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To my dad (R.I.P)
Pops, I find myself dealing with breast cancer yet again, this time, not as a son, but as a husband. I do not know how to deal with this, I do not know how to handle this. I need the strength you had in 1973, I need your advice on how to deal with and handle everything that is to come our way, I need your wisedom, I need…
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Be out of it for a while
Been having real bad panic attacks and my mom was talking about euthanasia on Friday. Can't really cope too much anymore but I am sorry to say I don't think I have to for much longer. Her ideas about aid-in-dying were primarily due to Lunesta, which was helping her sleep for a few days but after about day 4 worked less and…
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Is it okay to tell others my mother has brain cancer?
So, I have decided to give up on the idea of doing an internship this summer because: 1) I want to be available for my mom, who I will get to see in late June and then again in mid-August. 2) I am having heart surgery. These past few days when graduate school colleagues have asked about my summer plans, I have finally…
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Kids are sick!
Hi - Anyone have young children who live in the same house as your "patient"? I have three, and my 3 year old has an ear infection and an upper respiratory thing going on. coughing like crazy. I can't keep my mom away from her! Everytime I turn my back, my mom is holding her, trying to take care of her. At my daughters…
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Looking for suggestions on transportation assistance
My daughter lives in a remote area of Washington. Can you suggest how I can find some assistance with providing ground transportation to get her to her weekly treatments? We live in Georgia so I'm looking for help in the Bremerton/Port Orchard area.
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Preparing for the end
My Mom's fight with uterine cancer is coming to an end. I had to make the decision to have her DNR yesterday. She was started on a Morphine drip this afternoon. She is in pain from the mouth sores and the fungal infection. We are just trying to keep her as comfortable as possible. This is such a sad and depressing time.
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My mom passed away Mothers Day weekend...
I posted this on the emotional support board as well, but this board is where I posted the most so wanted to share with you as well. Although I wasn't a member of this board for long, I wanted to post that my mom passed away Saturday May 8th from lung cancer. The last 3 months since her diagnosis have been such a…
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Asparagus????
Has anyone ever heard of using purreed cooked asparagus as a Treatment in addition to chemo and rads? Sounds harmless enough,(2 teaspoons of the purree in the am and two in the pm) , but has anyone tried it? I received an article via email from a friend and just thought I'd ask.
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Young Caregivers?
I am 15 and my mom was diagnosed with Brain Cancer 10 months ago. It has really been hard on me, since my mom has always ment the world for me. I have been struggling with a lot of changes and been going through depression. I don't know if anyone, maybe around my age, can relate to me, but I have been feeling really alone…
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caregiver
My husband was diagnosed in December, 2009 with stage three lung cancer which metasisized to the brain and is now stage 4 in both lungs. He has never been in a hospital, was in great health and is not a good patient at all. He has received chemo and radiation and was put on steroids which caused diabetes and a lot of other…
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End-of-Life Care for Stage 4 Lung CA
My brother was diagnosed three weeks ago, very late in the disease process, with Stage 4 lung cancer. He has schizophrenia, as well as cancer. We just moved him from the hospital to a nursing home. At least one family member visits him every day. Usually more than one family member visits each day, and we try to go at…
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please let me know is the ingredients I use to make in my soaps will be allowed to be used
My brother is going through chemo and rad. He finished 6 weeks and is beginning another round this week. he said his doctor told him to use only Ivory soap. I have a small business and have been in business for 4 years making high quality homemade soap. Many are all natural and a few with goats milk without scent. I want…
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Feeling Guilty
My husband and I went to get the results of his latest CAT scan. It was the three year check up after colon cancer surgery and 30 weeks of chemo. The chemo changed him, it aged him and he really never recovered fully. He is 62. We were blindsided when the doctor said there is a mass in his abdomen at the surgery site that…
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New to this, Mom just Diagnosed stage 3b lung cancer
I guess i'm still numb. My youthful 70 year old mother has cancer. She appears to be fine right now except for the blood she coughs up daily. I know this will not always be the case. We just got her diagnosis yesterday so we have alot more tests to go thru before we can start any kind of treatment. Surgery is not an option…
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Can't Cope Anymore!
I am a 33 year old caregiver to my husband who has stage IV kidney cancer. We have 3 small children and have been married 11 years. My husband's first surgery to remove his tumor and kidney was over 5 years ago. Since then we have endured several surgeries and chemo therapies. Currently he is taking Nexavar an doesn't seem…
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feeling really selfish...
Two years ago, my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and with a single operation, she was cured of it. No radiation or chemotherapy needed. It was a miracle. This past June she was diagnosed with breast cancer with lymph node involvement. This required many surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, and now arimadex. My…
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My Mom is gone
After a year long battle with uterine cancer, my Mom passed away yesterday afternoon at 3:15. She was not alone when she died. My husband was with me at the time along with my brother and sister in law. My cousins were also there to see her pass. It is a sad and difficult time. I love her so much and miss her dearly. No…
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how to cope with being a caregiver and seeing your loved one in pain??
hi...my 65 year old mom has GBM stage 4 brain cancer..i have been her caregiver since she was diagnosed in jan of this year...im a very strong woman.i have been strong though all this..but most recently i have just been feeling so sad all the time not for me but for her.....the last two months she has had problems with her…
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My job prospects are quickly disappearing
I started graduate school a few months before my mom was diagnosed with brain cancer. I am her only child, she is unmarried, and has only one sister. So, the caregiving falls on me. She lives overseas, and we can pay for round-the-clock help. But, I want to be there for her emotionally. But, it also means that I cannot…
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An update...
First off, thank you to everyone who replied to my earlier post under "My mom attacked..." At her doctor's appointment she was more cognizant than she has been for a few days, which was nice. However, she told her doctor that she didn't like hospice, in general, just because she felt it was invasive (to her privacy) and…
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Thank you
Thank you all for your concern during these last few days of my Mom's battle with uterine cancer. I know this is not the time to think of me but I can't help but feel guilty that we argued before she went into the hospital. I kept insisting she be more active and she kept resisting. I thought she was stronger than she…
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Birthday
Today would have been Dales 49th birthday. I lost him in March to this god awful thing called cancer. My vent is all these people saying "celebrate the good things about his life" dont they have any idea that I feel like my insides are being ripped out of me right now. I miss him so bad that I really cant find it in me to…
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Despirate for advice, mom has been in critical condition for nearly 2 months
Please accept my cry out for help. I have no where else to turn. I have exhausted all of my resources... I am completely at ends with this, and I just need good wholesome advice =\. I am the son [25 years old] of my mother [49 years old] and am currently tasked with making her medical decisions. My mom is a surviving…
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Who treats the emotional well being?
While visiting my mom in the hospital last night her primary doctor came in to see her. My mom proceeded to tell her that she cries all night long. That her heart hurts and not physically but that it hurts for her daughers (myself and my sister) and for her grandson who have to take care of her and visit her daily. She…
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cancer=life
Lately I feel like my whole life has been consumed by cancer. My mom was diagnosed 10 months ago, but lately it just seems like everything I do has to do with cancer. What good can cancer bring? Maybe the family closer together? I know for a fact it made me more patient with my mom. Everytime someone talks to me it is…
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Caregiver having heart surgery: Should I tell the truth?
My mom was diagnosed with glioblastoma in January of 2010. She recently finished chemo and radio, and she is doing very well. She finished the therapy with no side effects (except for some mild hearing loss). She is exercising, keeps an active social schedule, and will return to work on Monday. For the first time since…
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When the person with cancer declines services at home
My husband has brain cancer. His tumor is continuing to grow despite chemotherapy. He was receiving home care : physical therapy, occupational therapy and home health aide services, but when he got the news about the growth of the tumor he cancelled the services. He was supposed to start a new chemotherapy regime last…
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Where to find people to help?
We are looking at all aspects of care for my mom as she undergoes chemo. Right now she is in the hospital but they will soon be releasing her. Its just my sister and I. We both work full time and I have a husband and a special needs child at home. We will be hiring a nurse/caregiver for the hours we are at work. So that…