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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…
so confused and sad
hi everyone i have never posted here before i only have posted in the lung cancer forum. my 38 year old husband is battling small cell lung cancer he was diagnosed august 2010 he is doing ok he is on a clinical trial that is helping him he had 3 spots on his liver as well as his lungs that are all getting smaller however…
How survivors change their view of the future: survey
When you understood that you could look at the future again, instead of current treatments, did you change your values, goals and plans? I am working on a book to give guidance to people rethinking what they want from their future. How do I find survivors to respond to this question? Thanks. Dave Severson, Ed.D., a five…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
void
I was reading this the other day, and I swear I feel the same way! The minister was reading the passage from the Bible. He was talking about the beginning of creation, and he was talking about courting the void-that dark, mysterious, and sometimes painfully frightening place of nothingness from which all creation…
how do I find a caregiver?
I live in Anderson, SC and am currently under clinical trial treatment for reaccurring metastasisis cervical cancer. I am struggling alone with my condition. I don't know how to obtain the help and support I am in such desprate need. No family or friends to help me. How and where can I find a caregiver to help me through…
Latest Medical developments
I am looking for web resources on 1. Latest medical advances and developments in Colostomy & Restorative Proctocolectomy (J pouch) 2. Latest medical advances and developments in all aspects of medicine Thanks
need prayer
hi,i eed prayer i se my onc this week to have bloodwork, because i had oral trush for two months and then a cold at the tailend of that. i go to my onc this week and i feel so week he wants to check the blood markers blessins denise
How do YOU get through the overwhelming times in the cancer journey?
Having one of those overwhelming times myself right now, they come and go with life's challenges as they arise - for me it has been up and down for 23 years since diagnosis with ongoing side effects of treatments and well, just life. I was wondering if everyone could benefit from input on this subject as to how others cope…
Some much needed prayers right now please
My mom is going in this morning for a bone biopsy and I would really appreciate some prayers. I pray every waking moment that my mom will b ok, all the bone scans and PET scans are not giving us any answers and I am hoping that the bone biopsy will show no cancer. I love you Mom and I know you are a a strong women and we…
Loss of identity-can anyone relate
First of all I feel really guilty and evil for having these feelings so sympathetic non judgemental love will be greatly appreciated. Me and my mom were fighting cancer together and she died in December. She really took care of me a lot before she found out, then I was her caregiver. I had such a warm caring supportive…
Troubled Water
This week is something I can't even describe. This past week, where do I even begin? Range of emotions...I think I felt everyone there is to feel. And here I sit now feeling completely defeated. Everything started a week ago thursday, when we sat in the Surgery center waiting for my Dad to have his scope and esophagus…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
fear
Hi, I come here every nite. My husband and I have been crying, he saids that he is so scared, that he is going to die. I told him that this is normal, but NEVER ever give up! He saids he won't. We need all the prayers we can get! He has lost so much weight and this is scaring him, he lost another 2 lbs since last week! He…
support
I just wanted to say That I love this website, I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and it is also in my lymphnodes. when I feel alone or lost I just come here and read it gives me a chance to connect with others and lets me know that I am not alone.
How long has the chatroom been down this time?
It's June 1st and I have been trying to access the chatroom for 3 days now. How long has it been down, any idea when it will be back up? Thanks. Bluerose
need emotional support and prayers
I made an agreament with my exhusband to drop all back child support which was many thousnds of dollars for his help this last time around with chemo I think i made a deal with the devil. I didnt know him well when i married him i found out when it was to late i forgot how mean and evil he is he was fired from his job of…
Don't know what to do.
For the ones who dont know. My dad has stage 4 lung cancer.... Well Monday will be a month that my dad has been in the hospital. I really dont know what to do. Within the last couple days he hasnt ate or drank and has been sleeping all day and he is very depressed. I know there really isnt anything i can do for him but be…
Have never felt so lost...
Been one of 2 caregivers for my friend with pancreatic cancer. Not too much longer, it's getting harder for him to breathe and he hasn't eaten in days. Has had very little to drink in the last 3 days. Hospice nurses say at this point just let him do what he wants. He barely makes sense anymore, and when we can understand…
DOCUMENTARY TONIGHT 8pm on HBO, WHAT U NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING END OF LIFE DESCITIONS&YOUR RIGHTS!
"How to die in oregon" is a documentary that will be airing tonight on hbo at 8 pm. It follows the lives and the struggles of quality of life over quantity of life. It is definitely something to see. Best documentary at Sundance Film Festival. Tell your friends and families unfortunately this is something we will all face.…
A Tribute To My Mother, Lung Cancer - Passed May 19th 2011
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~ Rajneesh Let’s admit it... you can never be prepared enough when you decide to have your first child. There are not enough books in a person’s library to get one…
Support advice as someone I care about pushing me away.
I recently met someone and started seeing them for approximately couple months. About a month ago (just little longer) started feeling very sick and messaged me to inform me that he has cancer and said he would understand if I no longer was interested. Knowing this was not going to be an easy road and things were going to…
NEW MEMBERS, Try the chatroom for instant support
Hello to all the new members on the site and welcome. I just thought it was time to remind any new members that we have a very active and supportive chatroom on this site with caring people who know what you are going through because we all have been there before. We understand and are validating in how you feel at…

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