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Oral chemo drug
I am currently on FMLA from my workplace to care for my husband with NSCLC. He was diagnosed in Dec 2006. He had radiation & chemo back in Jan 07 and finished treatments by June 07. He had about a year with PET/CT scans showing up clean but had a recurrence show up in the lymphnodes and a tumor appeared in his neck in July…
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for those who don't receive a reply
For the caregivers who don't receive a reply I commend you for your commitment and faith in your patient. We are a rare breed who are willing to change or give up our lives to care for our loved ones but what a price we pay. The pain we feel will be there long after our loved ones have passed and for me I will be left…
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Denial
I am not sure how to share this so I will try to present it as specifically as possible. My wife has stage 4 colon cancer. She has been on chemotherapy since December 07, Folfox and now Folfiri. Her last CEA “Dropped” from 96 to 95. Her last CT scan according to her oncologist was “Unchanged” meaning that there is still…
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Hurting as a caregiver
My mom was diagnosed with cancer (larynx) in early February. We are now at the last tree days of radiation, chemo, and herbatux, and needless to say it has been the hardest and most trying period of our life. I am normally a very strong individual, I have gone through a lot in my life. I thought I would be able to handle…
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Head above water...
Where to begin…. Well my step father has lung cancer …. My mother-in-law also has lung cancer … each with different types … with different treatments … it has been quite the experience learning about cancer … things that work with one don’t work with the other … I do the little things for them that I can … make food that…
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Does anyone else ever feel ashamed when they get overwhelmed?
I am new here. My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer on May 1, 2007. We have had many ups and downs along the way, but I have to admit that things are taking their toll on me now. He has become so weak now, but he's an artist and he has his work to keep him going. Sometimes I feel resentful that I am so…
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crying doesn't mean I'm not strong
Just about three years ago my father was diagnosed with colon cancer. Immediatley we were sent to do tests and scans and crazy stuff I'd never heard of. With in less than three months we was doing chemo, radiation and surgery. Since that point there have been few highs and many lows. It is so incredibly difficult to watch…
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Traveling
Hello-I am brand new here. Thank you for any words of encouragement, advice you can provide. My wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer in November 07. Mets to Liver and abdominal wall. She had FOLFOX and now is on FOLFIRI. She seems to be doing well although her last CT scan in January revealed "some" mets to her…
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Caregiver Chat Room
I see a lot of references to a Caregive Chat Room but cannot find the link on this website to get to it. Can anyone tell me how to find it?
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Drugging the fear and pain away
People, I'm not strong. My wife, the patient, handles this many, many times better than I do. All at once, I have my wife's old breast cancer come back, matasasized (sp?) into lung cancer. At the same time, my girlfriend (it's okay, my wife approved) decided she wanted to be more responsible for herself and "independent",…