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Anniversary
April 22 is the day my best friend died of ovarian cancer. This is the first anniversary of her dying and it certainly is a difficult time. Oh, there have been many first anniversaries during this year, first week, first month, etc. Last year on April 7th Sharon was told to go home and get her affairs in order. She was…
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New to this Message board, Hello to all.
I had uterine cancer in 1991,I went thru 3 months of internal radiation and have suffered thru all the radiation necrosis I received due to that, I couldn't work for 6 years and am finally on meds that allow me a semi normal life. I had a mammogram last Thursday, and I just found out yesterday that I have a lump in my…
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Just Diagnosed
Hi. I was diagnosed last Tuesday with esthesioneuroblastoma (essentially, "sinus cancer"). I developed breathing problems (couldn't breathe through right side of nose) during my pregnancy with our daughter in August, '99, and was told that I had polyps in December, '99. Things got better after Andrea was born, so (for a…
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Feeling 'guilty' for surviving...
I am an 8 yr survivor of Hodgkin's disease. I was diagnosed when I was 22. I had an absolutely awesome group of freinds who were there every step of the way. They never treated my like I was different in any way. Last Feb - 7 yrs later - one member of that core group of freinds was diagnosed with cancer. He was given very…