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Archives for June 2011

I think this could make any cancer patient or caregiver smile...
It has been over six months since my mom asked for any sort of food, or has been able to ingest more than four ounces of liquid or food at a time. It has been a very difficult road, filled with ensure, fruit and vegetable juices, broths, and tiny, tiny, tiny meals (we had a "just take two bites" agreement during her chemo…
need prayer
hi,i eed prayer i se my onc this week to have bloodwork, because i had oral trush for two months and then a cold at the tailend of that. i go to my onc this week and i feel so week he wants to check the blood markers blessins denise
so confused and sad
hi everyone i have never posted here before i only have posted in the lung cancer forum. my 38 year old husband is battling small cell lung cancer he was diagnosed august 2010 he is doing ok he is on a clinical trial that is helping him he had 3 spots on his liver as well as his lungs that are all getting smaller however…
Despair
My husband died on Feb 1st of this year and I trudge on through my grief...and now my father who we found out has pulmonary fibrosis is not doing well at all...while not cancer I really can see no difference...I am so sad and my heart aches for my father, for my family and for me...I long to have my husband by my side…
Latest Medical developments
I am looking for web resources on 1. Latest medical advances and developments in Colostomy & Restorative Proctocolectomy (J pouch) 2. Latest medical advances and developments in all aspects of medicine Thanks
Some much needed prayers right now please
My mom is going in this morning for a bone biopsy and I would really appreciate some prayers. I pray every waking moment that my mom will b ok, all the bone scans and PET scans are not giving us any answers and I am hoping that the bone biopsy will show no cancer. I love you Mom and I know you are a a strong women and we…
Loss of identity-can anyone relate
First of all I feel really guilty and evil for having these feelings so sympathetic non judgemental love will be greatly appreciated. Me and my mom were fighting cancer together and she died in December. She really took care of me a lot before she found out, then I was her caregiver. I had such a warm caring supportive…
mom
I am new to this site, but I just wanted to post some fears and concerns I am having. I am 32 years old and my mom was just diagnosed with breast cancer about two weeks ago. She had a CAT scan and bone scan and the doc was concerned with the bone scan. She went for a PET scan and he saw some stuff that worried him, now she…
How survivors change their view of the future: survey
When you understood that you could look at the future again, instead of current treatments, did you change your values, goals and plans? I am working on a book to give guidance to people rethinking what they want from their future. How do I find survivors to respond to this question? Thanks. Dave Severson, Ed.D., a five…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
support
I just wanted to say That I love this website, I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and it is also in my lymphnodes. when I feel alone or lost I just come here and read it gives me a chance to connect with others and lets me know that I am not alone.
New Here....Neither a Survivor nor a Caregiver
Hello As of now, I do not fit in either category. I met a man online 7 months ago, we live 500 miles apart. I have been to see him 3 times with the next trip over the 4th of July weekend. We have planned for my relocation to his town in Sept after my youngest leaves for college to begin our life together. On Sunday, his…
My mom died and I don't know what to do
I'm 20 and my mom passed away on April 18, 2011. We found out that she had stage 4 colon cancer, four years ago, and it had spread to her liver. Then in March of this year, we found out that it went to her brain. I quit work and college and temporarily moved back home to take care of her because my father was being an ****…
Troubled Water
This week is something I can't even describe. This past week, where do I even begin? Range of emotions...I think I felt everyone there is to feel. And here I sit now feeling completely defeated. Everything started a week ago thursday, when we sat in the Surgery center waiting for my Dad to have his scope and esophagus…
How long has the chatroom been down this time?
It's June 1st and I have been trying to access the chatroom for 3 days now. How long has it been down, any idea when it will be back up? Thanks. Bluerose

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