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Caregivers

Archives for May 2009

questions about symptoms
my 39 year old husband has been having all kinds of problems and it seems as though the drs just keep pushing him off on another dr his grandfather passed first he had hip cancer then somewhere in his gi system....my husband has the same problems hips back legs head severe pain gi problems beleeding…
Any Young Caregivers Out There?
I'm a 23 yr. old who dropped out of college to take care of my mother who has stage 4 ovarian cancer. I have recently realized that while my mom is a fighter, there is no end in sight for the chemo. Her doctor told us that she should receive all of the chemo she can possibly handle in an effort to buy her time. My father…
Ankle Fracture
I have been my wife’s caregiver for the past 18 months. Yesterday I was outside working in the yard and fell-fractured my distal fibula (AKA fractured ankle). My wife couldn’t hear me yell for assistance and finally a neighbor came by and helped me to the garage. I am feeling sorry for myself right now. I am in a fair…
my husband is in denial
My husband has just been diagnosed with throat cancer and I think he is in denial. He says he is not angry (I am very angry at the cancer) a little scared but he expects he will be all over in a little. His doctor said he was "very stoic" when he told him he had cancer. But the next day he had a heart attack at home. No…
Just plain worn out
My mother, who is only 58, is in the end stages of Squamish Cell Cancer of the vulva. My husband just finished getting his masters and is trying to find a teaching job and we have 3 year old triplets. We are living with my mom and I am her primary caregiver. And I am worn out. Last night I had to put a diaper on her, which…
Cancer may be wrecking my marriage
I love my wife more than ever, and I am afraid that though her cancer prognosis is fairly good (keeping our fingers crossed), I may now lose my marriage. In both my wife's and my opinion, we had an excellent marriage before the cancer. Now she tells me constantly that I "can't understand" what she is going through, that I…
Losing friends since mother's diagnosis
Has anyone else dealt with losing friends? I am disabled so I stay home a lot. Most of my communication is through email or IMing. Since I have told them nobody returns my emails. I sent an email saying that I understand the difficulties, that they might not be comfortable talking about cancer. I told them that i would…
Overwhelmed and looking for help!!
My boyfriend is from Italy and was visiting me in the States when we discovered a large bump near his armpit. He was diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma and was told he needed to start treatment immediately. We decided that he should stay and get treated in the U.S. It would have been too risky for him to go home, plus the…
Im new here and looking for friends
I am a single mother of four beautiful children, one who is a cancer survivor. My son was diagnosed with ALL in 05 and is now cancer free! The last three years have been really hard and I am trying to rebuild my life with my children as the only parent. Looking for others in similar situations for suggestions.
How do I help my husband cope with his anger?
Has anyone else experienced this? My husband has reached a point where he has begun to lash out at people. It has only been directed at me once so far, but I can handle it. Other people just don't understand how much he's going through. Now he has alienated his brother, an old friend, and a business colleague who is now…
what do I do now
My husband has stage 4 matastic colon cancer. He has been going thru treatment since Oct. 6 monthes of chemo and 5 weeks of raditation. Now they are going back to chemo because of new tumors on his liver, but he is giving up. He has been in great spirits so far, until today and he has decided he is dieing and wants to stop…
Liposarcoma patient caregiver
Dont really know what to say so I will get straight to the point....Karen has Liposarcoma. She was diagnosed in 1998, they supposedly got it all (was in her upper thigh), she became disabled in 1999, it either came back or she attained another primary tumor in her sacrum in 2007. She underwent 30 radiation treatments in…
connecting with hospice
My husband is in the end stages of nsclc. I think it is time to get hospice involved with his care. He is very reluctant to let this happen. We have actually had an interview with them and they won't admit him without his permission because he is still coherent. I feel that I need some help managing his problems without…
I don't know what to do
I am new to this sort of thing. I guess I am just reaching out. There has to be someone else out there like me. My sister has cancer. She is just getting prepped for chemo. A portacath?? The lingo is all so new for me I am not sure if I have it right or not. My sister is 1,000 miles away. I was there after her sugery and…

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