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End Stages??
My husband is battling head and neck cancer (diagnosed in 9-07) which has metastized to his bones, liver, lungs, kidneys. . . He weight has gone from 215 to 169. He sleeps 24 hours a day, just gets up for doctor appointments and to get his medicine or milkshakes. He is now hallucinating and his stomach is large and firm.…
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New Stage?
My husband finished the first 8 rounds of chemo for metistatic colon cancer in his lung and in his lymph nodes next to his wind pipe. We were told chemo (FulFox with Avastin and oxioplatin every other 8 rounds) will go on until the cancer stops responding or he can't take it anymore. He has had round 9 without the…
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Hospice brought in
Well Jack was sent home and said there was not much more they can do for him, we will go see his regular oncologist next friday so hopefully we will have some answers, They sign him up for hospice, they made there first visit today, it was sad, I am num right now, not sure what do to or how to feel, Is this just a set back…
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Board Fixed!!
Looks like we are in the clear. We can start posting new topics without interference. To bring the most current postings to the top of the board...click on "created", then click the grey arrow next to it. Trish
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Good morning
My partner of 15 years has stage 4 renal carcinoma with mets in his lung and brain, and so far I have been able to be the caregiver he needs and the caregiver i knew I could be, which has been great. A # of weeks ago I was rushed into emergency surgery for a tumor on my small intestine, and as a reult was given a diagnosis…
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What do I do Now?
Hello to all who read this... I am at a place in life I never wanted to be, like all of you. Well,maybe not like you. I don't know, everyone feels different and I am so darned confused, hurt and scared and any other emotion you can think of, that I just can't get to come out of my fingers on this keyboard. On 9/17/09, the…
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Bringing newest discussion topics back to top of board..
For those that do not know this...you can retrieve most recent topics by clicking on the word "created", then click on the grey arrow next to it until you see the most recent posting dates. This way we can continue our replys to posters despite this evil jerk!! Trish
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Abuse / Spammers
There has been some visits by spammers who post messages that contain links... these messages have nothing to do with the string that they are posting in and the links freeze your computer. I keep flagging them as offensive but would like to report them so that they can be blocked altogether - is that possible and does…
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Reactions to chemo
Does anyone have neuoropothy due to chemo? My dad's legs have real sharp pains in them? He just started chemo and I wondered if anyone else has had this and what to do about the pain? He is on three types of chemo. Thank you...
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bringing in hospice
Well after we were sent home from the er we went to the cancer center and they sent us back to the ER due to the swelling, They kept him there for 2 days, and said there is not much more we can do for Jack and sent us home, they really have not told us why he is swelling, he is now on 2 times the steriods, his eyes is…
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I'm taking a break from the boards
My news lately is just too depressing and I don't want to bring anymore bad news here. I know all of you are having a hard time fighting this disease and trying to stay positive. You can't do that by reading about my news, so I just want to say thank you to everyone for all the help and support you've given me. I might be…
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Not such good news
My partner has stage 4 colon cancer with mets to the bone, and we just got CT scan results which show a partially collapsed lung, enlarged prostate and arterio-sclerosis. I try to stay focused on what's good but it's not always so easy. This forum definitely helps...
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Weakness & Confusion long after treatment
My mother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in January of 09. She had chemo and radiation. Treatments stopped around June of this year. She seemed to handle the treatments ok. She stopped eating and lost alot of weight but other than that seemed pretty much the same mentally. She has had 2 scans and both were…
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Im scared
Jack is getting worst today, the swelling in his face is so bad his eye is shut, We went to the ER they sent us home and said it was from the chemo and the steriods, His sister is a nurse and telling different things, like swelling in the brain, We have an appointment again with his doctors and chemo not sure what they are…
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Farewell
My mother-in-law died on Tuesday afternoon. Her funeral was Wednesday. There were only 5 days that she did not eat or drink, and less than 2 of those days laboring to breath. I decided to display some of the snapshots she brought with her by using hairpins to clip them to the nearby lampshade. That is when I noticed she'd…
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Is this normal...should I do anything?
Hubby was diagnosed with GBM (stage IV) in Mar 09. He had a rough April and was back in hospital in May to fix up a tear in his stitches from the first op that had not healed. Since then he has been steadily getting better. He has a possible regrowth but it apparently is not growing at all at the moment. He has returned to…
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Dad with Leukemia and Question about Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
My dad aka my best friend has been diagnosed with AML on my birthday oct 23, 2008. At first I felt like God was punishing me for bringing something like this on my birthday but now I try to think about it as a lucky day. If it wasn't for that day maybe it might have been too late and because it was my birthday all the…