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Caregivers
Archives for December 2017
Discussion List
Please help,need guidance, advice, opinions, anything
Where to start, this is such a complicated and long story. My mother, my best friend, my absolute everything was given four months to live yesterday with radiation on treatments on brain. The last several years I've watched this women suffer and be put thru hell and she has fought and fought! My mom is 63 years old. In…
angry,sad,daily life vs big picture :(
I find myself working full time, then working full time at home to take care of everything he used to ..but has since stopped ..and then also handle all the medical info, visits, etc. I can't say that I do not find time for myself because I do. It's one thing I read early on that was a must to do for ones self. I have…
irritated at my sick hubby
I feel awful, my husband has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and we're still working out treatment will be. The first response was fear and love - he could do no wrong and I wanted to take care of everything. Already I'm burning out (typical for me to take on too much) and irritated that he's leaving empty gatorade…
Posted on another forum but would like to post here :(
I posted here a in regards to my boyfriend with stage 4 kidney cancer (Thank you everyone for your response I have been having problems posting)… He had a doctor appointment after his first round of chemo to get a prognosis and that week he had me at arm’s length and two days after his doctor appointment (Which he claimed…
Caregiver to boyfriend with Lymphoma
Hi all, My boyfriend is 26 and was diagnosed in October with a rare T Cell Lymphoma. I am a single mom of two boys and have a full time job. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost two years. Before his diagnosis I was thinking I was ready to move in with him and saw a future with him. In what seems like an…
The dreaded waiting period
This may be the wrong forum to post, and if it is forgive me. My husband was diagnosed early this year with stage 3 kidney cancer. The kidney was removed and we were doing great until this last scan. The scan showed a lesion on his back. Additional testing is needed to determine what this is. If it is cancer then it has…
What to get someone going through chemo/radiation?
I just posted a question in the oral cancer section and I thought maybe I should check this forum as you may have done it for a loved one. My Father in Law just had cancer surgery and had his jaw bone removed. He is going through chemo and radiation tomorrow. I am going to visit him and wanted to know if I can purchase…