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Caregivers
Archives for January 2015
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First time here...feeling scared
Hi....Well my mom just got diagnosed with breast cancer. To say the least I'm scared and worried sick. I hear all the survival stories and I'm so thankful for how far treatment has come. People beat this all the time. What is really scaring me is that she has triple negative breast cancer. I've done research. Probably too…
My 2 1/2 year old son
Hello everyone I'm new to this site. My two and half year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia on January 7th. He has early pre B-ALL. He started treatment right away. I'm feeling so lost and alone as I am a single mother with very little family. I've never been so afraid inmy life. No one understands what I'm going…
Feeling Frustrated and Alone
I am new to this forum. My husband has advanced cancer and I am his care giver. We are hoping for partial to complete remission at this time. On January 29th, he will have a CT/PET scan to see if the chemo has been helping. The worry of what that scan will show scares me and my family. But, we remain strong for my husband.…
I feel so alone
For the first time ever, I am the sole provider for my little family of two. My husband has bone cancer. He is doing well but half of the time I feel like a mom instead of a wife - whih is only exacerbated by my being his caregiver. All joking aside though, he is at the hospital, alone. He is getting weary and hate being…
Hopeless, helpless, tired, DONE
I am new to this forum, just registered today. My husband is 53 years old, non smoker, healthy except for slightly overweight, and was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in July 2014 after severe acid reflux and barretts esophagus. He had surgery in August 2014 to remove a stage 3 tumor. My husband is career law enforcement,…
Diets for Cancer
I mean dealing with it not getting it of course
boyfriend wants me as his caregiver
my boyfriend of almost 3 years and the person I have lived with for 2 years now has been diagnosed with lukemia. He expects me to be his caretaker and I am not sure I have what it takes. I care about him but I am questioning his feelings about me. We spoke about getting his affairs in order now that he is diagnosed and he…
Help I'm Lost
Hello. My husband was diagnosed with AML several months ago, although hes been "unwell" for over a year unjtil his daignosis. We have both been very healthy and the news this past fall was stunning. I wont go into all of the stages you go through as most of you all have experienced all those "beginning"similar feelings -…