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Caregivers
Archives for November 2005
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SCLC and my husband
Hello I am new here I am a caregiver to my husband of 17 years,he was dx in June of this year with SCLC limited stage. To date he has had 39 radiation treatments,9 chemo treatments (cisplatin & VP-16) Last friday he had an MRI done fo his brain,the test results were horrifiying he has several mets to the brain ( 6 tumors)…
Survivor AND caregiver
I had 3 cancer diagnoses over a period of 10 years. I have been caregiver for both my disabled parents for several years until my mother passed away a year ago. I still look after Dad. He is not hard to care for right now, but I still get so emotionally drained just knowing that everything I do and plan must first be…
lymphodema
My mother has been fighting cancer for about 13 years now. She just recently started haveing trouble with swelling in her arms and legs. The swelling has gotten so severe that her legs have been put into casts and her left arm into a soft cast. I am concerned that maybe I should prepare myself for the worst. Any…
husband at 46 has kidney cancer
my husband has kidney cancer. Starting in July we found out, they took out his kidney in August. He never really recovered when he was home and they were treating him for phneumonia which never got better. After finally doing more test they said the cancer spread to his liver and lungs where originally they said it did not…
Brain Tumor-Astrocytoma
Is any one else a care giver of some one that had a Brain Tumor?
Relationship changes with my daughter.
My daughter is 31 years old. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at 27. It has now spread to her bones. Over the last several months, she has begun to shut me out of her life. She does not want me to visit or go to treatments with her. Does not talk about what's going with her and has no interest in what's going on with…