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lonely
My husband has EC T4 n1 this was in Jan 2009. Feb 2010 it has spread to his lungs . He is doing three rounds every three weeks of Carboplantin, They said 11 months, but he is not the average person (so a doctor said) cause he did not no smoke or drank. He is 57 years old. They say the best they can do is beat it down, hope…
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95 yr old man - terminal prostate cancer
my husband and i are care-givers for his 95 yr old father. he has inoperable prostate cancer that has spread to his liver, gallbladder, bladder, one kidney and hip bones. therefore, making it terminal. he is quite out of it these days - slips in and out of reality and confusion. when he was still of able-mind, the involved…
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Your The Best
Im leaving the site this morning. The reasons are personal. I want to thank you for your kindness, courage and support you have given to the memebrs here. I want to wish you the best very best of health and happiness. I will miss your spirit and love for one another Heart of Soul
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Hair donation requirements, PLEASE HELP!!
-June 26th, 2010- [I'm going to try to make this as short and to the point as possible] About 3 years ago, I lost my uncle who was like a father to me. He was diagnosed in September of 2007 but lost his battle and passed away 10 months later. So through this difficult experience, I have decided to do my best to help others…
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Should We Stay Together?
I have read some of the discussions with interest, particularly the one on separation. My story is not unlike others here: I was diagnosed with PH+ ALL in 2002 and was given a 10% chance of survival w/out a successful bone marrow transplant.No donor was found and I went on Gleevec after the usual rounds of chemo. Actually…
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Dating after Cancer
I'm a 15 year breast cancer survivor, and I'm so thankful, but still find in hard to start new relationships. I underwent right breast mastectomy with reconstruction. I was married at the time of my diagnosis, and my ex-husband was supportive of the changes in me. Following my divorce, which was 6 years after my diagnosis…
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My Father's Story - My Pain
My father turned 49 this month, and he called me on his birthday to tell me that his doctor found a mass on his pancreas and spotting on his liver. That was three weeks ago. Throughout the next week my family, which includes my mom, two older sisters, and their husbands, went through oncologist appointments, those dreadful…
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Great Reading Material for Emotional Support
Whether we are the immediate caregiver, or the family member of someone diagnosed with cancer, we all have a desire to find the right way of offering support and assistance. Family members often share the same emotional struggles as their loved ones who have cancer; grief, anxiety, frustration, anger, sadness, denial, and…
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17 yr old daughter with possible Hodgkin Lymphoma
In November of 2008 my daughter presented with symptoms of insomnia, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes in her neck (front and back), low-grade fever, night sweats, and loss of 20 pounds. The doctor did 3 mono-spot tests which all came back negative. He sent her home with anitbiotics. All the symptoms except the swollen lymph…
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Wigs
My Mother in law recently passed away....she had several wigs in great shape I was wondering if anyone knows where we can donate them for cancer patients?
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Sudden death
Hi everyone. This isn't really about cancer per se but my FIL passed away suddenly yesterday. He was 87 . It was a complete shock. He was not unwell and he never had cancer. Oh sure he had the usual aches and pains and he did have a heart arythmia. They think he had a massive heart attack in the garage after mowing. Please…
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What will I do?
My mother, dearest of all people to me, was diagnosed Stage 3 UPSC endometrial cancer in July 2008. Yesterday she got the results of Monday's CT scan. The "original" recurrence mass on her bladder, debulked 1/22/10, has doubled in size even through 4 courses of Ixempra. There are 2-3 new tumors. There is one last drug to…
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Loss for words
It's been a journey the last few months. There are moments I want to cry, I feel mad and other times I am so lost. I feel like I have lost that piece of me that I once had before my uterus was removed. Overies still there I go thru these mood swings, one moment I am mourning the child I'll never have with my husband. The…
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I need assistance mysecond husband is going to die on me too
I lost my my 1st husband at an early age. My second husban has stage 4 cancer. Somwtimes. I just cry, scream and bang things around. When I do these things it upsets him. I do not know what I am going to with out him.
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Parade Magazine devotes Sunday, June 20 issue to "Cancer in America".
And here is the on-line version in the event that it didn't come with your newspaper: http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2010/06/20-lance-armstrong-cancer-survivor.html Love and Courage! Rick
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Treatments finished and in Remission - Feeling anxious
I had Anal Cancer and have now finished Radiation and Chem, and am in Remission. All the while I would say, and mean it, "Oh I'm fine" :-).....now all of a sudden it seems to have caught up with me, well my Oncologist said sometimes it all of a sudden comes to the top :-(...leaving a depression, or anxios feeling, feeling…
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Has anyone else ever experienced any 'unusual' experiences after, or just prior, to diagnosis?
I wasn't quite sure how to word the subject of this posting of a new topic because I didn't want to give away the actual experience in terms of what it truly was but I will explain. The 'unusual' experience I am referring to came to me in the form of a line of heat. This would take forever to explain so I am going to be…
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Mother dying from Multiple Myeloma at age 59
My mother has been fighting cancer for 7 years. Started with breast cancer 7 years ago and survived, now has Multiple Myeloma that was diagnosed 2 years ago. She had the stem cell transplant in Feb 2009, my father and I didn't think she was going to make it but she did. She was doing well, her and my daughter would play…
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Nutrition after cancer
Can anyone tell me what they have been told about nutrition after cancer? I seem to have missed any of that specific information. I know to eat foods high in antioxidants, but otherwise I feel like I have done nothing to change my lifestyle from before cancer. Any helpful ideas are welcome. Marcy19
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nearly unbearable
I having such hard time. I doesn't have many people I can tell or who care. Thingas keep just getting worse and worse I am not must not be a strong person. I just feel like I can't Take much more. I have nurses come see me I donnt relly get out much at all anymore. Itis hard my life slipping out from my fingers. I just…
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My mom passed away Mothers Day weekend
Although I wasn't a member of this board for long, I wanted to post that my mom passed away Saturday May 8th from lung cancer. The last 3 months since her diagnosis have been such a rollercoaster that I am trying to take comfort in the fact she is at peace. However it doesn't fill the void in my heart. We have always…
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Sharply criticized for disclosing cancer in Landlord forum, is this a no no?
I would appreciate your thoughts on this. I was posting to an online landlord/tenant forum late at night when I couldn't sleep, and I was trying to explain how my tenants have destroyed my house under my nose. I made a very brief reference to going through chemo and radiation and not being on top of my game as a landlord.…
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Supporting your supporters?
Hello everyone, I'm Sue and I'm new here. I was DX with lung cancer 2 weeks ago and I'm still waiting to see an oncologist , that will happen this week. So of course I've been on pins and needles waiting to hear just where I stand in this upcoming battle. My question is this, do any of you find yourselves having to spend…
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Possible to do the right thing and feel sad?
Don died April 13th. I'm gradually making changes in the house. I realize I'm doing it partly to get the memories of his youngest daughter out of the house and partly because in a small way it's a way of taking control of my life in spite of the continuing threat she poses to me. If you have to live behind locked doors, at…
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Gastric Cancer
Some please help me..... My BEAUTIFUL MOTHER(best friend) is really not doing well after her first chemo treatment. She gets her 2nd one tomorrow. I can't get her to eat anything. Could someone give me any suggestions PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in desperate need of help. My 3 sisters and I have tried everything but she just…
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Is this guilt feeling normal.
Well its been nearly 2 weeks since my mom passed away. A little background the journey for us began when she went to the hospital with back pain in Feb 2010. After an xray they noticed an 8cm mass in her lung (probaby would have been detected earlier but mom rarely went to a dr). She had a CT scan and a biopsy. We were set…
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ONTARIO CANADA CANCER ISSUES - ONLINE MEETING JUNE 3, 2010
Just wanted to let you know that on the Caring Voices site that originates from Princess Margaret Cancer Hospital in Toronto Canada there will be a meeting with the CEO of Cancer Care Ontario on June 3, 2010 at 7:30pm running til 9. The meeting will be to get input on issues that concern the state of cancer care in Ontario…
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music therapy
Music helps a lot of people to get through bad situations and pain. It helped my grandmother who suffered intestinal cancer as well. Whether it's just songs you listen to or music you play on your on, there are so many ways to help your soul. Does or did music help you through your cancer process? What were the changes?…
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Tired of trying to stay one step ahead of the monster
HI All, I know that most of you have really been through worse. I probably seem like a whiner. My back ground is that I am 57, and my youngest is 30 now. My family of origin's leading cause of death is cancer. My parents both but most importantly, my mother worked in X-ray when she became pregnant with me and through my…
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Worrying about test results
Quick background: I am a 62 year old male 18 year synovial sarcoma survivor. The tumor appeared under my left arm and grew to 10cm before they could stop the growth with radiation. Due to the size of the tumor I was given a 10% chance of surviving. The cancer cost me my left arm at the shoulder, but thanks be to God they…