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my moms battle is over mine has begun
two days ago my mom took a turn for the worst. she now is completely bed riddon. has oxygen, morphine pump,, catheter. she is fighting it so hard it hurts so bad to see her fighting this hard. she trys to talk but it just sounds like mumbling,i feel so bad cause i cant make out what she saying. she has awaken After…
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my story as a caregiver please read
This starts out with my grandma. We did not speak for nearly ten years. On New Years eve 06 i found out through my brother, that my grandmother had terminal lung cancer with 1 to 3 months to live. Two days later i was on my way from Florida to Kansas to pick her up so we could care for her in her final few months to…
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Alternative Cancer Treatments and Clinics
My father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. He is considering a clinic in Acuna, Mexico (across the border from Del Rio, Texas)that offers alternative cancer treatments from chemo and radiation such as Hyperthermia. They operate under the name St. Joseph's Medical Center. Has anyone heard about this place? Is this…
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CAN WE HAVE A BABY AFTER CANCER?
My husband 32 years old was diagnosed with small lung cancer on october 2007. I am 28 years old. And this notice was very scary at the beginning. Now we are figthing together and God is with us. He got quimo (carboplastin and etoposide) 6 cycles. He just finished radiation to reduce the tumor on his lung. We are waiting…
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in / out of home hospice
The last chemotherapy did not even touch my cancer. The tumor doubled and spread to the other lung. I am making plans to stop treatment. In or out of home hospice? My husband would like in home hospice. I just don't know if I could put him through that, or if he would be up to the demands. On the flip side, we live a…
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after effects
I finished with lung cancer chemo in september 07, here it is 8 months later. I am 46 years old and I am having severe..constant joint, muscle, and/ or bone pain,- in feet/ knees, both elbows... also heavy duty pre menopausal symptoms, sometimes hot flashes, sometimes very bad period pain. The reason I am writing is due to…
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blood clots
I was diagnosed 5 months after my cancer surgery with a blood clot in my lung and put on blood thinnners. Now one year later they have found two moe blood clots. What is the best medicine for this as far as blood thinners and how common is this. Are there any other side effects that go on with the body in connection to…
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Colon cancer spread to Liver!
I had colon Cancer back in Nov. 2006. Had to have surgery, and they had to remove 10" of my colon. I had 12 chemo treatments. I was getting along fine until I started seeing blood in my stools. My Cancer Dr. ran every test she could, and the tumors showed up on the liver. She was honest with me, and told me that it was…
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am new here
I feel so hurt that I am about to lose my best friend, buddy, pal, my wife with this silent killer.
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Help me understand Small Cell Lung Cancer
Hi My mom was diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer in November. She was rushed to the hospital because she could not breath and they found the cancer. She has gone through Chemo and was in remission. She was on low dose chemo pills. In April she was taken to the hospital for a collasped lung and we were told that the…
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I miss my mom
I lost my mom to lung cancer oct 27th 2006, and it feels like i just lost her. i spent the last year of her life slowly watching this full of life woman dwindle away both physically and mentally. she would have her good days and her bad days. the worst part is i keep living in the past. i try to celebrate her life, but i…
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lung cancer back
Hi Everyone. Am new to this room. From Canada. 3rd Time around with lung cancer - 52 years old. left lung been okay since 2005-surgery and chemo, right lung operation october 2007 no chemo, but looks like might have returned. Has anyone tried any treatments other than chemo?
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surgery
Hi, sorry have been away for so long. Have had two lots of surgery and was told by consultant that the surgery removed all signs of the cancer. He removed two lobes of the right lung. Surgery was a lot more painful than I expected but I'm Back and planning to go back to work in 12 weeks. Don't need CHEMO or SURGERY so…
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Nerve pains (lower back)
Anyone ever experience diffuse lower back nerve pain that goes no higher in back than dorsal spine, but shoots down both legs? The problem with my back is -- this seems to be happening daily (or every 24 hours) and its getting worse. Onco had MRI done.. and it shows nerve damage in coccyx -- but there has to be a better…