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Emotional Support
Archives for February 2004
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Thoughts on the future
I'm a survivor. (I never thought I'd have cancer.) I didn't have much to survive. DCIS. Lumpectomy with good enough margins. Thirty-three radiation treatments. (The last was one year ago today.) Very little side effects from radiation. I've been on Tamoxifen for the first of five years. No problems with with it. I know my…
Sister passed away yesterday
I don't seem to be coping real well. She fought with her cancer for years until ending up with terminal cancer and later dying at home. I was able to see her weeks before she died to say goodbye. The day before she died I ended a relationship with my girlfriend, and now with my sister dying I'm really depressed. The…
how does one know the end is near
I sure would like someone to shed some light on some signs the end is near. My father has lung & liver cancer. He has completed all treatment and the doctor says there is nothing else to be done, except to live day to day. He started going down real fast, to the point he was sleeping, not eating, having very strange…
What can nurses do to better help you?
I am an RN student and I would like to know what the nurses who care for you could do to better help you? I'm anxious to get your feedback! Please reply!
Help!
I need to talk, but I can't tell anyone I know what just happened. I feel really selfish because I have a good prognosis and this is so petty. But I just had an incident getting sick for the first time after my fourth treatment today. I asked the family to stay out of the bathroom (I couldn't quite make it) until I could…
A big heartfelt thank you
Hi. I'm new to the Cancer Survivors Network. I've been seeing it advertised on tv for a couple of weeks now, and I finally decided to jump in with both feet. I had stage IV rectal cancer met to the spine. Never would have found the cancer had I not been having severe back pain. Thank God, my oncologist treated the cancer…
dealing with a family with cancer
i lost my 19 yr old brother to osteo sarcoma (bone cancer) in 1994. in 1997 my mom got diagnosed with breast cancer she went through the radiation and chemo sessions. almost 5 yrs later the cancer returned to her bones. once again she is on chemo. in 1999 my dad got diagnosed with colon cancer part of his colon was…