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Atmosphere
My husband is walking around on eggshells like the world has already come to an end... Shushes me all the time if I am talking, laughing, humming....Like I can't make ANY sound around the house. Have mother-in-law set up in the living room and I am set up to work from home in the dining room (no wall between the two).…
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What do we do now? Totally overwhelmed
This is my first post, and I can say that just reading through the board, I take much comfort knowing we are not the only family going through this (and then I get mad... why are so many people suffering this? Motivates to help create better solutions!). At any rate, my mother was happy and healthy - so we thought - until…
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BREAST CANCER / DRUG'S DOSE
IAM GOING TO BE TREATED WITH CHEM THERAPY AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOCTORS DETERMINE THE DOSE BASED ON 'BSA'.MY WEIGHT IS 80 Kg AND 157 Cm TALL , IF DOSE IS 600 mg/m.sq.(d1 and 8)WHAT WILL BE THE DOZE FROM THIS DRUG IN mg .OR,WHAT IS THE RELATION BETWEEN WEIGHT ,TALL AND BODY SURFACE AREA. BEST WISHES
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Cancer with kids
Should we keep our 16 month old daughter out of classes and other group activities this fall/winter to minimize the chances of her bringing a contagious illness home to my wife? She (my wife)just started chemo.
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Feeling Hopeless
Well Jack has been home for little over a week, he was in the hospital because his port got a bacterial infection, so he is feeling better, but we can not start any new treatment until the antibotics are done and I think we have to wait for them to get out of his system so it is really depressing that we just have to sit…
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HELP! Caregiver Depression...now what??
I have been sitting here not wanting to post this, because if I say it...I'm acknowledging it, and if I acknowledge it...its real. Depression that deep, dark hole that I don't want to have to struggle to climb out of...I've been managing to safely stay sitting on the edge staring down into it...but I'm afraid I have fallen…
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New here too. How does one deal with everything?
First time posting. I feel so helpless. My man (we are not married) of 11 years is dying. He has cancer of the vocal chords and has chosen not to have any further treatment. Radiation is out of the question because he had it 3 years ago. The doc wanted to do Laryngectomy and he said no.He would rather go on living the way…
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New Here......I feel so helpless!
My husband was diagnosed in April with mixed small cell with glander tissue, adenocarsonama feature, he was given 6 months to live. The doctor said he was going to give him 6 rounds of chemo to try and prolong his time. He just finished his last round of chemo, and they say there will be no more treatment, that when the…
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New here.
Hi all, I'm new to the board. I'm 39 years old and caring for my mother who is in her last few months of life after several battles with different cancers. She is in hospice care in my home right now and some days are just so tough. I have 6 children and am 4 1/2 months pregnant. I've read that my situation is called the…
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is it possible to "prepare yourself"
My mom is nearing the end of her 3rd battle with cancer. Unfortunately despite her 2 previous victories, she's will lose this war. My mom is amazingly strong so on one hand its almost impossible to fathom that the end could be so near. But as I've seen a shift in her recently, I am sort of forced to bring those thoughts…
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Good Free books
I found this website www.blochcancer.org a few weeks ago and had them send me their 3 free books. The books are very interesting. The person who wrote them was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer but was "cured" after 2 years....he lives 26 years before passing away from heart disease not cancer. Just thought I'd pass this…
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Access to information pertaining to a patient
Anyone know of any reason why a doctors administrative staff would be slow to repond to a request for copies of a patients file material? Lab reports etc.
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First time to reach out for help.
My father is 86 years old and had a ERCP this past Friday while in the hospital. Doctor gave me the news that it is Cancer. My dad has no medical insurance other than Medicare and has been paying on medical bills for the past 3 years for a long stay at the hospital's ICU in 2006. He has refused to go to the ER on numerouse…
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Final home
Jack was discharged today, I am so happy, he is feeling better, the plan is to be on antibotics for 14 days and then I guess we look for the next treatment, I did not realize how tired I was till I sat down on the computer, Looking forward to no doctors appointment this week A week off of cancer would'nt that just be nice,…
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Tumors in brain and Decadron
Hello all you veterans and comrades... My mother-in-law has 3 tumors in her brain causing swelling and was given Decadron to reduce the swelling (this helps reduce confusion and gives her more time). Has anyone heard of this medicine and about how much more time would she have??? The doctor said that without the Decadron…
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Day three at the hospital
Well they removed the port and he is feeling so much better, his pain level is down to a 2 which it has not been less than a 6 for months, He is feeling so good it brings peace to my heart, he has to stay in a couple more days I believe to clear up the bacterial infection, but they did a CT scan and it showed the cancer…
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No Chemo Side Effects
My husband has been on Nexavar for the past three months and has absolutely NO side effects. When he was on IL-2, a clinical trial, and Sutent the side effects were almost completely debilitating (fatigue, sores,etc). We are going to find out next week if the Nexavar has shrunk his tumors or at least stabilized them. I was…
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Doctor Refusal???
Looking for your feedback, advice.... Mother-in-law is in the hospital because of breathing problems and I thought that one good thing was that she would be seen by the medical oncologist that we were referred to. That means that she would have started with him today and not a few weeks from now whenever they fit her in…
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Thank you
I would like to thank every one here for all your words of support and prayers. On August 19,2009 my husband Sean lost his battle with cancer. He was able to come home from the hospital night before last and pass away in our bed this evening. Again thank you one and all. Sonya,aka,seanslove
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still in the hospital
Still in the hospital, they removed his port because it was infected, so they are trying to see what kind of bacterial infection he has, They also had to do another Ct of the lungs they are not sure what they spots are it could be the cancer, infection or a touch of pnemunion so we have to wait and seem not sure when he is…
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Co-Caregiver in Denial
My mother-in-law went to the hospital with breathing problems. I expected it would be because of fluid in the lungs (pneumonia) and there is fluid - but the doctor said it is likely the cancer crowding her lungs and making it difficult for her to breath. Doctor suggested to take her home and help her to be comfortable and…
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Rollercoaster
On April 6th, my husband of 17 years, was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer in his left lung and in 4 lymph nodes next to his treacea. His treatment is chemo every other week. His doctor stated he would be on chemo as long as he was responding and as long as he could take it. And it is for life extention, they do not…
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back in the hospital
Well Jack is back in the hospital I feel we are going backwards, We were waiting to start a Trial study and his WBC came back elevated, so they did blood cultures and we got a call today to go straight to the hospital, he has a bacterail infection, and his port is infected, I have been telling the doctors for weeks that he…
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Posting for the first time
My husband was diagnosed with an inoperable Gr IV Glio in March. He went through radiation and chemo and is now on a maitenance chemo. He had an MRI on the 17th and will see his MD on 25th. We have been told a year or less, but I hear many stories of patients that are living out much longer than a year. Is it because their…
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does anyone have any suggestions
I am having a hard time dealing with the sedation of Jack's medication, We are having a hard time keeping his pain uncontrol ups and down, it either not enough or it is so much he is sedated, His pain level never can get under a 5 , I feel alone when he has his days of being sedation, I know that sounds selfish, I just…
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A week and a half after my mom passed, its completely hitting me...i feel really terrible
Anyone out there have the same situation? its been a week+ since my mom passed, honestly seeing her take her last breath was the worst thing to see...i dont want to scare anyone out there and obviously every case is different. In regards to my mom, she passed away with advanced colorectal cancer with 20+ liver mets...it…
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My husband is battling back
Hello everyone. I have been away from the boards for awhile. A few weeks ago, my husband, who is stage iv lung cancer with mets, woke up in the middle of the night, like he always does, and I got up to help him, like I always do. Within five minutes he was gasping for air and just collapsed. When the emt's arrived, they…
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Be Careful with Medical Supply Deliveries
Just a quick word of advice and note of what happened to us this week. The hospital has a medical supply company deliver feeding supplies for my husband (he was to get an IV pole, syringes to flush the tube, feeding bags and jevity 1.5). The delivery came but then they also shipped 2 cases of jevity by UPS. Well the boxes…
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i don't think we realize how absorbed we get
Since March I have been dealing with my husband's diagnosis, actually in March I thought he was "cured" until we came home from our honeymoon in June and the tumor decided to join us. Anyway, I "thought" I was doing a good job at "doing it all" -- taking care of the home, his medical bills, his food, running back and forth…
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A Full time Job, that you have to do with Love.
When Jack was dx a year ago I was working full time, an now I am still working but 24/7 , Jack has head and neck cancer which has met to his liver and lungs, but we are still fighting the fight, Jack just got out of the hospital again he had to have a trachea, and I watch everyone who came in his room, the nurses to do his…