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Depressed
I've went through chemo and radiation for breast cancer, and doing fine. It has been 7 months since the last treatment, which I'm so glad, but now I just so down and thats reaaly not at all me. I ended up with lymphodema and have gotten cellulitis in my arm twice. I wear a sleeve and do what they tell me, but does not seem…
is it wrong of me?
in a few days i go back to my doctor and get the results of my recent pet scan what i want to know is , is it wrong of me to kinda hope to have cancer again? cause i feel like its all i know at this moment and i guess i just feel lost as to how to go on or what to even do. i feel like a monster for hoping it to happen.
Should I divorce him now? Long post but I have no one to open up with
Hello everyone! I apologize in advance, this is long… but I’ve been holding all of this in for so long… I'm 33, and l've been married for 4 years to my 43 year old husband. I always said I wouldn't do long distance relationship, but life has a way of surprising us, right?.... I'm in the US, he's in the Caribbean. When we…
I've been fighting insurance and medical bills not cancer
In August 2024, I was diagnosed with renal cancer that had spread and attached itself to my spine. I work for myself, so I got private health insurance. They would only insure me for one year at a time. My insurance expired on November 7,2024, but that's alright because I got on my wife's company's plan. My old insurance…
Survivor's Anxiety
I am "cancer-free" now, but mentally I feel worse than during all the treatments! Has anyone else experienced this? I have tremendous anxiety over any possible situation and I wake up every morning in a panic attack. I am looking into therapy but does anyone else have any ideas for me? Thank you.
No one really understands
I'm going to post this here and I fully expect it to be taken down. It's taboo and it's ignored accordingly. I haven't posted here in a very long time. In 2019 at age forty-two I was diagnosed with stage three rectal cancer. No one asked me what I wanted, I was given no options. It was just "Here's what we're going to do.…
Guilt
Hello, my fiance was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Not sure what exact stage yet but at least a T4 N3 disease, which honestly I am not even sure what that means. I will be the main person taking care of him, if he is able to leave the hospital at some point. Currently he is received radiation to hopefully shrink a…
CAREGIVER REMINDER
As a caregiver, we know how difficult it is to watch a loved one battle cancer. It is terrifying to watch the person you care about so deeply grow weak, lose their hair, not be able to eat, and in worse times lose all of their independence in the world. Often times, you as the caregiver feel helpless. There is nothing you…
Narcissistic sister with terminal cancer
My sister who has this past year been given a terminal cancer diagnosis with no specific time frame as the consultants say they have not seen a cancer like hers before. Since her diagnosis she has been ruthless with family tearing us apart. She has a 7 year old daughter and l have a 7 year old son. Initially l was asked to…
Have you been ghosted?
I feel like I have lost so many people since I told them about my cancer diagnosis. Friends and family both. I wish I could go back in time and not even tell them. It’s so painful to process that they haven’t even texted me a “how are you doing”. Cancer without any support is really horrible. Thanks for reading.
Needed Support
I Was dignosed in 2023. I have been doing Immotheraphy since September. But now They say I need a byospy on the left side of my neck where it all started. They found a small spot on the left side of my neck. They say it is bigger then it was last year. I'm scared and don't know what to expect. Does anyone know what they…
Stage 4 Signet Ring cell adenocarcinoma
Hi good night, I know this is a late post but I am petrified for my mom. She has been diagnosed with stage 4 signet ring cell adenocarcinoma since April of this year. She was completely healthy until she complained about pain in her stomach and not being able to eat much. Is there anyone with this prognosis out there? I am…
High Suspicion of Malignancy
Hello, I am a young(er) survivor of childhood cancer (now 25 went into remission at 13). I previously had Ewing's Sarcoma in my right hip socket. For years I've had a high WBC count, and just recently am having it checked out. Via a CT an enlarged lymph node was found and via an ultrasound the results said there is a "high…
Anger
Hello, Just looking for some place to connect with others caring for a dying spouse who is angry, hateful and actually cruel with his words. Been married 45 years, he was a functioning alcoholic and I was the enabler. I am a 10 year Lung cancer survivor who by all means should not be here except by the grace of GOD. He is…
How do I cope if she won’t allow any us to accept it?
Hi Everyone first let me say thank you to anybody who has advice, experience, or opinions on this post. I am about to say some things that will make me sound like a monster but please understand I just want you to hear both sides and I feel it’s important to make sure I express my feelings as well for this situation to…
Mother who won't talk about her cancer how do I cope?
Hello everyone I am hoping by sharing this story I can find some of you who have delt with a similar situation to mine as I am struggling very bad with coping and processing what's going on with my mothers cancer. So first if you're here reading this, Thank You. I am no stranger to losing loved ones to cancer it has run on…
Loss of 2 significant others to cancer
About Me - Share your story and let other CSN members get to know you.I, too, lost 2 significant others to cancer. I was with my first husband for 25 years, together since 16 yrs old. We were married for 15 of those years with 3 children. Twelve yrs ago he was dx with Stage 4 Lung Cancer, passed 3 months later. Beyond…
Scared
my wife has been crying everyday and night because she is terrified she is going to be a widow. I have always been her rock! but I want to be scared also and still be her rock!
Breast Cancer
Hello everybody i'm new here to this group. i'm glad i have find a place to express how i'm feeling.i just find out i had breast cancer on nov.5 and on the 20th i had both breast removed.i just turned 44 this month...i'm really afraid that it will come back some place else now...my whole family has had breast cancer except…
Another Spouses Story ILC Stage 4
We started our journey with a marriage proposal at 55 for both of us in Chamonix France. Then married in So Cal. She was diagnosed 6 months before the wedding with ILC that had spread to a large mass in her lymph system under her arm pit. After surgeries and a lumpectomy we prepared for the wedding getting infusions and…
How to deal with unsupportive family
I have never posted anything and not sure what I am doing. Please forgive me if I am posting in wrong place. I did a search for unsupportive family and message appear to be from 5 years ago or older. 16 months ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I am 52, single and my family live on the other side of the huge state of…
Caregivers Chatroom
We are trying to get a caregivers chatroom together. We are meeting in room 2 @ 7 pm est, 6 central, 5 mountian, & 4 pacific. All caregivers & surviving caregivers are welcome. Please come & join us. Paula
Help when diagnosed with a Rare Form of Cancer is very hard
I finally found a doctor in my state that knows about Carcinoid Cancer and i went to him yesterday for the first time only to be told we don't see patients here at this hospital or cancer clinic that does'nt have health insurance.I finally ended having to scrape up $100.00 just to be seen and talk with this doctor whom i…
Disfigured
I had throat cancer and went through chemo radiation clean up.just like all of u I had some lyphmnodes removed as well as saliva glands 5 years later I feel and look great but I feel disfigured. U wouldn't know I went through cancer unless I told you but the scar is mental and I know it is I don't feel unwanted ...I just…
Support Group
I have been trying to find an in-person survivor support group near me I live in Fort Scott Kansas and I having real trouble finding this would anyone know of anything place I could go or where I would even look for one? The discussion boards are great but I fill I need to connect with other people around me that have gone…
New Merkel diagnosis
Hi everyone, It sucks to even be on this website. I just found out my dad was diagnosed with Merkel cancel. His PET scan and surgery aren't scheduled until January 7th so we won't know anything for several weeks. I'm somewhere between shock, panic, feeling like i'm going to vomit, all the feelings i'm sure everyone on here…
Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
Hi everyone. I am a 29 year old mother of a 13 year old, 8 year old, and 4 month old. I have just been diagnosed with cervical cancer. I haven't even found out what stage yet and to say I am scared, upset, nervous is an understatement. I don't know how to feel or what to think. I don't know what the steps are or what to…
Late effects of treatment
i Was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2020 and had a radical hysterectomy, radiation and chemo after finding it spread to my pelvic lymph nodes. I was strong, smiling, at peace during treatment. Sure, it sucked but all other life stressors faded a way and everyone was so nice, so helpful. I’m two years in remission…
Grief process
Hello, I'm curious about dealing with the loss of my mom. I lost her on April 4, 2022, I keep thinking it's time for me to move forward with finding a new path. Many days I'm at peace with her being gone and grateful that she is no longer in pain, yet I'm still feeling stuck, and when I'm about to get on a new path a new…
thoughts on "radiation song" lyrics ?
I finished rad & chemo (after surgery) in early Dec of last year. Have been posting in head & neck section. I came across Sheryl Crow's song "Make it Go Away" and wonder what your thoughts are about the line I have bolded. it's confusing to me.... Sometimes I wonder, Which hurts the worse The thought of dying, Or reliving…

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