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Infertility & Cancer
My husband was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. We're 33 and have no children. We were going to try next year but now with the chemo we can't. By the time he gets better, I'll be too old to have children. We were given information about freezing his sperm, but we only had two weeks from diagnosis to treatment.…
Rock Bottom in a Long Distance Love With Stage IV Bowel Cancer
Having searched for months, I'm relieved to finally find this safe place. I'm looking to share how broken I am in my relationship. I have been in an loving LDR with a lovely man for 2 years. My soul mate. A year ago he was diagnosed with Stage IV bowel cancer, and has been having palliative chemo. This has recently been…
How do we combat guilt?
My brother was admitted to the hospital in September because of some difficult symptoms. He had begun to lose the use of his left side and was falling more than we realized. He wasn't able to get himself into the bathroom in time and had some accidents. At that point he had been living in an in-law apartment at my parents…
Coping
My wife has been battling cancer for 7 years? Maybe its 8. Anyway, after the last surgery she has two bags in front as they took out most of her intestines. She is getting nightly nutrition thru her IV and has just started another 4 months of chemo. Changed the font size so its easier to read. So they taught me to do the…
Caring for a sick husband
I am new to this discussion group but after reading the posts I already feel less alone. My husband was diagnosed in September 2013 with leiomyosarcoma, which is a kind of cancer that is about as rare as it gets. He had surgery to remove a 9 cm tumor from his intestine and after his follow up scan was told he was…
Discouraged
Hi-sorry to make this all about me, I know there are so many people that are struggling. It's starting to come back, the memories I thought I'd forgottan. What is frustrating me is that we have to wait a week before my wifes liver biopsy before she can even get an appointmet with an oncologist. Feels as if it may as well…
I'm back and in shock
Hello-its been awhile. Joined here back in 2009 when my first wife was dealing with stage 4 colon cancer. She died in 2010. I remarried in 2012 and life was starting over in a good way. Last few months my wife started complaining of abdominal/back pain and the past few weeks intense pain under right breast. A CT scan…
Another new Caregiver needing help
My wife is 71. She went through pancreatic cancer surgery about two years ago. We had almost 2 years of good living. Now, it is back and has spread to her ovaries and maybe elsewhere. Stage four, metastatic pancreatic caner, not good. I have her at home, and take her for chemo once a week. She also suffers from dementia,…
Post-BMT depression or personality change?
Hi everyone, my husband (40 y.o.) went through a BMT 10 months ago. He fought numerous infections since but his bloodwork is almost normal now and he is not on steroids anymore. He only had a chemo for 2 days before the BMT and never ever again. He still is, of course, taking lots of medications though. Last 2 months I…
Where are my friends?
Hi fellow caregivers. I was wondering if anyone else is experiancing a similar situation. I have always felt blessed to be surrounded by dear friends. They are the family that I have chosen for myself, right? Yet, I haven't heard from them... I understand that everyone is busy with their own schedules and their own…
Coping with sever mood swings
Hello. My mom was diagnosed in December of last year with breast cancer. She's already went through the tough chemo and radiation, and is now halfway through preventative chemo. About a month and a half ago, as part of a long term treatment, her doctor put her on an estrogen pill. She has always had a temper, but it has…
Cobalt Radiation Therapy
My Dad received Cobalt Radiation Therapy when he was 12 years old. This was to treat a brain tumour which developed after a bicycle accident. My Dad will be 61 years old in March 2012. He lived a normal life, he was a very hard working man. He ran his own transport business, he enjoyed playing sport and he was full of…
Hubby's first bone marrow biopsy next week. I have questions.
Hi there. I'm new here. My husband, age 65, was just diagnosed with Type B Lymphoma. His first oncology appointment is next week and he'll have a bone marrow biopsy at that time. My husband is confident and his attitude is great. I'm more nervous about all of this then he is. He's not in denial though, he's just feeling…
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My Husband, my best friend
Hi. I am new to the discussion board. Believe me, I would rather be doing something fun. My husband was diagnosed with CLL. Two years ago, his WBC was 80,000 - it is now 191,500. It is beyond sad to watch the person you love waste away. Before he got sick, he was around 375 lbs, He is now 240 lbs. His spleen is so…
Is there an organisation that helps with relocation so I can be a caregiver?
I only met 28 year old Amanda, a year ago this October in Ohio. By November, we had formed an amazing bond! We used to mail each other Hallmark type cards despite the fact that we only lived 30 minutes from one another. Amanda was diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in January 2015. By March, she was traveling to Cancer…
Struggle
My girlfriend of just over a year was diagnosed with breast cancer. two weeks after that my aunt passed less then a week after that her mother was diagnoised with dementia and could no longer live alone so we rented a house with her mother and sister as well. We moved in prior to her surgery. She is almost two weeks post…
My wife is dying and having a hard time
Hello recently we were given the terrible news that my wife has cancer and this time it is a fight she can not win. This is her second battle with the first one ending good so we thought. That time it was cervical cancer. This time it has spread and is in many parts of her body including her vertabrae. My issue is I am…
Trying so hard to be positive but...
Today is my Mom's last chemo! She has Stage 4 Diffued Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I should be ecstatic, but I'm not. I'm terrified. I'm fearful. I'm pessismistic. My Mom is so excited (as she should be!) but I am so protective. I don't want her to let her guard down because I'm scared it will come back. I feel like…
Fiancé had stage 2 cancer surgery
In March X-ray found spot on his lung. He is 70 and in very good health otherwise. After pet scan, 2biopsies, finally found out end of June , cancer. He had surgery July 23 and now has chemo sept-nov. my issue is ever since mar he is rude and says mean things to me. Once he found out it was cancer it got worse. No minor…
New to all this - looking for advice
My husband and I are just starting the journey to his good health. He has been diagnosed with colon cancer that has already moved to the liver. We see the oncologist for the first time tomorrow. He has been feeling really poorly as he has complicating health issues throughout his digestive track. He's probably lost 30…
Mother has Glioblastoma Multiforme/Daughter Needs Advice
My mother was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme in May of 2014. While the tumor could not be removed (too deep), they treated her wtih the standard protocol of chemo and radiation all last summer. Radiation was for three months, then the chemo pill continued for 10 months. She has responded very well, got her language…
Afraid all the time
i feel like I am in constant fear! My husband had stage IIIB breast cancer 12 years ago, then 7 years ago my 11 year old son was diagnosed with a golf ball size tumor of a liposarcoma in his throat and now at the age of 19, another liposarcoma has been found at the base of his tongue. My husband and son are doing well, but…
Terminal diagnosis has caused irrational behavior
I'm exhausted and at my end. My husband was diagnosed with Renal Cell three years ago. I was unemployed at the time and he was working. We juiced daily and after 7 mo this of chemo he beat it. I was working three jobs by this time and he was unemployed. In the following 21/2 years, it came back with a vengeance. No one…
Caregiver for Oligodendroglioma - need an idea of what to expect and resources
My husband was diagnosed with an oligodendroglioma in Feb 2014. He went through radiation and the tumor shrunk. In January 2015, it came back with a vengance and the doctors started him on Temodar. As of June 2015, the MRI shows no new tumor growth and any radiation neurocrosis has cleared up. However, two weeks ago my…
Losing my mind
Hi, I'm new here. I know I'll probably be the bad daughter here after people read this. I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I have a shaky marriage, 2 toddlers, and work part time, in addition to being responsible (somewhat) for my mother who is receiving chemo. My family of 4 and 2 dogs live in a 2 bedroom apartment…
Son has pancreatic cancer
My son is 41 years old and has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - non operable. I have read all that I can find about this cancer and know that survival rate is extremely low. He has declined chemo and radiation - he went through chemo 2 years ago for renal cancer (in remission) and does not want to go through that…
my story
Hello Everyone! Well.. where to start... a year ago my dad started complaining about pain in his rear end when he sat. He said he has been going to doctors for months and they all said it was hemmrhoids. In November 2014 my parents told me my dad had cancer. At that point they were not sure what kind yet, but the surgeon…
How to make my family understand...
My Mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 NHL in March. I have a two brothers, but neither of them live at home... so it's just me, my mom and my dad. My dad has a hard time dealing with it. He is very stubborn. His way of "dealing with it" is to pretend it's not happening... (he'll get mad at her if the kitchen is dirty on a day…
How to help my father
My mother was diagnosed 4 years ago, and has been in treatment for the entire period. Up until recently things were going well, but in the past few weeks her condition has deteriorated. My father has become depressed and is in treatment with both a psychiatrist and a pschologist, but he is still very much suffering. I am…

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