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My Story
Hello to my fellow survivors and survivors to be! I just joined this site. This is the first time I have EVER posted about my journey with the cowardly kidney cancer RCC that I was diagnosed with in November of 2005. Before I joined I read just about every post regarding our specific journey with this disease. I was…
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Cancer and in College
Hi, I am new to the Cancer Survivors Network. I am indeed a cancer survivor...when I was four months old I was diagnosed with a brain tumor the size of a golf ball. I underwent many rounds of chemo, radiation, tens of surgeries, and a bone marrow transplant. I have probably gone through more, but many years later I just do…
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Afraid of never loving or dating again.
New Identity, I live in an area where there are not really support groups or everywhere I go I know some one, and this is something I want to start in some area's fresh. I stay hidden away, I want to learn to start living, instead of dying. Being emotionally alone sucks. How will I find a new life to look forward to…
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NODULAR MELANOMA
Greetings to all..! 10 days ago I was diagnosed with Nodular Melanoma Stage 2b, possible 3b. Tumor thickness 3.15mm Clark Level IV. My tumor was in my left shoulder and last night we also discover a small gross inside the mouth below the teeth on the gum. And in a magnifying glass it look like Melanoma the size of a dry…
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I am terribly numb, broken, and feel alone. I long for friends
I posted this in the 'Young Survivors' forum as well, but I wasn't sure where it would best be placed. I hope this is alright...I would just really like a response :( Hello, I'd like to give just a little background on myself before I go into detail on my subject. I was diagnosed with testicular cancer when I was 18 and…
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I'm drunk, my mom is dying of cancer, and I feel weak
I'm sorry for any spelling or gramer. Giving my personality, I had to get quite drunk to get in touch with my emotions on this matter. My mother is dying from melonoma that has infected her legs, abdamon, lungs, neck, and other parts. I am 22 years old and completely clueless. I know I should be spending every moment I can…
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Anyone out there with stage 4 colon cancer / went to the lung?
please let me know , my husband has stage 4 cancer and we can find anymore out there to talk with and who is surviving .... Help . thanks
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Lost, Alone & Broke
Hi Warriors, I haven't posted in quite a while. I am a 3 year survivor of Head & Neck Cancer, and am very grateful to God, my Sisters, and this forum of friends who have been with me throughout this new norm. During my tx, my husband was uncaring, and unresponsive to my needs - a glass of water? Well, I left him. I have…
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Terrified of reading online materials - Fiance with Colon Cancer Stage IV
Hi all, This is my first time posting here and my first time actually coming online to any information site regarding cancer since my fiance was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. I don't even know how to phrase or explain what I want your opinion on, so please bear with me. As I said, my fiance was diagnosed with a…
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Just lost my mother to cancer age 39
My mother passed away age 39 on the 13th of feb 2013 at 10.48am she was diagnosed with cervical cancer only a year early .. It was the hardest year of my life but nothing was harder than now after she passed just over 3months ago . I am 19 years old I have a brother who just turned 16 on the 3rd of may and my dads not in…
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motorcycle group
Hi :o ) My name is Susy & I live in S. Md. I have been trying for 2 yrs to pull this idea together & my local Relay for Life co-ordinator mentioned FB but I thought I'd try here also. I am a multiple cancer survivor in remission for almost 15 yrs. My kids are grown & I wanted to get frisky (in my old age of 58) so I took a…
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Dressing around the steroid belly...i know it sounds like a minor issue, but.....
I know it sounds all kinds of shallow, but I suppose it's one of those things I still have control of! Just diagnosed less than month ago, and already put on nearly 20 pounds from decadron. Started at 129 lbs, 5' 3", small boned. And 80% of gain is belly! Has anyone found a good way to deal with this without breaking the…
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Looking for Support and Inspiration
I have a close pal going through cancer at the moment and she was really struggling to find stories about people who had survived her cancer. I found this new book on amazon the other day and ordered it for her. She asked me to post up here about it as she said it is really interesting and has stories from lots of…
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giving up
does anyone ever feel like giving up because they just don't haqve anything left to live for denise
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Miss my wife more every day !!!!!!!
I lost my beautiful,funny,mother of my two girls in dec of 2009. she was diagnosed with Aml in July of 09.My wife and the girls were visiting Lisa's parents in jersey,one morning i receive a call from my wife ,they were at the beach.lisa had been complaining of being tired all the time ,we both chalked it up to work and…
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I think my husband is going to leave me-im in chemo
Hi all. I'm very lost. Looking for some help. Was diagnosed stage 1 at age 32 in July (just over a month after miscarrying my first child), BRCA pos. Had a double mastectomy, a second renstr. surgery, was fired from my job due to my need for extended leave. Am midway through ACT chemo. My husband of 2 and a half years just…
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Family Issues
My mom got diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer a year ago.. Upon getting diagnosed you would think that your family would be a help.. My dads parents live 15 minutes away.. They never came to help.. They acted like it was nothing.. or compared her to dying.. Now here I am a year later, totally fed up. I feel bitter and…
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Positivity around Cancer
I have created a video, along with dozens of other survivors, that I think you will love and hopefully share! It is about the importance of staying positive during diagnosis, treatment and beyond! Thank you for taking the time to watch this short video at www.dogreatcampaign.com
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Is it just me, or does it seem like no one completely understands what I am going through?
I am 34, a single mom, and going through my second battle with cancer. I have stage 4 endometriual cancer that has metastisized to my bones and lymph nodes. I have very supportive family and friends but sometimes I feel like screaming. My friends made a website and are devoted to helping me knock off things on my bucket…
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Composer offers Cancer Survivor Video/Song
To all Cancer Survivors, please enjoy and share the following inspirational cancer survivor video/song: "Look At Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw5pk5wuANY
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Low Dose Naltrexone? Please help?
Hello everyone, I wanted to reach out on here as I am new to this blog. Maybe some of you can help me out with some information or even some sweet messages could cheer me up..I'll give a little background on my story my Mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Uterine cancer, a very aggressive cancer and they did find some cells in…
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Just joined
After talking with a cancer survivor who had also been a caregiver to his wife who had MS, it was suggested I seek opinions from others who may have faced same relationship issue I am so I'm keeping my word by posting my question here which is, is it a bad idea to follow through with marriage plans when doctors say you…
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Pancreatic Cancer
Dealing with metastatic Pancreatic Cancer to lungs and liver. Looking for people who understand the ANGER I am feeling. I
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College Student with a mother with cancer
I'm 18 and my mom has had breast cancer since I was in 5th grade. It's been pretty controlled until over this past winter break, we found out that it has spread . Things aren't looking very good especially when I get the sense my mom is hiding things from me to protect me. She always talks as if she doesn't have much time.…
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Is there really such a thing as chemo brain?
I hear "yea's" and "nay's". I had 4 rounds of chemo and am currently undergoing preventative radiation to the brain. I have been deemed "cancer free" but with SCLC I know that is probably temporary. But my brain feels like mush. Remembering names is almost impossible. Please tell me I'm not alone! :-)
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Spousal support
I am a survivor of breast cancer. Seven years ago, I got the bad news and my husband literally fainted. The doctor and I ended up taking him to the doctor's office sofa to recover. I called our pastor, told him the news. We went right over to his house for prayer. While praying, my husband was on his knees with back pain!…
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Carrying On Enthusiastically After Surviving Cancer
One of my biggest challenges is to sustain the enthusiasm for living live fully and creatively. Before my ovarian cancer diagnosis, I was a dreamer and a planner. Half of my excitement in life was daydreaming about what I was go ing to do in a few days, months, years. After my diagnosis - I noticed that a tiny voice keeps…
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Getting tired
Just need to vent I guess. Just diagnosed with another sebeaceous carcinoma, first one since my "big cancer" which entailed an 8 hour surgery, loss of a ureter and kidney-four months of cisplatin and gemzar (last chemo was May of 2012). I have Muir-Torre syndrome, as does my sister (who has had three internal malignasies)…
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2nd Anniversary
Jan.15. Today marks my second anniverary of finishing treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Like many, I found the aftershocks of being done with treatment to be unsettling. I've also found a few basic tools for living. To mark this occassion, I've started a blog and the first topic is on these experiences. The blog is at…
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CindySue how are you doing?
Cindy, I was sitting here in the cold tundra thinking about you, and wondering if you took your trip to Australia. May the weather be warm and the scenery eventful. Benjamin just finished another MRI, still clean, doctor's are calling him boring. I will take boring anytime. He has been going ice fishing at Lake of the…