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How can you tell if its spreading to the brain?
I feel so helpless its almost like I'm looking at it from the outside. My husband seemed to be doing well which we were very grateful for, especially since my son has been dealing with another serious illness. Knowing he was feeling well I was able to concentrate a little more on getting my son well. Now my son is finally…
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Feeling Crushed
My luv has pneumonia, and I'm so very worried. Just spoke to my luv's mother -- who only knows that her son has stomach cancer, and not the extent (noncurable) or stage (4). I had to beg him to let me call her, and even then he said that he didn't want anyone to come to see him or call him. I feel that it's necessary to…
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Blindness from chemo
I was taken off my FU=5 pump on the 12 day of Feb....On Feb 15 I lost the sight in My Left eye. I have had brain scan and all kinds of eye test. I had a temperal artery biopsy to rule out Giant Cell Arteritis and it was negative. That is the kind that can lead to blindness in the other eye. The final result of all the…
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stomach cancer
my dad had stomach cancer stage 3 everthing came out ok after they took 3/4 of his stomach the only thing worng is that he is loseing wight he eats but he cant gan wight dose any one know wat he can eat to gan wight or dose any one have the same thing
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how do you deal with the news of a 6 month prognosis?
Hello, My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach ca in Dec 2009. That in itself was a shocking time as he was asymptomatic the only thing was being breathless and tired from a really low Hb level and this is how all the investigations were started. At that time we were told, the consultant (gastroenterologist not a…