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Caregivers
Archives for December 2012
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Words of Advice?
I'm new! My 57 yr old husband was diagnosed a month ago with Stage 4 Prostate cancer that has gone into his bones. He is currently receiving Lupron injections and taking Casodex, pain meds, and Flomax. I'm working on changing his diet to eat healthier but what are some words of advice you have to not only deal with his…
Daughter torn between cancer mom and husband abroad
Hi all, I'm new to this site and I'm really new at telling people about my problems... but here goes! (I apologize for the lengthy post. I wanted to be as concise as possible but it's a really long story to begin with) My husband and I were working as researchers in Korea. We were in our third month there (two months into…
New here and just looking for some support.
Hi, my name is Tonya and I wanted to introduce myself. In advance, sorry if this starts to sound like a poor me post. It's not meant that way, I just don't have anyone around me that really understands. I am a 37 year old mother of 4 children ages 5, 7, 12 and 15. My 12 year old is ADHD diabetic so he is a handful by…
How do you deal with anger?
I find myself being angry a lot. I am not angry at my sweet wife who is battleing stage 4 cancer. I am angry at the disease for destroying our dreams. I am angry at my two older step kids for there lack of support. I have no one to help me. I have no one to talk to. I am so tired from lack of sleep. How do you get through…
Started Hospice today
Decided to get my mom started with hospice today, the people that came out were very nice and I really liked all that they had to say. My question for anyone that may know is how good is Hospice and did I make the right decision. My mom has basically stage 4 lung cancer and she took two rounds of chemo. The chemo was…
CINDYSUETOYOU---PLEASE READ
Dear Cindy: My heart is already broken and after reading your posts it breaks a million more times. I feel your pain and I know exactly what you went through and what you are going through now. My daughter was dx with blood cancer one year ago and the situation was the same as David. I did everything, she was in remission…
Finally at peace
My husband Louie is finally at peace. He fought a good fight for 13 months but in the end his cancer won the battle. The last few weeks / days were so hard. Seeing him slip away a little more each day. He knows I was with him at the end and I did all I could to help and protect him. As the nuns at hospice said to me "Lou's…
Breast cancer survivor,wife
My wife was diagnosed 6 years ago. Went through chemo and rad and has done well . She just had 2 swollen lymph nodes taken out near her collarbone Monday. We won't know till fri the results. Blood work good, no symptoms. She is and so am I a mess that it has reared it's ugly head again.stress is unbearable.