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Donating Airlines miles or help
My sister has just been diagnosed with stage4 squarmos cell carcinoma nslc.She will be doing chemo,taxotere,carbopapin 3hrs a day 3 week intervals.She is having problems with her breathing, can't sleep laying down,body is aching. The mass is behind her heart, so surgery is not an option.Her family lives in another…
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Good emotional support for an emotional supporter?
Hi everyone. Like many of you, my partner means the world to me. Her father has just been diagnosed with cancer after 6 years of being free of prostate cancer. I know so little about cancer, but I do know a second appearance is quite damning. I want to be the best partner I can be for her. It seems there are buckets of…
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Gist (Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumors) Cancer
Does anyone on here have this? What meds are you taking and how long have you had it? I was diagnosed in 2007. Took 400mg Gleevec then 800mg. Cancer is growing again, now i have to start Sutent 50mg. I will start on Wednesday. I would like to visit with someone who has the same cancer as i do. Thank you. Evie
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To Those Who Need Support
My name is Kat and I am 24 years old. I was diagnosed with A.L.L when I was 4 years old and I went into remission when I was 10. Though I was young I remember everything I went through from being diagnosed, through my chemo and treatments, all the way into my remission. From spinal taps, to leg shots, from watching friends…
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I KNOW ITS TIME WHEN......
I KNOW ITS TIME WHEN...... Its 3:00am and my pillow case is filled with tears I finally fall asleep & my thoughts & dreams are inseparable from the brave souls fighting cancer I spend a weekend in a local hospital for physical & emotional exhaustion I’m told I’ve been diagnosed with “Situational” depression” I prefer to be…
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hello all
today is sad today is the day i will leave my friends this is the day i move on the day everything will change. i can say i will miss my friends my family and everyone i know i will miss all the fun we used to have in the pool the sunny days. oh how i remember the times we would run off for the weekend leaving nothing…
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Second time around as caregiver, having trouble coping this time
I hope long posts are acceptable here. I really need some coping advise and don't know how short I can make this initial post. Please bear with me, just this once. This is my second time around as primary caregiver for a loved one as we face the final stages of cancer at home with hospice care. First time was with my…
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My mother
I lost my mother to colon cancer 2 weeks ago. I am having such a hard time dealing with it. She lived with me for 8 years. I was also her primary caregiver and she wanted to die at home so it was nice to have the days to let her know how much we loved her but so hard watching her die. She is now in a better place and not…
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A new view of strong
Friends of mine sent this to me. It has helped me a lot. I often felt upset or annoyed or simply tired and inadequate when people told me I was strong. Hope this helps you if you feel that way. A Strong Woman vs A Woman of Strength A strong woman works out everyday to keep her body in shape… But a woman of strength builds…
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please help re mood swings
hi everyone, im here because i dont know where else to go for help. i met a man 3 months ago, it was love at first sight for both of us and we have been so close,until this weeekend, he is a cancer survivor .bladder cancer he was the most outgoing funny loving romantic man ive ever met ,and i was wrapped up in this new…
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Suggestons for gifts
Don died on April 13th. That was the day after the oldest daughter's birthday so it's been a tough time for her. His son is the next child down and can get emotional about it, too. (We're not discussing the younger two girls here. They're not speaking to me and I seriously doubt if they miss Don in a real way. I think they…
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Funding for non-essential "entertainment" for cancer patient
Hello all, My very good friend, Tiffany, has had a relapse of Hodgins Lymphoma and one of her few requests is to acquire a new MacBook on which to entertain herself while undergoing much longer sessions of chemo and days in the hospital, not to mention weeks while having her stem cells harvested. I am wondering if anyone…
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What They Say -vs- What They Really Mean
They say - You are so strong ! (or) You will need to stay strong ! They mean - You will have to do this by yourself. --------------------------------------------------------- They say - Call if you need anything. They mean - I will come if it is a dire emergency and only if you can reach me in person and not my voice mail.…
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15 and struggling
I am 15 and my mom was diagnosed with Brain Cancer 10 months ago. It has really been hard on me, since my mom has always ment the world to me. I have been struggling with a lot of changes and been going through depression. I don't know if anyone, maybe around my age, can relate to me, but I have been feeling really alone…
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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED AND TO THOSE WHO DID NOT
A Happy Mother's Day to all the survivors on this site and all the ones we have lost - never gone in our memories and our hearts. Celebratory times like this bring on a flurry of emotions too numerous to mention here not only in ourselves as survivors but in our caregivers, friends and children alike. A day for reflection…
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still here
Hi I am stiLl here . Has been relly hard past few montths I still here not supposd be accordng to doctors. Things has been progressng. I just feeling lonely soi thought see if I could find support. I doesn't type well anymore but would love to maybe find some poeppl toemail. Thanks for listnng.
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CSN CHAT IS BACK UP!
CHECK IT OUT...LOTS OF NEW TOYS TO PLAY WITH!
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CSN Chat Service to be back up Today or Tomorrow
From: greta greer on behalf of CSNCommunity.Specialist@cancer.org Sent: Thu 5/06/10 8:38 AM To: steve zabel Hi Steve, The IT folks have decided to go ahead an launch the new chat so we'll see what the "real world" experience is. They plan to launch today or tomorrow. The new chat is also a Java-based application so people…
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mood swings./helping someone
i have a question nad I hope someone can answer some of my questions , first I would like to know if someone that has been throught what i am having . i recently lost a dear friend who had stage 4 of cancer and just yesterday i was coming back from shopping and saw her son and asked him how was his mother was and he told…
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I was doing well handling everything until this last week.
I was doing well handling everything until this last week. Week before last we got positive news on my sons cancer and how it is reacting to the chemo so was doing real well, then this week I read on Facebook that someone I went to school with lost her daughter to cancer, man that just hit way too close to home. I almost…
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Those Hard Days
It's one of those hard days. It's rainy and gloomy, and it has been 6 months since I lost Doug. I try not to remember the date, but every 20th of the month, it just hits me in the face. I have always made a point of not remembering the dates my friends and loved ones died, but I guess this one is just too close. I even…
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just starting chemo & scared
I have been through a lot this past month, certainly noting I expected. Had 2 colonscopies and path reports came back negative although my local Dr. sent me to Mayo Clinic becasue of what he feared to be familial polyposis. I had genetic testing and it proved to be negative,but due to the large amount of polyps on the…
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Hi Bluerose
Trying hard to get in and chat with you guys!! Darn it! Let's get this fixed!!! I tried the other site however, I don't have the password and they said they sent it to me. God....too many meds maybe? Love ya everyone!!!! Hope to chat real soon, missing you. Curecancer...Patty
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A Sorrow Lives In My Heart
»-(¯`v´¯)-» I’ve talked with the American Cancer Society reps/CSN staff and supervisors regarding the chat site technical issues. I also spoke to both CSN management and the Web Master on why it’s so important for both cancer survivors and caregivers to have access to chat to receive the attention and care that each member…
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Glass Half Empty
My mom has a rare form of uterine cancer (UPSC) that has relapsed quickly and aggressively. The oncologists did not beat around the bush in that the prognosis with recurrence is poor. Everything I have read online is grim. I am struggling to maintain a positive attitude. People keep saying that if we just "think positive"…
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Come and chat one on one with survivors/caregivers on alternative site !!!!!!!!!
Hey All, I have posted this before but now that it looks like CSN chat here will be down for sometime I just wanted you all to know that you can come and chat with other survivors and caregivers on another site while still using this one for discussion boards, although the new site has that too. Plus on the other site you…
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Insurance
I need information on longterm disability and life insurance. I have these though my current job, and used my disability during my time off with treatment and recovery. But, what if I want to change jobs, or go parttime. Am I trapped to a job thats to taxing, or no longer working in my life. (I had the job before cancer)I…
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This Time Tomorrow?
I wanted to share a video/song entitled “This Time Tomorrow” that one of my best friends (Randy Komberec on electric guitars)was involved in for the Lymphoma society. They’re all local Wisconsin musicians joining together for a common cause. The inspiration for the song and first video came to Cory Zimmermann when a good…
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lost and confused
hi im new here and dont understand the whole message board thing. but hi my names bob and im very tired and stessed knowing 2 weeks ago mu girlfriend who i want to marry and she was just diagnosed with this PM, im on about 8 hours sleep in 4 days and crying alot.(praying too ) im so lost here, she means the world to me and…
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Setting up alternative chatroom if CSN down
I don't know if anyone is interested in doing this but do you guys think it would be an idea to maybe use another site to chat in if this one is down for any length of time? I know of one other cancer chat that has a chatroom situation that I can offer up perhaps, just til CSN gets back online? The site is a faily new…