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Emotional Support
Archives for September 2002
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choroidal eye melanoma
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with choroidal eye melanoma. I had no warning except for the 2 weeks before I went to the eye doctor. I went, thinking I needed glasses. I'm on the computer all day at work and my vision in my right eye was getting blurry. I also started having headaches above my right eye. When I went to my…
WHAT IS A THROAT ULCER
October 2001 my friend had 33 radiation treatments for throat cancer.She recovered slowly but was doing ok.A week ago she told me that she can't swallow water never mind food.Her Doctor told her it was an ulcer in her throat.She knows that she will have to have it removed surgically. does anyone know if throat ulcers is…
Thanks so much
Thanks for the responses, at least I know now I'm not alone. I go to the doctors next Wed. and will tell him about this, hope that he can help. Again thanks to everyone who responded. Hope all will get better for you to, as time goes on. Nothing much has ever bothered me most of my life and I guess I just do not know how…
Health Insurance
I am contacting this group because I am looking to help people. As many of you know when a person is diagnosed with cancer it is almost impossible to find health coverage. I am located in Arizona and represent a very large insurance group. Recently we came out with a discount health plan that does not have any preexisting…
Depressed
I've went through chemo and radiation for breast cancer, and doing fine. It has been 7 months since the last treatment, which I'm so glad, but now I just so down and thats reaaly not at all me. I ended up with lymphodema and have gotten cellulitis in my arm twice. I wear a sleeve and do what they tell me, but does not seem…
I need help
My mom has lung that will kill her. Within the next year. Treatment isn't an option. I had cancer last year and underwent 6 months of treatments (four of chemo and two of radiation). My mother never came to see me the whole time I was sick and she only lives 15 miles from here. She is a very selfish, self-centered woman…