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ER Visit Today
Hello All, My mom had her first Chemo (GemCarbo) treatment last Thursday. Over the weekend, she broke out in a horrible red itchy rash. I called her oncologist this morning and told her about it and she had me to bring mommy to the ER to be examined asap. Luckily she didnt have a fever or they would have kept her. They…
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Mother starting chemo tomorrow - how to be supportive?
Hi all - my mother was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in March. After her hysterectomy in April, it was discovered that part of her specimen has serous cells. Fast foward to today, the day before her first chemo appointment and I've been very finding it very hard to get my mom to talk about how she's feeling. In…
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Hello. I think I'm in over my head. (Mother with breast cancer)
Hello, everyone. I am a 39-year-old writer, photographer and editor, and my mother has just been diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer. I am an only child. The first time, it was ductal carcinoma in situ. She had a mastectomy and reconstruction (which had a lot of complications and didn't turn out well). No…
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So Glad I Found This Site!!!!
My husband has had late stage renal cancer going on 4 years now, been thru hell, i am amazed at what the human body can endure, the sad thing is he has had everything along with cancer, blood clots in lung legs ect, obstructed bowel, diabetes complications, PMR, and some other random health conditions, he has lost 120 lbs…
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Cancer Strikes Again
8 months after surgery to remove my husband's esophagus and pull his stomach up to make the new one, we learn the cancer is back. It is back at the connection site in the esophagus and is some lymph nodes on both sides of his neck, in the lining of his lungs and around his heart. We could not undersstand why in a matter of…
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Need advice, go on holiday or not
Hey everyone. I am from Australia and my dad 4 weeks ago was diagnosed with cancer. It is in his neck and 3 weeks ago they removed a large growth. In 3 weeks time he starts Radio/Chemo. Aparently there is a good chance it will make him quite sick. I am his Primary care giver, there is also my sister who just started to…
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My Story
On April 22, 2013 I took my mom to ER. She had been having random stomach pain & vomiting for a few weeks. It wasnt constant or even daily. She made it sound like it was nothing to be concerned about. She lives here with me and my daughter. I am her only child. The day I took her in was because my daughter was out of…
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Living with boyfriend's mother and acting as caregiver for both
I have read through a few of these posts and feel a little ashamed of myself. A part of me feels like I have no business complaining, but I feel so overwhelmed right now that I don't know what else to do. I have no one else to turn to. Please, if you can, help me sort out what I can do in my situation. Here is my…
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Please Help if You Have Dealt with This
This is a touchy subject because I know that honesty may in fact prove not to provide the comfort I would so like to have. I laid down beside Mom at about 5:00 this morning, and she passed away in my arms 30 minutes later. But it was the preceding TWELVE hours that are tearing me apart. It was the most horrible thing I…
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Pacreatic cancer
We have just been told my husband has pancreatic cancer that has spread to his liver. They removed a tumor on his liver last week but did not open him up to remove the tumor on his pancreas. He will see an oncologist next week and will star chemo sometime soon. The cancer is stage 4, so we know things are not looking good.…
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angry Wife
New to this. Had my mother pass from Pancreatic cancer in 2000, but was not there for the whole ordeal. Now my wife was diagnosed with rectal cancer 4 weeks ago. She has become seclusive, mean, angry, and talks to me like a dog. I love her, and will be here for her. I have read other post that let me know that I am not the…
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Scared
Odd to Post about this bc it feels so wrong to have these feelings. My boyfriend has colon cancer IV with mets to the liver and most recently, to both sides of the lung as well. We actually became a couple when he already had cancer and he tried to keep me away for that very reason. He is very strong and I always felt that…
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Serious Guilt Trip
I know no one really has all "the answers," but it never hurts to see if anyone can relate and provide some advice. We brought Mom home on hospice last week. She went in the hospital late last month for the NINTH time in the past 8 months, and there is nothing more that can medically be done. They did offer to try some…
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It's Been Quite the Journey
My husband Mike who was diagnosed in April 2012 he had Stage IV adenocarcinoma esophageal cancer. On April 21, 2012 Mike had his first surgery to have a power port and G-Tube put in for he lost 40 pounds. He named his IV pole, Keith Richards because it was so skinny and quiet. Endless medical supplies in my dining room as…
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Dont know how much more i can take
Hello everyone. I guess i will start my saying i am 46 and i am a caregiver to my husband 48 we've been married for 24 years with 2 children and the last 8 have been hell. I work full time, i take care of the husband and the kids and everything in the house like cleaning, cooking, yard work, pay the bills, when i say i do…
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When do you start hospice care?
My mother has stage 4 blader cancer that has spread to her lungs. She is not in pain. Her prognosis is that she has months to live and there will be no treatment. She is able to take care of her self, but is weak. She is able to walk around but spends most of her day in bed watching tv. Should we start looking into Hospice…