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Whew!
What a day! Yesterday we drove the two hours to the hospital and Mike got all of the tests, this morning they started him on the meds, gave him some packed platelets, and his second embolization. This one affected him much worse than the first one, he's more sore,more nauseous, and more loopy from the meds. He also was WAY…
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God it sucks!
Well , reading all your post has made me realise that there is a lot of people out there in the same boat as me! I lost my dad when i was 17, he had an heart attack and died suddenly, no previous heart problems. 13 years later we find out mum has PPC, devasted, she is having chemotherapy and has had surgery , which has…
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new here.
I am a 40 yr old female and I met my BF just months ago. We hit it off and have been inseparable since. He told me his leukemia was in remission for 3 years. He went in Sept for his routine labs and they found it had returned. By the first of October he was in the hospital for his first round of chemo. He was out for 2…
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Will we ever laugh?
My husband and I used to laugh. Somestimes so hard we couldn't control it. It felt so good. We haven't laughed since the diagnosis in April of this year (and since he didn't feel good before, quite some time before that). He has completed his first round of 6 chemo treatments, and still receives Avastin & Erbitux weekly as…
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CA blood markers and secondary mets
My mother’s cancer (ovarian) is monitored in part with a blood marker, CA125. I know other cancers have markers with other CA numbers, so I thought some of you might know the answer to my question. When the primary cancer metastasizes and secondary cancer grows in new locations like bone, is the secondary cancer’s activity…
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Personality Changes
Well - it's me - who was hopeful that my life was getting back to normal. My current opinion is - what's normal??? My husband beat his Stage IV inoperable tonsil cancer - but now he's just not him. I married one man; through out his treatments, I had another; now, I have a third. Just how much am I and my three children…
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scroll down to pick up current threads
Thankfully our latest prankster didn't go too far. Scroll down to bottom of page -- current threads appear intact. Have a better day.
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Just lost my mom today
She had been quickly fading away the past couple of months, and then even faster in the past few weeks. We got her back on hospice just on the 6th, and by the 9th they told us that she only had 4-5 days left. We got in contact with all the family and put them on notice that very day and settled in to wait out the term. We,…
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My Mom is dying
My Mom has stage iv breast cancer that has spread to other organs and her bones. She is in a great deal of pain. Today a doctor told me that there was nothing more they could do to help her. Just keep her comfortable at this point. I knew that was coming, but it did not make it any easier to hear or to tell my Mom. I lost…
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Someone please help us
My brother was diagnosed with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer on August 16, 2010. The local oncologist said that he had 3 week to 6 months. He went to Moffitt and the doctor's there said that if he started this chemo treatment he could have up to 11 months. He is in so much pain, his stomach is so swollen he looks as if he…
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Hi everyone
Good evening everyone, I've lurked on these message boards on and off and decided that I need to join in and participate. I moved in with my mother Feb. 2009 to take care of her. She has Stage IV breast cancer and had been fighting it on her own for 3 years before I got here. She hit the point where she needed someone with…
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SLEEP!-UPDATE
UPDATE!-i am finding balance, but you all know I wil need you when mom goes in for another scan. I slept well last night and will be taking this Friday off work. I already have movies, books, Godiva hot chocolate and your girley shake your booty til you break it music to listen to. I am sending hubby to work and as far as…
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Terribly scared
My husband was diagnosed with Stomach Cancer Stage IV last February. Our marriage was perfect before this, so much love, fun, everything to be thankful!!! For both is our second marriage and we suffer a lot in the previous one... we have been dealing with the acceptance that after finding happiness we might lose…
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Courage
“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.” - quote by Mary Anne Radmacher Dedicated to the caregivers and to loved ones who's hopes and dreams float between one test or scan to the next. Deb lovingwife to Bob, stage 3c melanoma
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Really good news
My mom's CT scan and bloodwork came bac as NED! I will most likely sleep without help tonight. Thanks for your prayers and support! Ktz
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This week
This week my husband and I took a mini trip to Sikeston Mi home of Lambert's cafe , Throw rolls! We went to a little town called Manila Ar stopped at the high school (elem first) they let us look at the old new papers that they had . I was hoping to find a picture or anything about my family. My husband took one big book I…
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Why?
If my mom is the one battling cancer, why am I the emotional stressed one? The only thing I can say is that I am trying to stay away from a lot of communication with people right now because I realize I am emotional and stressed, but will this crap ever end. Ktz
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Newbie here, but not to cancer
My DH was dx with stage iv colon cancer mets to the liver 12/08, two weeks after my father passed away(not from cancer). We were blindsided, to say the least. Colon resection, iliostomy, chemo once a week for 26 weeks. In the middle of that, right lobe liver resection and finished chemo in Oct '09. No evidence of cancer…
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Small Cell Lung Cancer Extensive Stage
Hi everyone! My mother has concluded round two of chemo for sclc - extensive stage. She will start radiation in two weeks (about the time round three starts). The radiation oncologist said that she may have a fighting chance, the "main" oncologist is sticking to his prognosis of 12 mos! I need a realistic time table. I…
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The "New" Normal
It didn't take long for me to begin to despise that term. Normal in any shape , form or fashion is gone. With it went spontaneous interaction. Nothing just happens any more, everything is calculated and thought out before hand. What I say, how I say it, when (if) I say it ........ ! ! ! Everything has become a chore, no…
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weight loss
My brother is losing so much weight it is scary. He was diagnosed in August with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer with a grim prognosis. He just had his second round of chemo on Thursday and they drained 10 liters of fluid off of his stomach Friday. The pain is so bad and I can already tell that the fluid is coming back. He is…
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I'm new here
Hello, I'm new here but I could use some advise. My dad has lung cancer and I am not his only caregiver he does have a wife and I have two brothers. I recently was unemployed and two weeks later my dad got sick. So I am the one taking him to all his treatments and appointments ( I would not have it any other way) my dad…
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Happy Thanksgiving
This coming Monday is Thanksgiving here in Canada, I have much to be thankful for: My DH was dx'd with stage IV colon cancer almost five years ago: He was given 2 years at dx and had managed to hang on this long. I will gladly put up with him being a grouch, very short tempered, I will be his maid, and nursemaid. whatever…
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Hi, I'm new
Hi everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to this site. I have been on the colorectal site for a few months. I originally went on it to ask a question about my Moms colostomy bag and to also see if she wanted to participate. She didn't. My Mom is 79 years old. She was diagnosed with rectal cancer in March of…
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Terrified
My husband had surgery to remove his tumor 1 Octber 2010 which meant a complete laryngectomy. He has a stoma and for the past week has had two drainage tubes, one on each side of his neck (I call them bedbugs) One of the bedbugs was removed and the other one should be removed tomorrow. He is also having a swallow test to…
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a terrible thought
my dad's main complaint is his vision and balance issues....i had a horrible thought last night....what if his cancer goes into remission and he still has to walk with a walker and can't see well?? oh Lord....i know i need to stay positive but, WOW...it's hard! he was dx in april 2010 with NSCLC w/ mets to the brain. the…
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My dad is a very difficult patient
My dad has Stage IV pancreatic vs Gallbladder cancer. Unresectable. The big issue now is that he REFUSES to alter his eating habits to accomodate his digestive problems. He insists on eating like he's always eaten: pastrami, polish sausage etc, etc. I took him to the ER on Monday because he was heaving and having level 8…
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Oh Boy - He's Getting Better
Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits!! Bob is getting better. The last couple of days he seems to have turned some sort of corner. He is still very, very weak and has a long way to go but feels well enough to complain and pace back and forth between the bedroom, the kitchen and the patio. He sits in the bedroom recliner a…
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stage4
im a caregiver for my husdband who has stage4 liver colon cancer i dont know how to do all of this and is there any caregiver out there that knows of anyone who has won with this satge of cancer .
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Don't get discouraged
Almost 7 months after this tumor reared it's ugly head, after being initially told it was in-operable, after 2 craniotomies, 1 infection surgery and 1 bone flap removal, after 8 weeks of a Picc Line, after 7 months of broken up sleep (mine), the 4.8 cm tumor that was reduced to 5 mm after sugeries, is now NOT EVENING…