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husbands cancer has traveled to his brain, questions
HI NEW ON HERE, JUST RECENTLY HUSBANDS CANCER HAS GONE TO HIS BRAIN, HE HAD A RETURN OF MELANOMA FROM 8 YEARS AGO THAT WENT TO HIS LYMTH NODES, AND BACK, TUMORS GROWING DAILY, NOT ABLE TO REMOVED DUE TO HEART PROBLEMS, MY CONCERN IS THE DAILY WORSTING OF CONFUSION, SLEEPING ALL THE TIME, CAN ANYONE GIVE ME, OUR CHILDREN…
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Husband has Pancreatic cancer He has become confused and so weak walking is hard eating little
I want to know if others who care for cancer patient have this happen he is on oxycontin 12 hour and 2 hour for pain over the last 6 weeks he is confused, and seems everyweek is worse. If I didn't feed him pill him and clean him he wouldn't know to do it He was always a bath clean person.. Now food is a problem Please can…
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Lonely Days
Hello Everyone Its been 4 weeks since I lost my Love. The days are so lonely it is hard to handle. I come home do the house work still have my boys to take care of. I think they are dealing with the loss of their Mom by staying active with their Friends and Girl friends. They don't seam to be around as much as they were. I…
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New to the site
I found out 3 months ago that my mother has stage 4 ovarian cancer. We are in the process of moving her into my home so that I can give her full time care instead of having to leave my children for weeks at a time to go to her house which is 400 miles away. I recently (Jan 12, 2009 at 2:27am) lost my aunt (mom's sister) to…
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Hospice comes tomorrow
My 59 year-old husband is nearing the end of his life on earth. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had metastasized in his liver at the end of July. We have had a pretty good 5 and a half months despite several small strokes. He has been a real fighter, but the chemo hasn't worked. Today we learned that his liver…
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Dazed and Confused
My wife of 25 years, age 46, (I am 56)is getting treatment for terminal colon and liver cancer. We have 2 grandkids, ages 8 and 10, that we have custody of. My wife has chosen to go stay with folks 900 miles away rather than stay here. The hospital where she recieves treatment is about 10 hours from our home and 8 hours…
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Hi, I am new here.
Hello. I am new to this site, but I am reaching out as a caregiver because my husband has cancer. We have been married 12 years and our life has been wonderful. My husband was diagnosed in Oct 2007 with ocular melanoma with spread to the liver/spleen/brain. He has been going through radiation and chemo treatments ever…
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Caregivers Chatroom
Meeting in chatroom2 at 7 p.m. Eastern standard time 6 p.m. Centeral Standard Time 5 p.m. Mountain Time & 4 p.m. Pacific Time. All caregivers and surviving caregivers welcome! See you there.
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sleeping after the loss of someone
well here goes. Mom passed away in August and of course i had my times and days earlier on but things got better as the time has gone on. The holidays were hard, but i managed had my times but i think because i was so busy shopping, wrapping, decorating etcc for my 4 boys that it was jusy easy busy not thinking so much.…
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How can I lift my brother's spirits during radiation?
Hello, Unfortunately I am back again after losing my older brother and father to brain cancer and my mother to leukemia. To our disbelief my middle brother has been diagnosed with a malignant( clivus) brain tumor. He is about to begin a 7 week x5 days treatment of radiation with chemo weeks 1,4,and 7. I am looking for any…
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CAREGIVER QUESTION
My Wife of 25 years lost her battle with Cancer on Dec. 27th, 2008. We had her funeral yesterday Jan.3rd. The Service Was very nice with over 200 friends and family coming. The shock of losing your best friend is slowly wearing off. I have been her caregiver for the last 5 months full time and will start back to work on…
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Newbie here!
hello everyone! I am Mel and I came here for comfort. The past few weeks, I have noticed isolation from family and friends. I feel like no one understands what I am going through. My husband has been battling cancer for the past 4 1/2 years. Just recently started treatment again. I joined to hope to find support and…