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Possible tumor, advice?
Hey friends! Brand new member here and just wanted to get some input from others and their stories. I'm aware that no one will be able to diagnose me here but I just feel a lot of anxiety and would like to see if anyone else has had similar experiences. I found a lump on the back of my head, right side, middle of the ear…
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I've recovered from chemo. Now what?
I'm flailing around looking for help, apparently. I just can't figure out what to do now, how to handle the pressures I'm feeling. I need to get a job. I want to do something that matters. I want to be myself fearlessly (thinking specifically of my identity as a nonbinary transgender person here). And I want to help…
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Dating after cancer
Hi. New here. Not sure this is the correct forum Curious to hear from cancer survivors who are dating post cancer. I've been very fortunate and am now cancer free as of Oct/18. However, I'm still learning how to manage the side effects and the emotional side of the disease and treatments. My wife and I split one year…
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Financial and Emotional Support
Hi, I had bilateral mastectomy followed by 26 rounds of radiation almost 2 years ago. My treatment was an hour away and somehow I got off from work and drove an hour away and back to work. I contacted an agency for someone to drive me there because my finances was not to good. They couldn't find anyone to take me. Let me…
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Myxotatillary ependymoma
My son has myxotatillary ependymoma of spine and brain, inoperable he is receiving radiation treatments at osu James cancer institute in Columbus,oh .This is very hard on him , he is using a walker and has lost a lot of function of legs hands .I really need to chat with other people going through this process it's been so…
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Battling Breast Cancer
Hello, Thank you so much for sharing all of your incredibly touching stories. Wishing all of you hope and strength during your battles <3 Recently, I interviewed my guidance counselor about her experience with breast cancer for my blog. I hope that her story provides some comfort and support to you. Here is a link:…
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Girlfriend's mother has cancer how can I help?
My girlfriend's mother has been diagnosed with cancer about a week ago I am at a loss sometimes as to what to say to her(my girlfriend). Here's the hard part we are in a long distance relationship, she lives in another country I am planning a trip to go and see her in feburary, but she's going through a hard time now and…
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Chemo didn’t work as they hoped
I'm devastated. My dads chemo didn't work as they had hoped. 6 months of seeing him suffer through the side effects of chemo down the drain. When they did the midway ct scan and at the end, they reported shrinkage but after surgery they said it wasn't as they hoped. im not sure what I want by posting this, I'm sad, mad,…
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Abandoned
Hi, I just wanted to put it out there to anyone feeling abandoned by their friends and family. Or maybe they're acting like they don't care. Having been on the opposite when my mom got cancer I believe I can speak on this. I tried to be there for her but it was depressing and terrifying to the point of despair at times. I…
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Hello. Need support.
Hello. My Mom recently found out she has stage 4 colorectal cancer. She had emergency surgery, and has a closotomy bag now. She is going in for radiation for the first time tomorrow. She also needs chemo. I am a mom myself, and this is really hard for me. I have no friends, and my Mom is my bestfriend. I am feeling so…
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my father died
Hello... I'm not sure where to post (the grief board is not very active!) My experience with cancer was over in a matter of days. My 74-year-old father called me a few weeks ago- it was February 6th- and told me he had colon cancer. (We live across the country from one another). My parents were waiting for the test results…
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Cancer alone, no caregiver
I was diagnosed with breast cancer last April. I am done with chemo, and almost done with radiation. I had neighbors I could pay to feed my cattle when I was too sick to do it myself, and I am glad I was strong enough to do this on my own, but I think, why me? Why do I have to go through this alone. My adult children are…
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Death With Dignity
I have had cancer, and I Never call myself a cancer survivor....just 4 yrs post.i have a dear friend who's cancer has returned and is in her final weeks. I live in a state where death with dignity iis legal.My dear friend asked me today if Iwanted to be present alo with family members when she chooses her time.I am very…
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Metro Atlanta Support Group
Peer Support Group Starting 1/7/20 New Metro Atlanta Support Group will be meeting every Tuesday evening 7pm-8pm (along with school schedule-not open when school is out) Available for all cancer patients, no caregivers (caregivers has a seperate group that meets at the same time) 2564 McCullum Sharpsburg Rd. Newnan GA 30265
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Advice to a 8 year old
Hello. My dad is in hospice now from stage 4 pancreatic cancer and we are just waiting for him to pass away now. He was diagnosed just 30 days ago and now he is going to be gone. I am having a difficult time as this is the hardest thing in the world to handle but more importantly, I don't know what to tell my son. I have a…
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Family Problems
Hello everyone. I have had difficult relationships with my family most of my life. First it was because I was an irresponsible 20 something kid. Then it was because I had found Christ and nobody understood my life changes. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s a little over a year and a half ago. In that time I have beat…
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My mom has stage 4 cancer
Hi my name is Jazmine im 29 years old. A little more than 1 year ago my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 non hodgkins lymphoma. I couldn't believe it i was in shock immediately follwed by fear. At this point im very angry i feel anxious all the time. It's just not fair!
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Battling Cancer and Breaking-Up/Divorce in Long Term Relationships
Hello, I am 34 and currently battling melanoma. I had surgery in December and my last PET scan in January was clear, good news, but I have a year of targeted gene therapy ahead and the treatment makes me fatigued and somewhat ill. I have been fortunate to be in a supportive, loving, long-term relationship for the past 12…
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Tips on living with cancer (video)
Hi everyone, Last summer, I was diagnosed with stage 4 head & neck cancer and was fortunate enough to enter remission recently. The internet helped me quite a bit in terms of coping with lifestyle changes and I frequently heard people say: "I would not trade my post-cancer life for my pre-cancer life". Although largely…
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telling my family
I was just diagnosed with MBC. My original cancer diagnosis was 2009. I do not want to tell my family (siblings, mother). My mother turns 88 today and I cant break her heart. She lives about 100 miles away and I see her about every 2 months. I am definitely waiting until all of my tests results come back and I meet with…
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I'm Scared, Angry and Alone.
I'm 30 years old I found out five days before my 30 birthday I have stage 3 uterus cancer and a full hysterectomy. I don't have no kids and I guess ill never be able to have any unless I adopt which is fine. But at the same time my sisters have children one of them is pregnant with her second child and I can't help but…
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Effexor
I'm wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with the antidepressant Effexor. My Dr. prescribed it and I've heard horror stories about it and am afraid to take it. If anyone has any info on it I'd appreciate it. Thank You
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Too Much Pressure, Not Enough Consideration
Mostly a Rant My grandma had breast cancer, then lung cancer, and now she's on her second round of chemo for lung cancer again. The first round of chemo was scary, but she didn't want much outside help, just me all the time as the one that lives with her. This second round I said I couldn't do it alone, so I enlisted…
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Emotional Abuse/No Where To Go
Hi, I am posting this because I guess it is in hopes that someone has been in a similar situation and can advise me. I am almost at my breaking point. I really don't expect answers to my problems, as I can't see a way out. I have ONE person who helps me, and he is only using me as a way to make himself look like a martyr…
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Lack of available support for gall bladder cancer
I have gall bladder cancer. I m a relatively new cancer patient (person, victim, target, survivor, superwoman...?) Seems there was a forum for those diagnosed with GB Cancer on this site. But the last post was years ago. Nothing on this site now. So have we eradicated GB Cancer? Ans I am the lone patient up here in Canada?…
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Family completely unsupportive, distant
Hello all. Knowing that cancer is a horrific and terrifying disease is one thing, having your family be totally unsupportive and seemingly uncaring through the rough times is a whole new level of awful. Yes, I realize that I am super anxious and emotional now. Basically have been throughout this process which started…
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anger/rage
My husbands treatment has been over for 2 months. Lately he is nasty. He has anger/rage directed at me. He picks fights with me and blames me for everything. He has violent outbursts. His oncology team has been informed but they don't do anything. He really needs to be medicated. Please do not tell me to hang in. I am at…
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The whole truth about me
It's difficult to read these posts and if you start a new topic, you usually won't get many responses. If you look at most of the posts, this is true of all of them. Is it because this IS in fact the most difficult part about this whole thing? I know everyone is not stage 4. I am. My emotions are the worst part of this…
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Buccal mucosal cancer -moving forward question
Hello. I recently had surgery March 12, 2019 (radial artery graft from my left forearm to my right cheek after removal of the tumor), skin graft left thigh to left wrist and right neck dissection. I was in the hospital 8 days with 3 days in the ICU. Had a feeding tube in the hosptial, but was gone before I went home. Just…