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chemo
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Buccal mucosal cancer -moving forward question
Hello. I recently had surgery March 12, 2019 (radial artery graft from my left forearm to my right cheek after removal of the tumor), skin graft left thigh to left wrist and right neck dissection. I was in the hospital 8 days with 3 days in the ICU. Had a feeding tube in the hosptial, but was gone before I went home. Just…
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I'm angry.
I'm angry. At myself, mostly. But I am angry. They found RCC on my left kidney. Going in for the initial consultation with the urologist. I brought this to myself, and to myself. For that, I will never forgive myself, and will always have this guilt. I've been a selfish fool. I've taken my family for granted, and here I…
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Battling Cancer and Breaking-Up/Divorce in Long Term Relationships
Hello, I am 34 and currently battling melanoma. I had surgery in December and my last PET scan in January was clear, good news, but I have a year of targeted gene therapy ahead and the treatment makes me fatigued and somewhat ill. I have been fortunate to be in a supportive, loving, long-term relationship for the past 12…
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The whole truth about me
It's difficult to read these posts and if you start a new topic, you usually won't get many responses. If you look at most of the posts, this is true of all of them. Is it because this IS in fact the most difficult part about this whole thing? I know everyone is not stage 4. I am. My emotions are the worst part of this…