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How Long?
I need the help of those who have been through this already or have been doing it for a while. My mom was diagnosed with stage IV Squmous Cell Lung Cancer. She is terminal as the cancer is in the blood stream and has spread to the bone. We asked the doctor how long, but she would not give us an answer. I have researched…
My mom
My mom passed away Monday morning. It was a non-cancer death (unfortunately triad of the elderly of congestive heart failure, respiratory failure and third-stage renal failure). She was 84 and had been fighting hard the last four months and was just tired. Probably won't post much for awhile as I am still feeling a bit…
Jim's PET scan - excellent results!
Jim's six month post-treatment PET/CT scans showed no sign of cancer! Praise the Lord! Just wanted to share some good news today!
20 year old 3 people caregiver
Im 20 years old..in one year my life changed big time. Let me just do a drop down time line of everything i've gone through June 10, 2010..Mom is diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer that spread to her liver and both lungs October 27th, 2010...Father has a massive heart attack..Heart is in shock, had only 15 minutes…
overwhelmed and lonely
I feel really lonely. My siblings aren't helping out at all. I take my dad to his oncologist, run errands and take care of his insurance claims. I am doing all the translating because he doesn't speak English. I am making sure he is clean, and his meals at the hospital are right. I am missing a lot of work and fear that I…
Feel like nobody gets it!
My husband, 54 years old, has stage IV Rectal cancer, mets to liver. He was diagnosed in August 2009 so we are nearing two years. We are in the middle of round three of Chemo. He had radiation with the first chemo which caused damage to his kidney. He ow has stents replaced every three months. He had surgery and an…
New to board
My husband was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer with numerous mets to his liver on Nov. 14, 2010 and inoperable so far. He just completed his 9th chemo so far only had a few side effects so all in all is doing fantastic, however his last treatment of 5fu and oxy were reduced down by 20% is this something that…
How do you all find the strength to do it???
I am new to this site as so many because we are now going through my husband's second round. In July 2009 he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer with Met in the liver. It was a shock to us as I never knew he had any symptoms because we were only married for 2 months at the time. He had a colon resection in July 2009 at…
Furious, tired, overwhelmed
my husband was diagnosed march 31, while we are grateful that it seems to be just in his left tonsil and lymphnodes these past few weeks are unreal. Surgery was originally scheduled for april 18 and then postponed due to "abnormal" ekg, then on April 19th i got fired from my job that i've had for 10 years. hubby was self…
new to caregivers
Hello all, my name is Misty and I am new to this group. My husband Neil was diagnosed with stage IV SCC of the head and neck, right lympnode involved with unknown primary about 2 months ago. He just had his second round of chemo yesterday and is doing as well as he can be. I search all around this site for advice,answers…
Why Do "They" Pick The Bad Days To Visit?
I will try to make this short... (hard to do, I know). Family visits is the subject I am speaking of. Bob had his first "BAD WEEKEND" last weekend and I am not sure how to handle the family. We are a step family so that makes me the enemy sometimes. I won't go into all the details because it would take pages to explain…
I get it now
Interesting things always seam to boggle my mind. Like people saying they had enough of comments made by others, I did not get it till today. What part of Stage 4 Larynx cancer mets to both lungs does some people not get? It is not Lung cancer since it came from LArynx and spread.There is no cure. My Neice told me today…
Steve and Hospice
Hi, I just wanted to let you all know- Steve has accepted hospice at home. We successfully fought for his radiation treatments for pain management and his pain number went from 9 to 3. After his last day of radiation treatment, we asked for this. I had been dreading making the decision but in the end after a couple of…
last days
Frank is transitioning quickly and I think he this may be his last week. He stopped eating and drinking yesterday. For the most part, he is without pain, and he is calm. I am so grateful for that. I am just trying to keep him comfortable, and maintain a sense of serenity here. Family calls and I put them on speaker phone…
rash - Caregiver stress symptom?
So, had a tiny, itchy rash pop up over coldest part of winter. Went away with moisturizer and less heater use as weather warmed. Since I went up north to check on dad when his tumors were discovered 5 wks ago, rash came back a bit as we used heater there. Went away when we got to my home (in the south). Stress of all this…
A day in the life...
Woke up Got out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Made it to a meeting at work, and then drove to the other city to the hospital...and walked in on the nurses giving my wife a bath (she had surgery for urethral cancer on Tues Apr 12) [Hey babe, did I say you look great today?] So I left and got some lunch...then came…
My Mother, Myself
I am realizing there is not a good way to prepare ourselves for the road in life we find ourselves on, Oh... I don't care how smart we are or how much we love them, our Mothers. Our blood does not run cold, we can not separate ourselves from them, our hearts beat as one. An emergency call took me back home to the small…
My mom
Hello all. My mom has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer with mets to the brain. She has undergone stereotactic radiation to the brain, 9 radiation treatments to the lung and 1 chemo treatment so far. Well a week ago I went over to her house to help her clean and take her to her treatment. I walk in the door and she…
Very bad day today.
Frank tossed and turned all night, and neither of us slept. He wet himself twice. In the morning I did the laundry and then called hospice for a home health aide (thankfully, starting tomorrow). I helped him take a shower, then he went back to bed. Since his sister was visiting I went to the office for a few hours. When I…
So confused.
Hi, I was hoping maybe somebody here could help me understand what is going on with my mother. My father has stage IV lung cancer, diagnosed 6 months ago, chemo didn't work, and started hospice about a month ago. They told us he probably had around a month, and so far, I'm having a hard time believing that, since he's…
Am I wrong?
First time I've posted on the caregiver site and would like some advice. My mother has limited sclc which was in remission for 7 months and came back in the same lung. Lately she has been crying constantly and is really depressed because she thought the cancer would go away longer. She now takes chemo for the new cancer.…
New to the boards and cancer, need help
Hi to all. I'm new to all this, and have a very complicated situation but hope someone can help or suggest something. My name is Kim, I'm a 27 y/o Navy veteran living in the Cincinnati area of Ohio. My Mom was diagnosed with MS in the late 80's. Since that time she's been diagnosed with diabetes, glaucoma, and had to have…
Pancreatic cancer and/or 5FU treatment
Hi All, new here and completely overwhelmed. My dad (62) is a 2 year survivor of PC who has been on gemzar (gemcidabine) for about a year and a half. His onc just gave us the news that he seems to have stopped responding to the gem and wants to change to the 5FU pump. Any input on what we are looking at side-effect wise?…
The Two Sides of One Coin
The joy that life brings is lost in the cruelty that a slow death brings. This isn't living, it's merely existing. A prisoner to medication. V~V
Stressed out Caregiver
I posted something last week and didn't get any discussion, but, My husband is a Cancer Survior (At least supposed to be) His last surgery was Sept. 20, 2010. He says he is tired and I know he is, but, I am too, and I cannot do his speech therapy exercises for him, or walk to gain strength for him. He says he is just…
Watching my mother cry really sucks
I want her disappointment to be over....its not the physical pain and suffering that I am struggling with...it's her anguish....she's dying and does not want to go. She has put up a huge fight and not gotten any positive results for the effort and pain.....none. not one good CT scan.....ever.........I absolutely hate this…
Major denial and poor choices....Can anyone relate?
Hi everyone. This might be a little long but I have some things that I really need to get some advice on. Hopefully someone can somewhat relate and give me some advice or resources on what to do. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in early febuary of this year. It came as a huge shock to all of us. I live…
How did you handle your fear?
I am extremely frightened at my mom's pending diagnosis, they're pretty sure it's cancer but are doing a biopsy. I can't even type the details at what the doc found on the CT scan. I will breakdown. This past week I haven't slept and literally shivering with fear for my mom. My mom seems to be handling it well and has just…
Guilt?
Hi all, My mom has had cancer on and off for the past 16 years. Over the course of the last 6 months the cancer has spread to various places. She's so delicate they can't give her anymore chemotherapy. So we are just trying to make her "comfortable"; which pretty much means we are just waiting at this point. In addition to…
To visit or not.
My dad has lung cancer. The drs. don't think he will make it another week. I live 10 hrs. from dad. My two sisters are leaving to go see him. I saw him Thanksgiving, and had a great time. We both talked, laughed, and cut up. I knew when I left it would be the last time that I would see him alive. I don't want to see him…

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