Emotional Support
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A celebration for me
I finished my six month reatment for NHL in March. Everyone asked me what I was going to do when it was all over and I said "I am going to have a kegger party and the I am going to go to Disneyland with my husband and daugher". I really was joking abou the kegger party. We don't drink very much especially after all this…
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Turning 37 and a new year
Hi all: Today, I turned 37. Most of my 36th year of life I was either sick and they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me or I was fighting cancer. I feel like today is the first day of the rest of my life. I didn't tell a lot of people it was my birthday becasue I quietly wanted to say good-bye to 36 and welcome 37…
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Who will help for a counseling center
How to get support and funds for a counsleing Center for Cancer Patients Who will Help
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LIVING IN FEAR
I am in remission of lung cancer.I had chemo and radiation and finished my treatments Dec.2001.i'm 41 years old.I'm living in fear that it will come back all the time.No matter how I try to change my thoughts the fear is there all the time.I was positive going through my treatments but after they told me that I was in…
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Going back to work
Hi all: I have just gone back to work after undergoing treatment for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I have been out of work for eight months. I know that my focus should be on my health and I try. The trouble I am having is not getting caught up in the politics of the office and not focusing on work. I have a daughter and a…
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Friend just passed.
A co-worker just passed this Saturday. It is so hard to deal with it because it was cancer. Everyone here at work cant understand why I am so emotional about it, but most of them dont know that I am in remission from colon cancer. She was diagnosed just 1 year ago. She was only in her 30's. She leaves behind a son and her…
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emergency help
Hello. I am 57, a widow and an only child. I have been diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer located in my liver. The house I rent has been condemned and I must find a new place immediately. In looking through the newspaper, I don't see anything I can afford. I have talked with many agencies to no avail. I don't fit in a…
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how to cope
Hi my name is Nordie. I am 44 and my dad is 62 and has cancer.He has been given less than 6 months to live. I am having a hard time coping. I can't seem to concentrate and I am scared for each day that passes cause his time is getting closer. It seems I can't do enough for him. How do you get thru this. It sure does hurt.
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divorce after cancer
I am looking for support going through a divorce... I am almost 2 years cancer-free. and I did well through treatment..I changed so much through my experience that my marriage of 15 years did not survive... has anyone else gone through this?...