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    • User: "coping in CA"

      two long years become longer

      My first time here. My wife (been together 6 years, married almost 3) was dx with lung cancer 4/2009 at 47, less than a year after getting our son at 6 months who was premature with a lot of medical i…
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      Started by coping in CA
      Most recent by yv1214
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    • User: "UKLady"

      Seizures

      Hi everyone, Just checking in with a catch up on our hospice at home situation. Steve had major seizures late afternoon and evening yesterday, he was unconscious for twenty minutes or so and had a rat…
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      4 comments
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      Started by UKLady
      Most recent by Noellesmom
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    • User: "luz del lago"

      Heroes...

      Mariah Cary There's a hero If you look inside your heart You don't have to be afraid Of what you are There's an answer If you reach into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away Chorus An…
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      Started by luz del lago
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    • User: "luv2camp"

      Happy Mother's Day?

      Hello everyone. This is new to me (cancer and the website!) so I am hoping this is a good place to start. First, my mother has the cancer, not me. That is what brings me here. As I read thru the subje…
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      Started by luv2camp
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "DrMary"

      Looking for that desert island

      So, I have to look for a new job - our county is cutting back on education funds and (having entered teaching really late in life) I have too few years as a teacher to not be cut. I might get picked u…
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      12 comments
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      Started by DrMary
      Most recent by Noellesmom
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    • User: "reds1958"

      any info would be great

      i am new to the board an just need some suport. i am the caregiver for my mother who has cancer on unknown primary that has sperad to liver an lungs. i dont know what to do. first let me say my mother…
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      3 comments
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      Started by reds1958
      Most recent by Barbara53
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    • User: "Dogbert95"

      Spousal Support

      I don't know if it's just me, or if what I'm sensing is real. I have RCC. Thankfully, it's stage 1, we hope. (no biopsy yet). I'm scheduled for a LPN next month. The problem is my wife and our relatio…
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      8 comments
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      Started by Dogbert95
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "DrMary"

      Don't read if you need to stay positive

      I'm at a pretty low point - on the plus side, my husband survived to the NED stage and my family is healthy. Why do I still want to go get my favorite knife and open a vein, then? I did lose my job an…
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      28 comments
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      Started by DrMary
      Most recent by DrMary
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    • User: "daughtertobea"

      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 bloo…
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      4 comments
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      Started by daughtertobea
      Most recent by LeeandShirley
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    • User: "Noellesmom"

      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 bee…
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      9 comments
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      Started by Noellesmom
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "Noellesmom"

      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!
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      11 comments
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      Started by Noellesmom
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "jengen12"

      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 t…
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      3 comments
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      Started by jengen12
      Most recent by luz del lago
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    • User: "elmdallastx"

      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…
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      17 comments
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      Started by elmdallastx
      Most recent by ketziah35
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    • User: "morrisshoey"

      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 th…
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      3 comments
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      Started by morrisshoey
      Most recent by peanutbutter
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    • User: "rogina2336"

      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 a…
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      4 comments
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      Started by rogina2336
      Most recent by tanker sgv
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    • User: "AmylynnC"

      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 ne…
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      2 comments
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      Started by AmylynnC
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "march31"

      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 t…
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      9 comments
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      Started by march31
      Most recent by Conchal
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    • User: "Misty35"

      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 h…
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      4 comments
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      Started by Misty35
      Most recent by Noellesmom
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    • User: "lovingwifedeb"

      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 …
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      9 comments
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      Started by lovingwifedeb
      Most recent by lucy07
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    • User: "zinniemay"

      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…
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      16 comments
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      Started by zinniemay
      Most recent by ms.sunshine
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    • User: "UKLady"

      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 …
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      19 comments
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      Started by UKLady
      Most recent by luz del lago
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    • User: "karenbeth"

      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 a…
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      18 comments
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      Started by karenbeth
      Most recent by Jonathant52
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    • User: "dearfoam"

      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…
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      8 comments
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      Started by dearfoam
      Most recent by ketziah35
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    • User: "Conchal"

      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…
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      6 comments
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      Started by Conchal
      Most recent by Conchal
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    • User: "lovingwifedeb"

      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…
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      10 comments
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      Started by lovingwifedeb
      Most recent by Tina Blondek
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    • User: "mcflii"

      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 s…
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      6 comments
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      Started by mcflii
      Most recent by mcflii
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    • User: "karenbeth"

      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 hel…
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      7 comments
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      Started by karenbeth
      Most recent by karenbeth
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    • User: "mom_of_2"

      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 …
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      7 comments
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      Started by mom_of_2
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "angelyn"

      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 const…
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      10 comments
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      Started by angelyn
      Most recent by grandmafay
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    • User: "Domino13"

      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. M…
      28 views
      3 comments
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      Started by Domino13
      Most recent by luz del lago
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