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sometimes i just feel like giving up...
thanks for the replies guys i appreciate it.
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New Here...Scared and Tired.
Hello everyone, This is my first post.. Not all that happy about being here, but this is where I am...This is my story:My Husband of 20yrs Yesterday, Yes Happy Anniversary to me:) whom is 52 yrs old has stage IV, base of tongue cancer. Diagnosed 8/14. Has had 35 rounds of Rads, and 3 LOOOOng sessions of Chemo at Sloan..No…
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I am struggling to survive
I feel as though I have fallen down a deep, deep well. There is just enough water that I can't reach the bottom. There s no way to climb out and I can't see any one To rescue me, so I am just treading water. I am getting so tired I am not sure how much longer I can keep it up. So tired, everything hurts, I need rest, but…
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Delete please. Thanks.
Delete. Good feedback received. Thank you.
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Private Message Spam
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Dealing with myself
Hello all, This is my first round of being a care givBack in August, two weeks after my wife and I weremarried, she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in her life. At 29, just after getting married, a second diagnosis shattered our happy new world. I didn't know her when she had her first bout of cancer,…
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Chemo pills and side effects
My husband way diagnosed with stage 2 kidney cancer 18 months ago. He had surgery and 1 kidney removed immediately after being diagnosed. At that point the Dr was very confident, but my husband was very depressed. The cancer methastized in his lung this past May and he is on daily chemo meds Votrient. They have already cut…
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After treatments...why is he treating me like this?
My husband has been battling throat and neck and tonsil cancer...tonsils were removed...treatments of chemo and radiation. Two months out of treatments and still having side effects fatique, weight loss, and others he won't share with me. His PET scan was clear and we were so happy but everyone around us treats us now like…
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First time here...feeling scared
Hi....Well my mom just got diagnosed with breast cancer. To say the least I'm scared and worried sick. I hear all the survival stories and I'm so thankful for how far treatment has come. People beat this all the time. What is really scaring me is that she has triple negative breast cancer. I've done research. Probably too…
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My 2 1/2 year old son
Hello everyone I'm new to this site. My two and half year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia on January 7th. He has early pre B-ALL. He started treatment right away. I'm feeling so lost and alone as I am a single mother with very little family. I've never been so afraid inmy life. No one understands what I'm going…
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Hopeless, helpless, tired, DONE
I am new to this forum, just registered today. My husband is 53 years old, non smoker, healthy except for slightly overweight, and was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in July 2014 after severe acid reflux and barretts esophagus. He had surgery in August 2014 to remove a stage 3 tumor. My husband is career law enforcement,…
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Feeling Frustrated and Alone
I am new to this forum. My husband has advanced cancer and I am his care giver. We are hoping for partial to complete remission at this time. On January 29th, he will have a CT/PET scan to see if the chemo has been helping. The worry of what that scan will show scares me and my family. But, we remain strong for my husband.…
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I feel so alone
For the first time ever, I am the sole provider for my little family of two. My husband has bone cancer. He is doing well but half of the time I feel like a mom instead of a wife - whih is only exacerbated by my being his caregiver. All joking aside though, he is at the hospital, alone. He is getting weary and hate being…
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boyfriend wants me as his caregiver
my boyfriend of almost 3 years and the person I have lived with for 2 years now has been diagnosed with lukemia. He expects me to be his caretaker and I am not sure I have what it takes. I care about him but I am questioning his feelings about me. We spoke about getting his affairs in order now that he is diagnosed and he…
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Diets for Cancer
I mean dealing with it not getting it of course
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Help I'm Lost
Hello. My husband was diagnosed with AML several months ago, although hes been "unwell" for over a year unjtil his daignosis. We have both been very healthy and the news this past fall was stunning. I wont go into all of the stages you go through as most of you all have experienced all those "beginning"similar feelings -…
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Feeling Helpless
Hi everyone. My posting here is coming somewhat late as my Mom died from cancer on 09/11/2014. She was not diagnosed until June even after being sick for over a year. I quit my job and took care of her. I loved my Mom and I miss her horribly. Everyday I think about her as I ramble through the house that we rented together.…
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Discussion Board and Chat Spam
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Thanks for the emotional support
HI All, This group is a god send to me. My husband has stage 3 Merkel Cell Carcinoma. We are in the surgery recovery stage and going into Radiation treatments soon. I'm his primary caregiver and I'm hanging on by my fingernails. Fortunately I do not have to work and he's retiring so I have the time and ability to do…
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I really need some help!!!
My mother was recently diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer and in addition diagnosed with copd. She is waiting to start her treatments. the Stereotactic Radiation therapy. I have 4 siblings and I am the youngest. My father passed away from cancer many years ago. My family dynamics are very difficult. I get along great with…
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Depression
I just found out that I have chronic depression. I feel so week. Because my mother is so strong is she is battling stage IV colon cancer. That is huge and I end up getting sick going out on fmla at work. Is anyone else battling depression and being a caregiver. How are you coping? I'm currently under the care of psych doc…
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Widowhood
I haven't been on as much as I had hoped. Between doctors visits, side effects, working, kiddos, etc I just never seemed to have the time. Well now I have the time....On Nov 10, 2014 at 8:13 am I lost my husband to Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma. He had just celebrated his 38th birthday on October 26th. My only consolation…
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Medicine management for cancer patients by family and caregivers
I lost my lovely wife recently to Stage 4 NSCLC. She held her faith and hope that she was going to beat it. She showed more courage and strength than I did through the entire ordeal. We got our second opinion from Duke which prompt us to transition from the local health standard treatment approach to the cutting edge…
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I don't know how to help him
My boyfriend is 21 years old and has just been diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer. His doctors are impressed with the state of his health however and gave him 2 years to live without treatment which is very uncommon for stage four from what I've been reading. They have prescribed him an 18 hour long laser surgery to…
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help this is new for me!
help! i'm so glad i found this site . .you all sound so amazing, lots of wisdom and compassion out there . . . i'm taking care of a friend right now and his usual personality is one those "all about me" people. and even though it could be distressing--considering he rarely took interest in what i was doing--our…
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Private Message Spam
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How to be a Good Long Distance Loved One??
I am the adult child of father recently diagnosed with cancer. I live about 4 hr drive (one way) away from my parents and when he starts treatment I know I can't just stop by to see how he's doing. Are there any other long distance loved ones out there? Any good tips on how to be "present" and supportive from afar? Thanks…
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Don't know where to go for resources?
Good afternoon all. I want to thank everyone from what I can see after just joining this CSN about 15 minutes ago is a place full of amazing people faced with so much but still managing to help strangers on the Internet they'll never meet. My father has pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed 2 years ago at the age of 50.…
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Have other caregivers experienced a loved ones emotional/mood changes?
Hi Everyone, So now that my mom is on home hospice due to her advanced metastatic colon cancer, I have noticed that she has no filter in terms of what comes out of her mouth. She keeps repeating the same things she has told us, now screaches "listen to me", bosses us around to do things every minute, and just told her…