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    • User: "SonSon"

      Cancer humor

      Hey - I wanted to share a funny moment from my mother-in-law. She has metastatic breast cancer and has had mastectomy of her left breast. She has taken to teetering around and also fell in the bathroo…
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      Started by SonSon
      Most recent by sue Siwek
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    • User: "maliamad"

      help

      I am asking for help and i guess support. Today I feel so alone. I been married less then 2 month My huband has bone ca with unknow primary site. He just finished radiation to diffrerent sites in his …
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      4 comments
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      Started by maliamad
      Most recent by sue Siwek
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    • User: "sally72"

      too soon --- to say ........

      my husband is in hospice . i called the nurse to see how he's doing and see if he was awake to talk to , not wanting to wake him up if he were sleeping . she was oh he's sleeping most of the time then…
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      Started by sally72
      Most recent by MichelleP
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    • User: "Strella80"

      Please help! Can my boyfriends chemotherapy affect my skin or body thru fluids?

      My boyfriend is going through strong chemotherapy treatments via port and I am concerned that the chemotherapy can effect my health through the exchange of body fluids, specifically saliva. I have rec…
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      10 comments
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      Started by Strella80
      Most recent by slickwilly
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    • User: "Quiet Wife"

      ptss and cancer caregiver

      Hi: Many years ago I was diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome (not in the military). I have learned to cope pretty good with my stress but a couple of months ago my husband was diagnosed and …
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      5 comments
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      Started by Quiet Wife
      Most recent by soccerfreaks
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    • User: "sally72"

      grief and feeling so helpless/planning future

      my husband comes home from rehab tomorrow ... with hospice following close after . my husband and i have a soulmate relationship . it's ripping me up inside knowing that all too soon we will be sepera…
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      3 comments
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      Started by sally72
      Most recent by Amy41
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    • User: "SonSon"

      Rehashing the past

      I wonder what experiences others are having with their loved one reliving the past. Specifically - past trauma of initial treatments, surgery, pain and the like. My mother in law often starts to talk …
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      4 comments
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      Started by SonSon
      Most recent by terato
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    • User: "seanslove"

      chemo day 2 and three need hope

      Well,I can say all started out really well on the first day of chemo. Sean was hungry and ate some,however day two and the start of day three aren't not going as well. We have been dripping 5FU since …
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      1 comments
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      Started by seanslove
      Most recent by Hestia
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    • User: "backmar"

      MOM

      I guess I am just looking for advice. Mom was diagnosed with a sarcoma, April of 2006 I was lucky to be with her the whole time in the hospital and then back to be with her in June and July of that ye…
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      Started by backmar
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    • User: "whichwitch"

      sister has breast cancer

      My sister is trying her last try at chemo. The cancer is now in the bone marrow. She is ready to give up. I can feel it. I am supporting her in everyway but it is taking a toll on me. Just need to tal…
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      2 comments
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      Started by whichwitch
      Most recent by whichwitch
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    • User: "rwagner"

      Losing my dad

      Hello, everyone. What a wonderful place this is for all of us. I'm looking for strategies and support for helping my dad. He's got stage IV melanoma with mets in lung and brain. He beat melanoma twice…
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      2 comments
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      Started by rwagner
      Most recent by kristiepuff
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    • User: "seanslove"

      first day of chemo.........

      I wanted to post this for anyone else who maybe facing their first day of chemo. For my husband the first time sure did have him and I scared,however,upon arriving our fears were quickly laid to rest.…
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      5 comments
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      Started by seanslove
      Most recent by donnare
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    • User: "trr5073"

      HELP!! MY FIANCE'S FAMILY IS TREATING ME LIKE CRAP-WHY?

      HELP! DOES ANYONE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THERE IN-LAWS BEING NASTY SINCE A DIAGNOSIS? MY FIANCE WAS DIAGNOSED IN MARCH OF 2009 SO WE ARE REALLY NEW TO THIS WHOLE THING. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS HI…
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      2 comments
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      Started by trr5073
      Most recent by MichelleP
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    • User: "newbride"

      How do you deal with others

      I know everyone means well but, how do you tell people to back off and give me space. First I'm tired of everyone asking what they can do -- I have NO clue -- if I knew I would have already asked for …
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      15 comments
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      Started by newbride
      Most recent by seanslove
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    • User: "sally72"

      reversal and readjusting

      i have m. s. and my husband had always been my primary caretaker then in this last year he got cancer . it was so hard on him to have to need my help and not still always be the strong one ... at firs…
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      2 comments
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      Started by sally72
      Most recent by sally72
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    • User: "SonSon"

      Wheelchair???

      Hello, I am new to the website - and I am wondering if anyone has a transport wheelchair that is not being used anymore? Is there someplace on this website for finds like this? My mother in law is so …
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      5 comments
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      Started by SonSon
      Most recent by SonSon
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    • User: "Arniezwife"

      Oral chemo drug

      I am currently on FMLA from my workplace to care for my husband with NSCLC. He was diagnosed in Dec 2006. He had radiation & chemo back in Jan 07 and finished treatments by June 07. He had about a yea…
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      1 comments
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      Started by Arniezwife
      Most recent by glasus
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    • User: "nofarm"

      Well meaning friends and family

      Just for tonight, I'm going to be an ungreatful sister. Everytime my brother calls to see how my husband, 49, with side effects from colon cancer, chemo side effects and surgery screw-ups, (36 day hos…
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      29 comments
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      Started by nofarm
      Most recent by lily33
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    • User: "Bobshope"

      Caregiver Burnout

      I am new at this so please be paitent. My wife was diagnosed with stage4 breast cancer in 2006. She has been the love of my life for over 40 years and now I have reached a stage in her care that has t…
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      30 comments
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      Started by Bobshope
      Most recent by Bobshope
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    • User: "mstarkey"

      mourning dawns blog

      I am trying to fiind a blog or chat room called "mourning Dawns" for the people left behind from the battle of cancer I think it is for caregivers of EC
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      1 comments
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      Started by mstarkey
      Most recent by angelsbaby
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    • User: "dgrasso"

      My boyfriend has leukemia...I'm struggling

      Hi All. My boyfriend was diagnosed with ALL(Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) back in Sept 2008. It has been such an uphill battle since then. I have had such a hard time putting our relationship on the s…
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      2 comments
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      Started by dgrasso
      Most recent by Bobshope
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    • User: "Pnak"

      Caregivers with small children?

      My 32 year old husband got diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer on 4/23/09. He has fallen fast, and he is currently in the hospital. I have young children, 4 and 20 months, and I am having such a…
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      6 comments
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      Started by Pnak
      Most recent by lily33
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    • User: "jasmemphis"

      my husband has gastrointestional cancer, has had 6 chemo treatments.

      He has a feeding tube - a JPEG - and has not eaten anything by mouth for about 3 months and has no interest in doing so. His only activity is to get from the bedroom to the room that has his computer …
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      3 comments
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      Started by jasmemphis
      Most recent by lily33
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    • User: "TammieT"

      Life has changed

      Hi, I am new here and it has been 3 1/2 years since my husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer. He survived and we are eternally greatful. We are so different now, he is so different now. I think the…
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      9 comments
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      Started by TammieT
      Most recent by lily33
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    • User: "david54"

      Update on ankle

      A few weeks ago I posted about my fractured left ankle. I am a caregiver for my wife with stage 4 colon cancer, 18 months with chemotherapy. I needed surgery on my ankle, (June 2nd) a plate over my fi…
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      2 comments
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      Started by david54
      Most recent by MichelleP
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    • User: "AnneS"

      Exhaustion, feeling desperate

      Dear All. My mother has advanced colon cancer and in a 'last ditch effort' is being treated with Cetuximab. She developed an abdominal fistula end of April. We are originally from Denmark, but are exp…
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      11 comments
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      Started by AnneS
      Most recent by slickwilly
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    • User: "HonuBeginnings"

      Mother is getting weaker by the day and so am I

      It is so hard with me all the way in Las Vegas while she is in Hawaii. However, I can't go and stay in Hawaii. I have a husband and daughter that need me as well as dealing with my own medical issues.…
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      2 comments
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      Started by HonuBeginnings
      Most recent by Cindy54
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    • User: "knarrman"

      Wife has ovarian cancer, Mom has chronic pancreatitus and cihhrosis of the liver and I'm an only chi

      Hi, My name is Brian. It's my first time on these boards. I'm an only child. My wife and I have 3 children together. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on 10/17/08, and it was staged at 1c on 11/4/…
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      1 comments
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      Started by knarrman
      Most recent by zahalene
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    • User: "neetsmalik"

      looking for young adult children of survivors for documentary

      Hi, both my mother and father suffer from cancer. My mother is a breast cancer survivor and my father is currrently struggling with multiple myeloma. I am only 25 years old and the challenge of dealin…
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      9 comments
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      Started by neetsmalik
      Most recent by mellyb10
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    • User: "akbetty"

      My husband doesn't want to be left alone

      I'm having a problem because my husband doesn't want me to leave the house anymore. I have to rely on my mother and my friends to take my daughter to preschool, to take my older kids to their activiti…
      249 views
      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by akbetty
      Most recent by slickwilly
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