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Family resistance to alternative therapys: the "one minute cure."
I am new to this site. I don’t even know how to get postings lined up chronologically so I can follow them. It's is okay to call me "cynical" about allogpathic medicine. However, I am positive and spiritual. I do know this. “I used to cross the street rather than walk by ‘tattooed gang members’, today I cross the street if…
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An angel on earth has joined his brothers and sisters today
With much sadness I am reporting the passing of Lee Adam Johnson.... My husband of 22 happy years, has gone to live with the Lord Jesus Christ and God Almighty, on this day, March 26, 2012 at 5a.m. EST.... After a 19 month struggle he lost his fight to liver cancer.... He put up a brave fight to live because he loved life…
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Father just told first line chemotherapy has not worked
Hi, My name is Alex and my 68 y/o father has secondary liver cancer resulting from colorectal cancer. He was first diagnosed with the colorectal cancer (small tumour in bowel) around 2 years ago. In December 2010 he had the tumour removed and it had returned as several Mets to the liver and small nodules on the lining next…
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Feedback on Therasphere
Shortly after Christmas this year my dad let us know that after having two negative scans, his HCC had come back. Not only had it returned but was now considered stage 4 with a potential met to the lung. He was prescribed Nexavar and after two and half months, it was found ineffective and his cancer has spread into his…
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anyone dealing with a loved one with hcc that can help me out!
Hello I am new on here and new to helping take care of my dad who has hcc! I was wondering if there was anyone out there that could help me help him? He is on nexavar and they say that is the only chemist pill he can take. He can't take the full dose of four pills a day or ends up in the hospital everytime. So he only…
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Step father has stage 4 liver cancer!
Hello everyone, So happy i found this website. My 47 year old step father had been diagonsed 2 years ago with colon/liver cancer. Although he does not speak of it much we all know it is not good. He has gone to many doctors and they all say that there is not much they can do for him due to the damage done to his liver from…
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Please help
Will anyone be willing to offer ideas or suggestions. I lost my mom to liver cancer four years ago. And now my brother has liver masses that are cancerous. He will see oncologist tomorrow. I feel so hopeless.
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The China Study Book - Animal Prods feed cancer cells
Anyone read this book? I was told to read it by a liver cancer survivor who was told he only had weeks to live. He said that outside of the trial he is in (Torisel + Nexavar), he is following the advice of this book and another book called Medicinal Mushrooms. The China study basically says that cancer can be turned off or…
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Second SIR spheres tx (Y-90)
Just about the time my husband started feeling better from his first SIR spheres tx, he had to go and get his 2nd and last SIR-spheres treatment on Friday (Mar 2). This time it was to his left lobe. This treatment seems to be really kicking his butt. He's having a lot of abdominal pain/nausea feeling with this one and…
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So today was a hard day
Found out my dads tumor grew and they are taking him off Nexavar ... It's hard not to be angry. I feel like we are doing everything to be positive. Going to drive to the a cancer hospital in the am and see if I can talk to someone. My dad and I argued about his results today, I think he wants to give up. I understand this…
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Yervoy for treatment of advanced melanoma
Good morning. This is the back story and I want to be sure that when reading this, it is understood that the side effects I am describing ARE NOT to be considered to be associated with Yervoy. My father was diagnosed 34 days ago with melanoma on his liver and a tumor between his small and large intestines. He began a…