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    • User: "GesGirl81"

      How do I stay strong?

      Hello! I'm new to this board. Let me tell a little bit about my mom's story. My mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Disease at age 19, I was 2 months old. My mom went through many bouts of che…
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      Started by GesGirl81
      Most recent by neverquit
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    • User: "donnare"

      Need to vent

      I'm truly amazed at how callous and uncaring some people can be, even family. You really see who cares and who doesn't when cancer enters your life, or the life of your loved one, don't you? Their tru…
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      Started by donnare
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "lovingwifedeb"

      Saying Goodbye To My Best Friend

      I think I'm going to be sick... my head hurts, the tears come when I don't want them to, people hug me when I'm not ready to receive them. I'm so not ready for this! Bob's doctor's appointment on Tues…
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      8 comments
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      Started by lovingwifedeb
      Most recent by UNBEARABLE
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    • User: "tanker sgv"

      DOCUMENTARY TONIGHT 8pm on HBO, WHAT U NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING END OF LIFE DESCITIONS&YOUR RIGHTS!

      "How to die in oregon" is a documentary that will be airing tonight on hbo at 8 pm. It follows the lives and the struggles of quality of life over quantity of life. It is definitely something to see. …
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      Started by tanker sgv
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    • User: "lovingwifedeb"

      Virtual Hugs To Everyone Here... Can I Give You Back My Ticket For This Roller Coaster Ride?

      So once you are on the ride there is no getting off, right? Maybe for some people there is but not for those who lead with their heart. For some of us there is only one ride and that is sitting right …
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      15 comments
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      Started by lovingwifedeb
      Most recent by 3Mana
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    • User: "micgrace"

      Very new here not a clue about being a caregiver

      My wife has just be dxed with a stage 3 glioma. I have not the slightest idea on how to be a caregiver. A role I did not want in a club I did not want to join. But I have been chosen. Suggestions.??
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      Started by micgrace
      Most recent by micgrace
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    • User: "rogina2336"

      How many treatments

      My husband was diagnosed with colorectal cancer Nov 14, 2010, stage IV with numerous mets to liver. He will be taking his 11th treatment this fri. and number 12 on June 13, 2011, they dropped the oxy …
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      3 comments
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      Started by rogina2336
      Most recent by Barbara53
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    • User: "KateNTx"

      Good News :)

      Well, So Sorry I didn't post yesterday, but entire day was devoured by Oncologist, Radiologist (Hector the Awesome), and a drive to the Neurologist who we saw this morning. Now, for the Good News~~MRI…
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      Started by KateNTx
      Most recent by neverquit
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    • User: "AngKad42"

      Love

      “Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen" I don't know who said that, I found it and thoug…
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      Started by AngKad42
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    • User: "sue5749"

      saying

      I love that say "marriage is a challenge cancer is the test
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      Started by sue5749
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    • User: "crowsdarklove"

      Taking care of Jack

      My name's Alicia. I have been helping my mom care for our friend Jack for about two years. In the beginning he wouldn't say much about what was wrong with him, but we knew it was more than the Hep C h…
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      3 comments
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      Started by crowsdarklove
      Most recent by crowsdarklove
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    • User: "dianelynn41"

      Exhausted

      Roby had his APR surgery on Monday and had to have another surgery yesterday to repair part of the incision. I think he's doing better of course he's "Mr. Gloom and Doom". I've been with him everyday …
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      1 comments
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      Started by dianelynn41
      Most recent by KateNTx
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    • User: "MRivera0929"

      Feeling run down :/

      My mom's cancer is growing in many different places now. Since a hospitalization in October of 2010 she has been in one institution or the other. Her doctor finally said she needs to be at a skilled n…
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      9 comments
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      Started by MRivera0929
      Most recent by coping in CA
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    • User: "Faithful_Angel"

      So Tired And So Many Questions

      Im the caregiver to my father he is 57, Been diagnosed with stomach cancer/moved to esophagus. Im trying to do everything esentially on my own. Im so wore out physically and emotionally. He's Stage IV…
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      2 comments
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      Started by Faithful_Angel
      Most recent by Noellesmom
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    • User: "Conchal"

      Entering a new season

      Hi, everyone: My wife had surgery for urethral cancer over three weeks ago, and is healing at home these days. We have a long road in front of us and there are still a lot of unknowns in our near futu…
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      1 comments
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      Started by Conchal
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "zinniemay"

      So many good people on chat

      You know I am not great with words, or fancy ones at that. I will tell you I have meet some amazing people on the chat site. Some people I have grown to love and care about. They are a great group. I …
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      5 comments
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      Started by zinniemay
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "UKLady"

      Keeping vigil and lighting the candle

      Today Steve moved towards the end of his journey here, the house was lit with candles for when those that wanted to come and pay their last respects, would find the peaceful atmosphere that we have in…
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      10 comments
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      Started by UKLady
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "jlbean59"

      New here & husband starting chemo May 16th

      Hi, all. I've been scouring the Web, searching for support groups/boards for spouses and caregivers. This one seems to be THE ONE. My husband was diagnosed with CLL about 4.5 years ago. We met 2 years…
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      6 comments
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      Started by jlbean59
      Most recent by luv2cut1
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    • User: "DrMary"

      Hospice versus "giving up"

      I was sad to read the news: "Harmon Killebrew announced Friday that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of t…
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      6 comments
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      Started by DrMary
      Most recent by DrMary
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    • User: "mtngal1"

      New here, feeling sad

      My husband was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 6 years ago. We’ve had a long fight with chemo, spinal cord injury and surgery, kidney failure and stem cell replacement. It is so tiring and so sad. We …
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      2 comments
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      Started by mtngal1
      Most recent by yv1214
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    • User: "coping in CA"

      How do you begin to think about the beginning of the end...

      How does one even start thinking about the beginning of the end. I talked to my wife's onc at length this evening and since she has cancer cells in the brain (mets cells in the csf), there are parts o…
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      6 comments
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      Started by coping in CA
      Most recent by yv1214
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    • User: "ButterflyLake"

      Could really use a miracle, a hug, and some advice (in that order)

      Hi there: I'm a thirty-year-old who is caregiving for my mom. She was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer, with Brain Mets, in July 2010. It was very unexpected. She went through emergency brain tumor…
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      3 comments
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      Started by ButterflyLake
      Most recent by Noellesmom
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    • User: "DrMary"

      Dirty Dozen

      we've all seen that, or similar movies. The folks who are on the fringe of society that suddenly become useful, a team, even, when duty calls. Anyone know of a bridge or a dam that needs blowing up? T…
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      7 comments
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      Started by DrMary
      Most recent by DrMary
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    • User: "yv1214"

      My mom and hospice....

      My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in May ’09, she had a mastectomy and reconstruction that summer. Followed by chemo and rounds of radiation. In October ’10 the doctor advised us that she had me…
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      8 comments
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      Started by yv1214
      Most recent by tanker sgv
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    • User: "dearfoam"

      A day off!

      I have a day off, all to myself! Hallelujah! (My FIL took my dad out for a day trip before his chemo starts tonight.) Now, what do I do for fun again? Where do I begin???
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      3 comments
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      Started by dearfoam
      Most recent by mswijiknyc
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    • User: "angelyn"

      Depressed

      I have not been on here in a while, just been reading posts that others have written. Just "lurking" as others have said they so sometimes. Yesterday I was at a meeting, and I looked around the room a…
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      3 comments
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      Started by angelyn
      Most recent by angelyn
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    • User: "karenbeth"

      Frank passed this morning...

      ...at around 5:25am. His breathing had been steady all night. I suddenly woke up and heard silence. At the same time the aide got up and looked at him, then called my name, and said he is going, talk …
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      24 comments
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      Started by karenbeth
      Most recent by yv1214
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    • User: "mom_of_2"

      My dad's battle is over

      My father passed away Sunday night at 10:29. I spent his last 5 days taking care of him along with my sister in law and mother. Maybe the hardest days of my life, but I wouldn't trade it for the world…
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      6 comments
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      Started by mom_of_2
      Most recent by AnnaLeigh
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    • User: "mom_of_2"

      Feel like I'm going to explode.

      So, my dad has been on hospice for about 6 wks now, after a 6 month battle with stage IV NSCLC. I posted a while back about my mom fighting with him about smoking a few cigarettes, and me talking to h…
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      9 comments
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      Started by mom_of_2
      Most recent by yv1214
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    • User: "Lisa13Q"

      I'm a wreck////

      ok...i'm in tears as I write this....streamimg down my face...Mom seemed to be doing really well until last week and she has just nose dived....She has CT scan tomorrow and results Friday....I am conv…
      35 views
      6 comments
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      Started by Lisa13Q
      Most recent by yv1214
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