He was diagnosed with colon cancer with mets. in June 04. We have started chemo and have had a hard time. He had an adverse reaction to the 5fu and had to have to stents placed in his heart. Now he is on a different chemo and is very depressed from the side…
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Where to start?
My girlfriend and I are 5 months into our situation. She has lung cancer... with a few spots outside the lung, her liver and spleen. She is 53 years old. Otherwise healthy, did not smoke. We fish, have horses... in general very active. She has an 83 year old mother that lives not too far away. A son who is closer but less…
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Overwhelmed Caregiver/Full Time Working Mother
My husband was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last August, had surgery and has been going through chemotherapy and radiation therapy since. I work full time and have two young teenage children. I am overwhelmed with all of these responsibilities and the worry about the side effects of the treatments and the outcome of…
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flu lasting a month , any advice?
hi all, my love goes out to all of you. My mom is 77, 6 years into ovarian, ups and downs, ya know. She got the flu a month ago, and is taking forever to get her strength back...the worst now is tired, weak, lead heavy legs. Any advice? Its not the worst thing in the world, I realize, but I try to do what I can for her…
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Do you worry about yourselves?
Although my main focus these days is doing everything I can to help my mom beat this disease, if I stop long enough to think, I often start to wonder and worry about what this means for my future. My mom was in her early 40s when she was first diagnosed and while I have some suspicions that there were some contributing…
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I need help before I crack
I am an almost 31 yr old woman taking care of her 74 yr old uncle who was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 2003. He went through the chemo for that last year and seemed to be doing great. But then in December, his tests came back and showed that he had cancer in a lymph node. He had another surgery (first was in Dec…