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Please help if you can
The Love of my life for the past 25 years was diagnosed with Lung Cancer and a metastic brain tumor. She lost the use of her left side and had to have Brain surgery to remove 95% of the Brain tumor followed by Radiation to her Brain and Lung. She is very weak and canot have chemo. Is there any hope for me? The Doctors tell…
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new here
I'm desperate for contact with other caregivers. I feel like either screaming or crying I'm so confused. My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in September and started chemo Oct. 6. He had a bad reaction to the chemo and was hospitalized. Nearly lost him twice that week. My "alert" button has been on since all this…
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guilt
My husband was diagnosed w/ matasticised nsclc "adenocarcinoma w/ 3 brain mets" july 30 2008. he did 14 rounds of radiation and is just finishing up his 12th day of chemo, cisplatin / navelbine. I work fulltime, take care of our 2 children and tend to him and dr. appts and the house and all that goes with that. He is…
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cell phone help for fee
if you are taking care of someone who needs a cell phone check out safelink.com they gave me a free phone with 68 free mins every month for emergency. this is a great thing that helps those that cant aford the little things.
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New and Tired
Hello to all my wife has lung cancer and had 47 treatments of radiation and 4 chemo in July of 07 . The treatment did a number on her she never got her taste buds back and ate like a bird. In Oct. she stopped walking so I took a leave of absence I have not worked in a month . Caregivers is a full time job without much…
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New to Board
My husband was diagnosed with stage 3C colon cancer last month. He had surgery and is recovering from a wound infection. He recently joined this discussion board and has found great comfort in discussing a shared enemy (cancer). I would love to hear from others who have experienced what we are about to undertake.
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worst nightmare
I was scared that the Dr we see today would try to talk my husband out of surgery. Guess what it came true. I am sitting here typing this and can barly breath. He kept saying that it is so small, there is so little, you are so young, it will probably never grow, if it does it will never effect you. He kept saying, "lets do…
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pet scan today
my husband is going in today for a pet scan. it has been 3 months with new chemo . he was dx in nov 07 stage 3, chemo stopped in may 6 months completed in july pet scan showed mets to the kidney liver stomach and new tumor in sigmoid area so chemo started again now we will see if this new chemo has helped with the cancer.…
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Hi, i'm new and very scared
Hello everyone, my fiance' of one month just found out last Friday that he has throat cancer. i am just heartbroken. its especially frustrating b/c we don't live close together, although, that is changing next month. my thinking is will he be alive next month. Today, the doc is taking a biopsy. We already know its in Stage…
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Just Married - Just Lymphoma
We were married on October 3, 2008. He was diagnosed with lymphoma on October 15, 2008 after an MRI for back pain. We have made it through three weeks of CHOP-R along with all of the appointments for testing, biopsy, pharmacy, blood transfusions etc. He is amazing and I find myself in total awe of his positive attitude,…
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National Caregiver Day
I was on my way to my 1st Circus when my Best Friend who became my Caregiver was given the news that I had Cancer, she didn't tell me until the next day! She wanted me to have the Circus, before my life became a Circus. I have made July 31 my Caregiver Day, it is her day & I treat it as a Celebration to Her. Wouldn't it be…
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Help I'm new to all this
My husband was recently diagnosed with bladder and lung cancer. The only thing I know is that the lung cancer has spread to the bone. We won't know until atleast Wednesday what kind and what stage it is in. I'm very angry because my husband fought in Vietnam where they used Agent Orange. He comes home makes it through…