Emotional Support
Discussion List
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Non-small cell cancer
I just learned in the recent few months that my grandfather is dying of non-small cell cancer in his lungs. It has spread to the lymph nodes, and the doctor is giving him no more than 5 months to live from this date. I would like to listen to Christians who have experienced something like this with someone that they love…
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Deep Thoughts
I just read a little poem by Dhany. I was wondering if anybody else has written poetry to express their feelings, or has a favorite Bible passage that keeps them going, or lyrics, etc. I thought maybe this was a good place to share these things. I wrote this one about the time of my last chemo treatment: Remnants of an Old…
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Whenever
Whenever you feel alone Let me just be with you I can not manage to keep the world on But I can give you my words of support Do not broke up Do not give up Do not look back If you want to cry , cry ... but Whenever you feel alone Let me just be with you I can not manage to keep the world on But I can open my arms so you…
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getting hooked on ...
..the survival discussion groups. You have no idea , really no idea , how your messages of hope and courage have put my life into perspective. When my husband was diagnosed with nasopharngeal cancer we were both blown away. Our world was crumbling and panic, fear and depression was quick to set in. Reading your stories,…
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URGENT: NEED HELP
MY NAME IS PATRICIA SEXTON I LIVE IN STOCKTON, CA I NEED GOD'S HEALING. I HAVE COLON CANCER AND MY HUSBAND JUST DIED OF PROSTATE CANCER ON JAN 18, 2003. WHEN HE DIED I LOST ALL OF HIS INCOME OF $3,100.00 PER MONTH. I AM ILL AND ALONE. MY SON HAS LEUKEMIA AND HAS HAD TO GIVE UP HIS JOB BECAUSE HE IS TOO ILL, HE NOW LIVES…
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If you could design the perfect outdoor space for a cancer center what would you include?
As well as being a family member of someone with cancer, I'm a graduate student studying the design of outdoor landscapes/gardens at cancer centers. I wanted to ask others, if you had the ability to create an outdoor space at your treatment center where you might rest, recover, or just escape, what would you want that…
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too long
I have been doing this now for 6 years and I am running out of steam. Am very tired of fighting and my family doesn't understand this at all. I am suppose to keep going and doing it all. I don't think I can much longer. Thanks Judy
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emotional roller-coaster
I've really been struggling lately! Right now, I'm in the middle of radiation treatments for non-Hodgkins lymphoma (I've had 9 of 15). That part is going well - my tumor is shrinking nicely, and I've had very few side effects. However, my emotions are all hay-wire!!! Having cancer has caused me to dredge up feelings about…
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cancer and meaning of life
Hello, I am a graduate student in psychology at Ohio State University and I would very much appreciate your help. I am studying how a cancer diagnosis leads people to re-evaluate meaning in their lives. Ive developed a brief, web-based survey of cancer in meaning in life. If you have had cancer, please take a few minutes…