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Having bad days again!
HI, My husband died 1& 1/2 years ago on the 25th of this month. For some reason, I've been crying all of a sudden & having sad days. Maybe it's the change of seasons cause I did pretty good all summer. Has this happened to anyone else? We were married 46 years & he was only sick for 2 months and it was a tragic death, and…
Doodles Father has passed away.
Doodles wanted everyone to know that her Father passed away on August 20th, 2011 at 2:15. Anyone who wants to leave condolances on this topic site or to Doodles by personal message I am sure would be welcomed. Blessings, Bluerose
New to this and being proactive in the process of support....
My mother is a yet-to-be diagnosed sufferer of an mandibular tumor 4cm. X 1.2 cm, "eroding" 2/3 of her mandible bone, with another 1.3cm. tumor adjacent, also invading the bone. We have yet to find out if her tumor(s) are metastatic or primary -and of coarse praying for a primary, treatable condition. My Mom and I both are…
I've become so negative, pessimistic since the cancer (Help)
OK Guys, this is my first post on this website. I just joined because I have been struggling as of lately. I feel like I am not the same me that I have known for 27 years. First, I am 27 years old, and was diagnosed with testicular cancer last March. The cancer spread to the lymphnodes in my abdomen, which required two…
Coping with cancer, in your 20's or 30's, and live in/around Wilmington NC?
29 yr old wife and 30 yr old husband (has stage 4 colon cancer) looking for friends in the Wilmington area with similar circumstances to meet with and chat with about life in Cancertown and all the fun it brings. Would love to have a friend to go to lunch with, vent to, and share support with. It gets so difficult always…
STRESSED OUT!
Hi everyone, I'm new to this site and have actually never posted anything online before, I am a newly single 42yr old mother of 4 boys and my mom who is 58 went into remission from breast cancer over 2yrs ago, 6 months ago we found out she has metastic bone cancer (leg,groin and rib) and now 3 weeks ago was diagnosed with…
Help with an angry caregiver
Hi- I had cancer several years ago, and it looks like it's come back. I'm dealing with the possibility of recurrence okay. What I'm not dealing with well at all is that my family and my wife (we're recently married) don't see eye to eye on everything from my treatment choices to who's going to take care of me. In fact my…
++ WEBSITE frequently S--L--O--W... and/or times out
Often this site crawls or times out and I get the page cannot be displayed or similar. It happens from multiple locations newer machines, and with Internet Exlorer and Chrome. The most I've ever seen online when this happened was 51. I clicked on "Contact CSN" in the upper right and sent a form email about a week ago. I…
Ddating
Husband is done with my breast cancer battle, Is there dating sites that pertain to this, so I can have a life again?
Family members/friends that just don't seem to care.
I haven't got alot of energy back yet but noticed that this topic seemed to be coming up a fair amount lately and since that is what I am dealing with, in spades right now, thought I would throw my 3 cents into the pool. Abandonment. It sucks doesn't it? Well take heart, if you can in something like that, in that you are…
drowning in depression
unfortunately for me Cancer is not my big concern Throughout my treatment for thyroid cancer and some other surgeries to restore my hearing over the past almost 2 years. I have developed Debilitating vertigo. I got my clean scan (1 year out scan) in may 2011. So cancer is on the back burner. Right now because of the…
Nowhere else to put this soooo ...Check your Desktop page for a shortcut you didn't put there !!!!
I have reported this to CSN and tried to send it to Java but they asked so many technical questions I couldn't remember my own name there for a minute. lol. Anywho here is what is happening to me. Whenever I go into the Chatroom then out of it all of a sudden, on my Desktop items there appears a link or shortcut I didn't…
Despair
My husband died on Feb 1st of this year and I trudge on through my grief...and now my father who we found out has pulmonary fibrosis is not doing well at all...while not cancer I really can see no difference...I am so sad and my heart aches for my father, for my family and for me...I long to have my husband by my side…
Feeling alone and scared
I am a younger woman battling stage 4 metastatic liver cancer. I have two small children, and an amazing man who has been incredibly supportive since my diagnosis. However, I still can't shake this feeling of fright that my cancer is going to drive a wedge between me and the ones I love. I'm scared of so many different…
Mom with metastic breast cancer is losing her battle and I'm in another state...
My 60 year old mother just went to hospice today after not being very alert and responsive for a couple days. She has just been sleeping. I not only live in another state, I am currently traveling for business and my company has prepaid all my expenses. I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place. I already have airline…
Feeling So Alone
I hoping to find someone who is a survivor who also has a significant other diagnosed with cancer. I am a survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma, diagnosed in May of 2000 and cancer free since October of 2000. In January 2011, my boyfriend, whom I've been dating for three years, was diagnosed with Desmoplastic small round tumors.…
how do you continue to live with cancer without allowing cancer to be what defines you
i want to have an existence other than cancer....... when people think of me i dont want the first thing to come to their mind to be cancer. how do i exist to my own self without cancer being my first and main thought concerning myself......how do i enjoy this day, wheather i have cancer or not??????
Dad starting treatment tomorrow
Hi everyone... I just found this site, because I need some people to talk to and I don't want to burden family or friends.. I'm in my 20s and my dad's starting cancer treatment tomorrow.. his disease has been developing for a couple years now and he hasn't had to start treatment until now. I'm very new to all this. I don't…
Sibling negativity
I am a 51 year old female, Multiple Myeloma survivor. I am doing very well with regard to managing the cancer and am in complete remission. I am, by nature, a positive person and this has helped to carry my through the past 7 months. My immediate family and friends have been very supportive and loving. The problem are with…
Both Parents Suffered Cancer
When I was 17, my mom died of breast cancer. When I was 42, my father died of prostate cancer. Cancer is all I have known since the age of 5. Premature death has been looming over my head since I can remember. Less than 2 years after losing my dad, the guy who knew me best, I find it very hard to make much sense in all…
Dreams (Really nightmares)
Does anyone have dreams of the moment of the diagnosis? Dealing with the end of your loved ones life with your loved one? Dreams of having cancer yourself? I've been having nightmares on and off since my dad passed in January of cancer - either my dad's diagnosis, the end of my dad's life, or finding out that I have…
Chemotherapy Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong
My 68 yr old mother was an extremely healthy woman who was diagnosed with triple negative stage one breast cancer back in March. Her lumpectomy surgery in May was successful however given the rarity of her cancer, she elected for chemotherapy. Now, after one round of chemo treatment, she is fighting for her life. Seven…
Sibling negativity
I am a 51 year old female, Multiple Myeloma survivor. I am doing very well with regard to managing the cancer and am in complete remission. I am, by nature, a positive person and this has helped to carry my through the past 7 months. My immediate family and friends have been very supportive and loving. The problem are with…
My mom died and I don't know what to do
I'm 20 and my mom passed away on April 18, 2011. We found out that she had stage 4 colon cancer, four years ago, and it had spread to her liver. Then in March of this year, we found out that it went to her brain. I quit work and college and temporarily moved back home to take care of her because my father was being an ****…
Want to chat with professionals at a world reknown cancer hospital for free online?
I have mentioned this before but it was awhile ago and it bears mentioning again I think. I live in Canada and was treated in part at our biggest cancer hospital called Princess Maragret Hospital in Toronto Ontario Canada. They have a site, like this one, that has an additional feature in that they hold regular meetings…
I think this could make any cancer patient or caregiver smile...
It has been over six months since my mom asked for any sort of food, or has been able to ingest more than four ounces of liquid or food at a time. It has been a very difficult road, filled with ensure, fruit and vegetable juices, broths, and tiny, tiny, tiny meals (we had a "just take two bites" agreement during her chemo…
Oops...I spoke too soon. But it should still make you smile.
I posted the other day that my mom requested, and heartily ate, a piece of pizza and a hot dog after months and months and months of not eating. I knew that sometimes a person who is in the process of passing will have a quick rebound where they eat, ask for relatives, and generally appear to be better before the final…
After 25 years NED having a biopsy on a lymph node tomorrow, sigh.
Awwww nuts. Grrrrr, and words I am not allowed to type in here. Sometimes it feels like it just never ends, know the feeling? I am not complaining, well okay I am but I have had a long long shtick without cancer and am praying this wayward lymph node (apparently nodes in the breast are rare but it does happen and usually…
Lymphedema
I was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma skin cancer in 2007 and had 3 surgeries including lymph node removal. Right after surgery, I was diagnosed with lymphedema. It is in my arm, breast and upper quadrent of my trunk. It is severly painful and gets worse with movement, weather, lifting etc. I don't know what to do anymore,…
New Here....Neither a Survivor nor a Caregiver
Hello As of now, I do not fit in either category. I met a man online 7 months ago, we live 500 miles apart. I have been to see him 3 times with the next trip over the 4th of July weekend. We have planned for my relocation to his town in Sept after my youngest leaves for college to begin our life together. On Sunday, his…

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