Caregivers
Discussion List
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Guilt
My wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February of this year. I have been by her side the whole time. I have gone to every appointment with her and spent many nights sleeping in her hospital rooms. She has an appointment with her oncologist coming up in early October. In haste I mentioned that maybe her sister…
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spouse diagnosed eight months ago with metastasized small cell lung cancer
I have a lot of sensitive questions to ask about this disease that are hard to ask in front of my husband at doctor appointments. Any suggestions? Have any of you found support groups to be helpful for caregivers?
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Caregiver and tired
Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in April just before her 72nd birthday. Dad had a stroke a year earlier. I'm worn out. I'm getting behind in the housework. I try to do the right thing-after all, they took care of me when I was actively bipolar. Yet I end up feeling like nothing more than a good girl. Brother is too…
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Caregiver problem
My problem is a little different. My boyfriend of 12 years was recently diagnosed with gall bladder/liver cancer and I am going to be his primary caregiver. But I just discovered he has been cheating on me. I'm stunned and havent confronted him as he is having surgery in four days. But I feel like the floor has been pulled…
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Advice on newly diagnosed bf
Hello everyone!! I wanted some advice for the situation with my bf. Doctors accidentally found tumors and they were removed. (I told him it was God’s will that they were found by mistake) He told me everything was fine. About a month after the surgery he started acting strange after just meeting my kids and I thought he…
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Opioid addiction after being in remission 5+ years
My mom has survived stage 4 metastatic melanoma. She has been tumor free for 5+ years. Her various doctors have continued to prescribe her opioids and benzodiazepines along with a long list of other medications. The only chemo related side effects she has now is osteoarthriti. Has anyone else had a loved one addicted after…
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Caregiver, Girl friend, breast cancer, more angry at me every day, now scary!
Hello, I feel bad about writing about my problem. I have ready so much with much much worse situations. Bare with me as I say, poor me. I feel this is so selfish. But I believe my relationship is over and I just want to understand what happened. I met her a little over a year ago. She was amazing and at the time we did not…