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Reactions to chemo
Does anyone have neuoropothy due to chemo? My dad's legs have real sharp pains in them? He just started chemo and I wondered if anyone else has had this and what to do about the pain? He is on three types of chemo. Thank you...
bringing in hospice
Well after we were sent home from the er we went to the cancer center and they sent us back to the ER due to the swelling, They kept him there for 2 days, and said there is not much more we can do for Jack and sent us home, they really have not told us why he is swelling, he is now on 2 times the steriods, his eyes is…
I'm taking a break from the boards
My news lately is just too depressing and I don't want to bring anymore bad news here. I know all of you are having a hard time fighting this disease and trying to stay positive. You can't do that by reading about my news, so I just want to say thank you to everyone for all the help and support you've given me. I might be…
Any Advice?
I am looking for any advice I can get. My brother's wife was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer in June. Fortunately they caught it quickly and she is doing fantastic. She is amazing and has truly been an inspiration. Only 2 more chemo treatments left! My brother on the other hand is not doing so well. He has become so…
Farewell
My mother-in-law died on Tuesday afternoon. Her funeral was Wednesday. There were only 5 days that she did not eat or drink, and less than 2 of those days laboring to breath. I decided to display some of the snapshots she brought with her by using hairpins to clip them to the nearby lampshade. That is when I noticed she'd…
Weakness & Confusion long after treatment
My mother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in January of 09. She had chemo and radiation. Treatments stopped around June of this year. She seemed to handle the treatments ok. She stopped eating and lost alot of weight but other than that seemed pretty much the same mentally. She has had 2 scans and both were…
Im scared
Jack is getting worst today, the swelling in his face is so bad his eye is shut, We went to the ER they sent us home and said it was from the chemo and the steriods, His sister is a nurse and telling different things, like swelling in the brain, We have an appointment again with his doctors and chemo not sure what they are…
Not such good news
My partner has stage 4 colon cancer with mets to the bone, and we just got CT scan results which show a partially collapsed lung, enlarged prostate and arterio-sclerosis. I try to stay focused on what's good but it's not always so easy. This forum definitely helps...
Conmen and cancer.
My mother passed away from colon cancer last year after having it metastasize into her liver. Before passing away my brother-in-law bilked her out of $19,000 for his supposed cancer treatments. The only problem with that is, he does not have cancer. I found this out shortly before she died. Come to find out he has gotten…
Is he escaping
Has anyone experience with there loved one, where they are doing really good and then all of a sudden they just crash, Jack will be feeling good one day and then the next day he is not doing good at all, and it can even happen in the same day, He is on his second week of chemo and he is tolerating it good, He is starting…
My husband was sent home to die
I need help. My husbands tumors are in the liver he has been through 6 chemos already not one of them worked. Today they told him they cannot do anything now. They told him to get a transplant but he is to risky to do so due to the clots in his portal vein. Wow what can I say the emotions we are dealing with right now are…
Taking care of Mom
My Mother survived breast cancer 7yrs ago. In April she found out that she has Ovarian cancer stage 3C. She had a hysterectomy and they were supposed to take her stomach lining at the same time, but the surgeon found more than what he expected. The stomach lining had more cancer than they had thought, she has a tumor on…
Is this normal...should I do anything?
Hubby was diagnosed with GBM (stage IV) in Mar 09. He had a rough April and was back in hospital in May to fix up a tear in his stitches from the first op that had not healed. Since then he has been steadily getting better. He has a possible regrowth but it apparently is not growing at all at the moment. He has returned to…
Dad with Leukemia and Question about Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
My dad aka my best friend has been diagnosed with AML on my birthday oct 23, 2008. At first I felt like God was punishing me for bringing something like this on my birthday but now I try to think about it as a lucky day. If it wasn't for that day maybe it might have been too late and because it was my birthday all the…
Trying to accept
I am trying to accept the fact that we are nearing the end. I did not think this would happen so quickly. My husband had a good day last Tuesday, but then a bad night, and he just kept getting worse. We were supposed to go to the doctor on Thursday, but I called and told them there was no way I could get him there. I just…
isolating is this a stage they go through
I think he is at the isolation change, We have 3 extra bedrooms, the drums room, our bedroom and the hospital room I call in, ( it has the hospital bed, O2 , basically all of his medical equipment, but I have also set it fo him to be comfortable because Jack wakes up alot in te night, So he has cable, playstation, stero,…
IV Fluids / Nutrition
INFORMAL POLL : Why would we / wouldn't we have an IV started for mother-in-law for fluids/nutrients at this stage (she has not eaten or drank for past 3 days and refuses to open mouth for pills - and chokes on them when we do get them in)? Please opine away - I want to hear people's opinion both for and against doing…
ways to celebrate?
My husband has metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. Started in his tongue last fall, had 1/3 of tongue removed in January. Spread to lymphnodes in July, had 2 neck dissection surgeries in August. The surgeries were really hard (lots of unexpected complications and agonizing pain). He will begin chemo and radiation the end…
How do I cope?
My husband has stage IV GBM. He was diagnosed May 1, 2009. My emotions are almost as bad as his. I am trying to cope with the cancer and the terrible prognosis. Then I have to deal with our kids 10,12 and 17. Now I am losing him due to his new discovery that our marriage is over and it is too late to fix it. (This came out…
Thanks for the visit
Well, mother-in-law has not been eating or drinking for 3 days now. Her internal wiring is going haywire. Twitching, sweats and chills, the labored breathing. Just received a visit from a long time family friend. It feels so good to have a visitor. It was hard for him because he also has cancer and been struggling with…
Loss of bowel/urine control?? Is this normal???
My father who is 86 has cancer in the bile duct. It is not operable and he has started Gezmar chemo treatment once a week. He just finished his third treatment on Thursday. Last night he did not have any control over his bowel/urine movements? Is this normal??? He does not want to go to the ER because he is afraid that…
cancer has taken over
Feel like Im losing the battle, emotionally for Jack, I have fallen in to a depression, and Im stuck, I get up in the morning get Jacks, meds, flush his pik line and feed him and then start cleaning, and continue making sure he gets enough nutientment through the day, watch tv, and sleep then I wake up make dinner for his…
cancer has taken over
Feel like Im losing the battle, emotionally for Jack, I have fallen in to a depression, and Im stuck, I get up in the morning get Jacks, meds, flush his pik line and feed him and then start cleaning, and continue making sure he gets enough nutientment through the day, watch tv, and sleep then I wake up make dinner for his…
cancer has taken over
Feel like Im losing the battle, emotionally for Jack, I have fallen in to a depression, and Im stuck, I get up in the morning get Jacks, meds, flush his pik line and feed him and then start cleaning, and continue making sure he gets enough nutientment through the day, watch tv, and sleep then I wake up make dinner for his…
Managing stress
My partner and I have been together for 19 years. 2 years ago he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. In a nutshell, he's done chemo, had a recurrence, did radiation, and now has another recurrence, this time a tumor growing inside the bone of his sacrum. He started a new chemo regimen 3 weeks ago which includes…
Experience with administrating IV's in ports
Has anyone had experience administrating IV antibiotics into the port? I have a home health nurse that will be doing this for my husband 2 times a day and then I myself will do the same they tell me in addition to flushing the port itself. I've never experienced anything like this before and I'm really nervous about it.…
caregivers need to help & support each other...
Cancer is a horrible way for anyone to live and to live with it, it's so easy to fall into that rut, of doing it all, taking care of your spouse, significant others, fathers mothers, a child, friends, and the list goes on.. I have been living with cancer for 11 months now, my fiance, who was d/x last Aug 1st 2008 with…
Support Groups for Care Givers
Does anyone know of a good support group for family members dealing with a sick veteran? My grandparents live far from the rest of the family, in West Virginia and my Grandfather is battling cancer and the aftermath of a stroke. My grandmother has a lot on her shoulders taking care of him and my uncle who is also a Vet…
Medical care & Sci-fi movies
My hubby was in the hospital last week again with pneumonia. On the 3rd day they told me he was ready to leave (which I still doubt) and they wanted to send him to what they called a "Rehab facility" for about 2 weeks for physical therapy. When he was released from the hospital we went to this "rehab facility" which was…
home from the doctors
Well it was good news about Jacks appointment, with the trachea, It is the right size the problem is his salivia glands are not producing enough salvia, which is keeping his throat so dry, they were suppose to tell us about the salaine bullets, to put in his trachea to keep it moist, see we always learn as we go, I am…

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