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new here
Hello everyone ! My name is Pam and my step dad ( who I love more than life )has been diagnosed ( june 29th , 2010) with stomach and esophagus cancer . Just a llittle history here.... so please be patient with me. sorry if this is so long! June 29th my dad underwent endoscope to check to see why he was having so much…
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Dad has Stage 4 tonsil cancer
Hello everyone! I'm so happy to have found this group. To make a long story short (I'm a little short on time right now), my father was diagnosed with cancer about 3 months ago. It originated in his tonsil and he now has an inoperable tumor in his neck. He is starting his 4th week of chemo/radiation. He is also facing some…
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My mom's birthday is today :(
My mom passed away a little over a year ago and still to this day the pain is unbearable. I am still suffering from a broken heart and constantly have a heart ache. I feel so empty and lost without her. I have a repetitive blank feeling that seems to never get better on days like today. I was only 14 when she was diagnose,…
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Has Anyone Experienced This?
I had to go to the breast surgeon today to see if everything was okay. My sister has breast cancer and my doctor said something didn't look right on one side. Anyway, the good news is that the surgeon said everything was okay - no cancer. The strange part: Whie I was waiting in the examining room waiting for the doctor, in…
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Post-BMT depression or personality change?
Hi everyone, my husband (40 y.o.) went through a BMT 10 months ago. He fought numerous infections since but his bloodwork is almost normal now and he is not on steroids anymore. He only had a chemo for 2 days before the BMT and never ever again. He still is, of course, taking lots of medications though. Last 2 months I…
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Chemo trial waiting list????
What do you do when you are on a trial waiting list? How long do you sit and wait? My 35yr old fiance has been diagnosed with stage IV parotid gland cancer (salvitory gland cancer) in Aug 2010. The Dr pulled us off conventional chemo after 2 rounds and put us on a trial waiting list. What do we do if there are no trials…
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I Saw the Future This Weekend
and it was a horrible sight. Since her dx with the tumors on neck, ribs and hip this was her worst episode of excruciating pain. At one point she was on the verge of hyper-ventilating trying to breath through the pain. No warning, instant pain. It seemed so long for the oxy pills to take enough effect so she could at least…
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News is not good
My brother just got his ct scan back and it was not good. They said that his numbers had doubled and that the cancer is spreading to all of his organs. I don't really know what all of this means but the doctor said that there really is no need for him to continue the chemo. I am so very sad don't know what to do I am…
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Where do I start?
My father just had a biopsy today and has been told by two doctors that it appears he has stomach cancer. We do not yet have the results but information gathered from a scan and visually by the doctor doing the biopsy seems to point in that direction. We have an appointment on Thursday to get the diagnosis and although I…
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New Traditions........
Most know my story, lost my mom to SCLC 9/23, just dx 3/1. Lost my mother in law to EC 10/24, dx late June. Holidays are coming. My family ALWAYS got together at mom's, husbands family never had anything....Plus the fact mom's bday is Nov 27th. I have 2 boys..17 and 21, we need to create our own new traditions, but it is…
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hello
hello i'm a caregiver my husband has stage 4 colon liver cancer he's on his 7th chemo this weekend .Jorge was dx in june 2010 we have 3 kids 20;19'12 now our son who is 19 has been fighting with his dad everytime his dad has chemo i feel so bad for him his dad is his world i don't know what to do my son told me that he…
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Robbed
I really feel this tumor has robbed me of my ability to "see things clearly" and I'm not even the one with the brain tumor. My husband has/had a left frontal lobe Oligodendroglioma. It was 4.8 cm and we were told 5mm they couldn't retreive. However on the past two MRI's no tumor at all is showing. We do thank God for this…
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Children of survivors often the overseen victims of cancer
Many of you have read my story. You may already know that while this is my sweetheart's second battle w/ cancer it is my first as his caregiver. Between us we have five children ranging ages between 9-17. Anyone on the caregiver or the survivor side knows what I mean when I say that if you have not gone through a long term…
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Eureka!!!!!!!!!!
Following my time of feeling like I wanted to smack the crap out of people and intense insomnia, I went to have my physical. Eureka!!! I am deficient in Vitamin D, which can lead to insomnia, body aches, and mood changes. So I have vitamins to take now and back up Ambien. So I am prepared for helping my family during the…
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Why do I feel like this?
I normally post on the head and neck board. My dad finished treatment for oral cancer 4 months ago. He did really great through the treatment, however now it is a different story. He seems to not be able to do anything by his self and it makes me so sad. But, there are times that I get really angry and mad because I can…
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Pallative care extended life expectancy & Increased Quality of Life with fewer symptoms
http://www.geripal.org/2010/08/palliative-care-prolongs-life.html A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine by Jennifer Temel and colleagues at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) showed that patients with advanced lung cancer treated with early outpatient palliative care lived longer than…