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    • User: "confused902"

      Don't know whether to stay or go

      My husband has stage 4 cancer, I still work. He gets around ok and is still going through treatment. Him and I don't get along for longer than a day. I'm making him miserable and he drives me crazy. I…
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      Started by confused902
      Most recent by here4lfe
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    • User: "tbirkinbine"

      Help! Caregiver Mom Wants To Die

      I need some help. This is my first time on the forum. My dad has advanced kidney cancer and was placed on hospice this past Tuesday. My mom is so distraught at the thought of losing him that she is no…
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      Started by tbirkinbine
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "jeane54"

      02 and running nose, HELP

      Husband has had Soft tissue Sarcoma, hip replacement, triple by pass, numberess lymphadema infections. His Dr. is confussed as to what to do about his nose running all the time, it's like a sanomie (?…
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      Started by jeane54
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    • User: "gabigirl"

      Feeling Alone

      On 6/13/13 we found out my husband had stage 4 renal cell carcinoma that has spread throughout his body. The kidney tumor was the size of a volleyball and he had a lemon size tumor in right hummerous …
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      6 comments
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      Started by gabigirl
      Most recent by sharpy102
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    • User: "Why"

      Is it normal to feel this way?

      I am in my early 40s, single with no kids, had a wonderful but very stressful job and decided it was time to give it up and do something new. The job had taken its toll on me emotionally and physical…
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      5 comments
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      Started by Why
      Most recent by lillefty
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    • User: "zoeregas"

      Relay for Life FSU

      Hello fellow survivors and caregivers! My name is Zoe Regas and my journey with cancer compelled me to become the co-chair of Survivorship and Caregivers for Relay at FSU. My co-chair and I are having…
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      Started by zoeregas
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    • User: "kdb1433"

      How to get your loved one to eat??

      Hello everyone, Have a lot on my mind tonight so figured I would come here for some support..was wondering if anyone can help, my Mom has a very difficult time eating any sort of food all the time. Sh…
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      2 comments
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      Started by kdb1433
      Most recent by huffman6djgirl
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    • User: "Tina Blondek"

      My Mom

      Hello To All, I have been here since 2009, when my dad was battling Esophageal Cancer stage 4. He passed in 2010. I am posting this here today to ask for your prayers for my mom. She does not have can…
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      3 comments
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      Started by Tina Blondek
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "DorisJeanne"

      Bathing non ambulatory

      I would like to know the problems and solutions for bathing the non-ambulatory. Thanks
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      1 comments
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      Started by DorisJeanne
      Most recent by Susan P
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    • User: "cindylo62"

      Newbie with a ?? about the dying process

      My Mother passed away from Dementia in Feburary of this year. She was released from the hospital back to the nursing home. I had made the decision to put her on "comfort care", (basicly keep her comfo…
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      2 comments
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      Started by cindylo62
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "fishmanpa"

      My Caregiver

      Hi, I came over to this board to get a sense of what caregivers deal with when a loved one is diagnosed. What I'm reading does not surprise me but it does make me sad. I've been diagnosed with Head an…
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      5 comments
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      Started by fishmanpa
      Most recent by Peace_Hope_Love
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    • User: "mockingbird"

      6-9 months please help

      My husband was diagnosed last October with head and neck cancer. Mid. November he started his 7 week radiation and 3 chemo treatments. April 1st he had a pet and cat scan to see if the stage 4 cancer,…
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      6 comments
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      Started by mockingbird
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "Natalie_Meyer"

      Fear of Death

      My mom recently moved in with my family. She was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer about 2 years ago after a round of chemo and 2 surgeries she has been told the cancer is back and her body is too weak to…
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      2 comments
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      Started by Natalie_Meyer
      Most recent by jim and i
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    • User: "BeckyP"

      new kid in class

      My mom was first diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in 1990. I was 6. I had no idea what was going on. I don't even have any memories of it, aside from one of my teacher asking after Mom. She had…
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      1 comments
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      Started by BeckyP
      Most recent by Ladylacy
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    • User: "emotionalpond"

      Update on my partner

      Hi I just wanted to update on my partner. She passed away July 10th, 2013 from a bowel obstruction. I really want to thank everybody that has helped support me through this journey. As much as I miss …
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      2 comments
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      Started by emotionalpond
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "bunnydan"

      Newbie-Feeling Guilty

      I am new to this site. My mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 small cell lung cancer about 2 months ago, which matasticized to her brain, adrenals, lymph nodes. Brain tumor was removed. She has undergone 1…
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      2 comments
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      Started by bunnydan
      Most recent by LindaK.
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    • User: "greta"

      new discussion board

      A new discussion board is available to report and discuss technical problems. Please give it a try. It is the last discussion board listed on the page with all the boards, please bookmark it for futur…
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      Started by greta
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    • User: "Marianne313"

      Anger

      Anger My aunt, stage 4 colon cancer, diagnosed in 2011 (February), her son diagnosed with Esophageal cancer in Jan 2011, her husband passed suddenly in May of 2011, her son passed away April 2013. She…
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      2 comments
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      Started by Marianne313
      Most recent by Noellesmom
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    • User: "BryanK519"

      Possible Relapse

      2 years ago we found out my 13 year old son had Burkitt's Lymphoma. It was such a devastating blow. You never expect to hear news like that about your child. After 5 months of chemotherapy it was gone…
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      2 comments
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      Started by BryanK519
      Most recent by JennySC
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    • User: "MAMcIntosh"

      Please Help if You Have Dealt with This

      This is a touchy subject because I know that honesty may in fact prove not to provide the comfort I would so like to have. I laid down beside Mom at about 5:00 this morning, and she passed away in my …
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      4 comments
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      Started by MAMcIntosh
      Most recent by prettywoman513
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    • User: "rogina2336"

      Grieving for someone who is still alive why?

      I have a question for any and all who may be or may have faced this..........My DH has stopped treatment, he was told that there is nothing more that can be done for his cancer (30 months of chemo/col…
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      10 comments
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      Started by rogina2336
      Most recent by Sundanceh
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    • User: "Jmelynn71"

      Mom has cancer & i need chat support

      Hey, I lost my Internet & just got this smartphone. I dont think the chat room here supports my phone. Does anyone know of a cancer chat room that will work with my phone??? My Mom probably only has a…
      32 views
      3 comments
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      Started by Jmelynn71
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "desmondpaulclark"

      Boyfriend Recently Diagnosed With Leukemia (ALL)

      I found out only a few days before my birthday my boyfriend was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at age 22. I'm looking for any and all advice I can get. He will be starting chemo today, an…
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      2 comments
      0 point
      Started by desmondpaulclark
      Most recent by desmondpaulclark
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    • User: "mzlisaj"

      Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP)

      Well, the PET scan couldnt detect a primary origin for my moms cancer. So here we are. I have been afraid to ask the dr her prognosis, because she doesnt want to know. So I googled and saw a prognosis…
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      5 comments
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      Started by mzlisaj
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "Christine135"

      Cancer Strikes Again

      8 months after surgery to remove my husband's esophagus and pull his stomach up to make the new one, we learn the cancer is back. It is back at the connection site in the esophagus and is some lymph n…
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      10 comments
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      Started by Christine135
      Most recent by Christine135
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    • User: "MAMcIntosh"

      Serious Guilt Trip

      I know no one really has all "the answers," but it never hurts to see if anyone can relate and provide some advice. We brought Mom home on hospice last week. She went in the hospital late last month f…
      117 views
      4 comments
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      Started by MAMcIntosh
      Most recent by sharpy102
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    • User: "Monica_"

      I don't know what to do (20 year old "caregiver")

      I'm not really sure where to even start. At the end of January I found out my mom has cancer in her uterus. So they decided to do a hysterectomy and also an exploratory because she had a lump on her s…
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      9 comments
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      Started by Monica_
      Most recent by sharpy102
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    • User: "Rashmi Srivastava"

      MIL coming from India for Cancer treatment

      Hello This is my effort to reach out to maximum people. My MIL was recently diagonised with Cancer and we are planning to get her to US (San diego) for treatment. We took this decision as me and my hu…
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      0 point
      Started by Rashmi Srivastava
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    • User: "mzlisaj"

      ER Visit Today

      Hello All, My mom had her first Chemo (GemCarbo) treatment last Thursday. Over the weekend, she broke out in a horrible red itchy rash. I called her oncologist this morning and told her about it and s…
      4 views
      1 comments
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      Started by mzlisaj
      Most recent by Christine135
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    • User: "vafabiani"

      Mother starting chemo tomorrow - how to be supportive?

      Hi all - my mother was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in March. After her hysterectomy in April, it was discovered that part of her specimen has serous cells. Fast foward to today, the day before h…
      42 views
      1 comments
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      Started by vafabiani
      Most recent by mzlisaj
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