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My Mom is starting chemo next week.
She had surgery. The tumor was 2.5cm. Her doctor got clear margins and he thinks they got it all. Her oncologist says it's standard to do chemo for tumors over 2.0cm. From what I've read, the survival rate for older women (she's 66) with early stage breast cancer (she's Stage 2) is only 2% better with chemo. I just hate to…
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My dad's tests came out clean. Remission
He is offically in remission and his bone marrow transplant took. While this is adult children of survivors, I am only 17. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma when I was 15 and had to become a caretaker. I'm so happy he's in remission. He'll be able to go to my high school graduation next year. He'll be able to send me…
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Cancer claims my fathers left leg
My father had to have his left leg amputated on March 27, 2003. It was a life saving operation that was very hard for all of us(family) to accept. Yet for my father it was a blessing because of the pain and suffering that he had been going through for 5 months. He hasn't been the same lately. I thought that at his age (63)…
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saying "no" to treatment
This is my first entry. I have been reading through the messages and discussion in regards to lung cancer,and am amazed at how similar the stories sound. My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in September, a large 12cm size tumor which was discovered after he coughed up a little bit of blood. He had a lung resection…
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So far away
My sister was diagnosed and treated for her lung cancer with some experimental treatments. She's been cancer free for almost 3 years now. However, she suffers from such excruciating pains in her head that the pain has started to take over her life. She's gone from doctor to doctor and has found no relief. She talks about…
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Survivors who are now cargivers
I am a 2 1/2 year durvivor of ovarian cancer. My husband is currently battling Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer. I would like to talk to others who have been double slammed.
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Stress
Hi,I am really feeling a lot of stress as I help my husband. I was wondering if anyone has any special suggestions as to how to control stress while all this is going on. Thank you. swantia
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Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
I'm trying to find other people who have had experience with WM. My grandfather was just diagnosed last month and has also just completed his first week of chemo.
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Caregiver perspective
I'm brand new to chat rooms. I also am a Christian and strongly believe in prayer. My wife has nsc adenocarcinoma. They have removed her upper left lung and a lymph node on the aorto pulmonary artery and treated her with chemo. She started radiation on a second lymph node last week. She does not want to go to any support…
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Lost my Mom 6-23-03, now my Dad is sick
About nine months ago I lost my Mom to brain cancer. She had been battling cancer of one type or another for almost ten years. In the months before her death I ran myself ragged trying to travel every weekend, to my parents home three hours away, to try and give my Dad a break. During this time I had health problems of my…
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moms depression
My mom had surgery last month for tongue cancer which was pretty radical. She has undergone alot more than she anticipated with the surgery and recovery and is now starting chemo and radiation. She is having a very difficult time with depression and nausea. I am having a hard time getting her to talk about how she is…
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lymphomatoid granulomatosis
has anybody had experience with this one. It's rare and I am looking for any successful treatments
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my mother had a melignant brain tumor
my mother had a milignant brain tumor. she has since passed on jan 2 2001. its not an easy thing to go through. my mother was very independent and didnt like being knocked down so early she was only 55. you have to give them the most possitive attitude you can. i became here home health provider the lastyear and a half of…
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Dad with terminal cancer
I'm new to the ACS support pages, but am very grateful for all it has to offer. My father has recently decided to end his chemotherapy treatments and will begin receiving Hospice care. I wanted to know if anyone has suggestions about literature and other material that might help me come to terms with his illness and the…
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My friend lost his mother to lung Cancer Yesterday
My ex-boyfriend recently lost his mother to lung cancer yesterday. He was so close to her and is resistent to talking about it. I am not pushing it, rather letting him know I am availble to talk or just sit if he needs me. However, I have been lucky in life to not go through this personally. I would like to know if anyone…
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Guilt
We started this process in August for the third time. The first time mom was diagnosed with cancer I was just a child. The last two times I've been grown. But this is the 3rd time, and the doctors say the last. This time I live with my mom and have become fully responsible for her care. Things weren't bad at first, but…
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Am I alone?
I lost my mother 21 years ago this year, but it still feels like yesterday. I realize that this may not be the right forum to ask this question, but will I ever stop being frightened of dying of cancer? I have had my own scare when they found a lump in my breast that turned out to be begnign and something they said I…
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My Mom
My mother had breast cancer 24 years ago when she was only 30 years old. She never told me or my siblings about it until we were young adults. She kept all the pain to herself because we were very young children. Just the other day we were talking about it and she said that she never felt well after the chemo (she had…
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No energy. How do I go on?
My husband died of cancer January 18, 2003. My only child, 26 years old, son has leukemia. I am 47 with colon cancer. I had sugery last March with follow-up chemo therapy. I was coping pretty well until the death of my only support, my husband. He was diagnosed just a couple of months ago with prostate cancer but it had…
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After treatment woes
My mother has completed her chemotherapy, but remains completely paralyzed in the sense that she is now hypochondrical. I'm not sure what to do because it seems that everyday she thinks she has another disease: diabetes, heart disease, etc. Has anyone dealt with this and helped their parent overcome this?
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I want to help eliminate Cancer
I am looking for people in the Los Angeles area interested in supporting ACS in a Relay for Life event. I am a recent survivor looking for others to join me in the fight.
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New & confused
My husband was diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer on April 16. I am unsure where to turn for help and support; even just to talk about what to expect or how I can help him. I also need suggestions with how to help him and our 11 yr old son deal with this .
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Newbie, hubby has melanoma
Came in here today because dealing big time with stress. Thought it might help to meet other care givers.
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New to the list
Hello, I am so excited to have found a place to go and talk with people who understand what a family goes through when cancer joins the family. I really don't quite know what to say. My Mom is 55, she originally was diagnosed with sclc in Oct.2000. In Jan 2001 they said the cancer was no longer there. She started topotican…
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Husband is in Stage IV Adenocarcinoma
Hi, I am new to this site. My 53 year old husband was diagnosed 2/14/02 with Stage IV Adenocarcinoma of the outside of his small intestine, colon, and stomach. He was given less than a year to live. All tests he had previously had to surgery were normal, even PET Scan. He had an obstruction and the surgeon opened him and…
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How to encourage father to continue chemotherapy
My dad just finished his first round of chemotherapy to treat a retroperitoneal sarcoma. The chances that chemotherapy will reduce his disease are about 30-40%. Although it first seemed as if he was tolerating the chemo relatively well, several days ago he developed very painful mouth sores. Now he is unsure about whether…
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why is there no money for kids who want to go to school and they have lost a parent to cancer
I'm twenty years old and about two years ago I lost my dad to lung cancer. He had been smoke free for three years and we found out he had cancer. In les then six months he died. By the fourth month he had no idea who his own kids were. My mom was working full time and I had drop out of school to work full time so we could…
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New Love
I met J, in September and we really hit it off. We were like a couple of 16 year olds! We dated 2 and 3 times a week. Then in October, he was diagnosed with cancer--5 tumors in his back. As I am sure you all know, that changed everything. He has been undergoing radiation every other day for over 5 weeks (has a 6 week…
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need to talk
Just looking for someone to talk to. My husband is getting ready to go through another reoccurance of NHL. He made it through his tem cell translant but now it looks like it is back. I'm having a hard time
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my dad and his cancer
Hi I am a 26 year old step daughter of a wonderful man who is dieing of colon cancer. I am at a loss for what to do or say to my mother and step dad. He has stopped his chemo treatments about 3 months ago and now his cancer has caused another suspected blockage. It is really difficult to see someone who has had such an…