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Emotional Support
Archives for November 2010
Discussion List
Chatroom Questions
OK Since there are a lot of questions about various chatrooms,I am trying to put together some thoughts.There is a lot of confusion and conflict.I am a newbie myself (+3 months)but it seems changing and some dont like.I will be posting my thoughts here and yours are welcome.chatting with newbie now. Since we are'nt all at…
Oh Those Memories
Cancer can not steal our memories. At first we think memories are born within our minds But when those tears begin to run on down our cheeks We feel the tenderness within our hearts and recall another time Cancer can not steal our memories Each heartbeat remembers a moment filled with smiles A time when the simple things…
Today was an emotional day!
To all my CSN friends, Well, made it through the 1st Thanksgiving without my husband, Tom. This morning when I woke up I had a peaceful feeling and thought I'd make it. Went to my daughters and everything was going good. Then my son & family came and things still were okay, but just seemed so quiet. When we were getting…
cancer support groups for
I am looking for a cancer support group in the Seattle-Tacoma area for widows.
Children of cancer patients
This board is for the sons and daughters of cancer patients. It is great to have people your own age going through the same thing that you are. Here we can all talk and support one another and help each other through these trying times.
An Inspirational Song on Living with Cancer
A sensitive and gifted artist, Eric Violette (best known for appearing in a series of commercials for FreeCreditReport), has composed a beautiful and uplifting song on dealing with the pain and fear of cancer. I'm posting it here in the hopes that it may provide a bit of comfort and hope to those coping with this illness:…
I'm not sad I'm f-ing angry!!!
I miss her
Motherless daughter
I lost my mom 13 years ago after just turning 20. I am an only child who was raised by a single parent - my mom. She was the most amazing person and my best friend. How does one go on after such a loss. I suppose I've learned to on the surface: finishing school, having a career, and most recently getting married. Then why…
Help.
I need prayer...I need support and help from all of you..prayer in need of a miracle, finance, food, living, spiritual, to live and soar like the eagles...I'm not giving in, God is there and He cares....I know He does He must....I'm the lost sheep...
Pallative care extended life expectancy & Increased Quality of Life with fewer symptoms
http://www.geripal.org/2010/08/palliative-care-prolongs-life.html A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine by Jennifer Temel and colleagues at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) showed that patients with advanced lung cancer treated with early outpatient palliative care lived longer than…