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Let's start a memory thread-Happy memories :)
I was just thinking about some funny times I've had over the years with my husband and was hoping we could all start a memory thread. Good stories....sad ones aren't necessary. I would like to think we can come here and smile reading other's stories. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Here is one I have no doubt my husband would…
Has anyone heard anything about Hollyberry?
I haven't heard anything about Holly for sometime now, has anyone got an update on how she is doing? Thanks. Blessings, Bluerose
Nervous breakdown?-not for the faint
I think that I'm deciding against a hospital stay and treatment-and I know what this means. This means, at the rate that my tumor is growing, that I will be very lucky to spend Christmas with my parents and family. I think this is what I'm going to do. I don't want them to put me through hell, and then not make it. But…
SURVIVOR RIBBON~
I have an idea, and I need some help to build momentum if the support is there... The pink ribbon symbolizes breast cancer survivors, and there are various colors symbolizing other forms of cancer and other diseases, but I would like to see one color symbolize CANCER SURVIVORS - regardless of the type of cancer. Since the…
Help with Support
My wife's father was diagnosed with ALL 2 weeks ago and found out Wednesday he has the Philidelphia chromosome. The first treatment was fairly new and the side effects were awful. Luckily his body is responding. Today they started chemo into his spine. My wife, as you can imagine, is emotionally all over the board. She is…
Grief Therapy
Ok, y'all... I need your feedback here... My husband is having a horrible time dealing with the loss of his mother. Not eating well, not sleeping well, crying a LOT, not being motivated to necessary things (works in sales) incredibly indecisive... It has been a month and I called the social worker from hospice and she said…
Tired
My husband sleeps a lot now and this afternoon when I woke him for dinner, which I try to get him to eat something, he sat on the bed and came out and told me he is going to die. He told me that every day he feels worse and he doesn't like how he feels. He doesn't understand why he sleeps so much. I don't know what to do.…
Life After Treatment
Hi All, I am a 3 year survivor who savors every cancer free day of life. My demeanor is positive and happy. My situation is this... I was a small business owner for over 20 years. My business was successful and I enjoyed a good life. During the 6 months I was in treatment and recovery key employees left for other jobs,…
Husbands 1st Radiation Treatment
My husband went to his first radiation treatment for prostate cancer (he is only 44 yrs old). He was diagnosed in Nov 2007, had his prostate removed on Feb 13th 2008 and now his PSA lvl moved back up to where he has to do radiation for the next 7 weeks. I was so hopefull and strong when he was first diagnosed, but it seems…
Stories that inspire
2 in 5 Canadians will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. There are a number of ways you can help them win their fight against cancer. Watch these inspirational videos to hear their stories and how you can help them win their fight. www.fightback.ca
Why am I struggling?
I was diagnosed with an eye cancer last October, had radiation treatment and am doing well. But I seem to have hit some kind of....I'm not sure what. Folks in my support group say it's not unusual for things to catch up with you once you've gotten through the initial "I'm gonna fight this" stage. But it seems like it's…
Hard times
Hi. My name is tammy and my 51 year old husband has stage four lung cancer. It has spread to his kidney and brain, they have done radiation on both but now say he is terminal. I still do not accept that altho I see him getting weaker all the time. I just do not know what i would do without him. A few weeks ago my mom was…
I saw a play on "PIrates of the Chemotherapy"
I saw a local play, "Pirates of the Chemotherapy" last week. It was about women in chemo treatment and in a support group. It was done for breast cancer but alot of it pertains to us with uterine cancer too. I laughed hard and shed a few tears too. If you get a chance to see it be sure and go. Diane
What do I do?
My husband was diagnosed with Stage III NSC lung cancer seven years ago. In May he became seriously ill and was in the hospital for several weeks. While in the hospital, he was rediagnosed with State IV lung cancer. He was in and out of the hospital for two months before he could start the chemo. He did two weeks of chemo…
Poetry...
I'd like to start this thread for people to share poems that are comforting, encouraging, inspiring or otherwise helps them in their day to day life dealing with cancer. "Are You Loving Enough?" Are you loving enough? There is some one dear, Some one you hold as the dearest of all In the holiest shrine of your heart. Are…
Chrisguy
Chrisguy how are you doing? Hope you're ok. I found that I like a song called Sorry by Buckcherry. The guy has a very disinctive voice and look I find pretty neat.
Eye Cancer
Hi, I just diagnosed with a cancer growth in my eye. I am getting scheduled for a PET scan and I am scared. Any help,support,or advice?
help me
My 43 year old husband was diagnosed this month with stomach and liver cancer. What do I do next. The doctor did not offer no hope past 10 months. I can not stop crying. Time has stood still, my world has ended. I do not want my husband to spend his last months (if theses are his last months) seeing his wife of 22 years…
Im sad today :(
It was 12 weeks yesterday that I lost my partner, just feeling sad today
Reply to Ishy...'Not able to access chat' post
Ishy, I am sure Buzzard will be able to help you, but I also wanted to tell you about an alternate chat room that many of us use when the csn chat room isn't working. Go to mywbs.com, click on 'chat rooms' then 'private rooms', then select 'that chat'. You can sign in as a guest and let us know who you are, or you can…
Not able to access chat?
While this topic is not necessarily emtional support in itself, I do feel the ability to access the chat provides me with emotional support on a personal level. First I was unable to access the chat because it told me the chat apparently didn't exist. Then I couldn't access because it said someone else was already logged…
why was I left behind?
People keep telling me that God won't allow me to follow my husband in death because there must be some "purpose" for me. I am also aware of the religious belief that suicide is an unforgivable sin. Well, I can't find a purpose for myself now. I feel like I'm just dying inside and I want to go and be with him. I beg God…
Will my heart ever be the same?
My partner died August 4th 2009 in my arms at our home after a long battle with this dreaded disease... a social worker at Calvary Hospice, New York, thought it might help me to come here and maybe get some advice/support. My days are up and down but seem to becoming more down than up as the time goes on. I feel like my…
Cancer Lexicon Needs to Change
I think it’s time we rethink the lexicon we use when discussing cancer. Two specific examples jump to my mind: “survivor” and “lost his/her battle with cancer.” The Oxford definition for survivor is as follows: n. a person who survives, esp. a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died: the sole…
Lost my mom to colon cancer 14 days after giving birth to my daughter
I am 38 years old and lost my mom to colon cancer this January - 14 days after I became a mom for the first time. I'm not sure what to say. I find myself now months later having moments of visualizing her face when she was just a couple days away from death. She was on morphine and hadn't eaten or drank anything for a long…
brother has renal cell cancer given 2 years
My brother was diagnosed with renal cell cancer he has a mass on his right kidney it has spread to his chest bone,hip and spine and they give him only two years. they are going to start chemo. Does he have any hope? My heart says no when i saw him amonth ago he was so thin and weak my heart just aches. My poor mother feels…
CHAT IS UP!
for the moment anyway.
Divorce, illness and the Holidays - so it starts, sigh
Sigh. here we go. Is it unavoidable or not so much? My son just got here from out of town for the holidays and my ex (grrrr) only brought him in for a week. In Canada only a week to fly from one province to another in the winter is nuts, snowstorms make the cancellation and delay situation almost a certainty thus reducing…
Our friend Hollyberry is about to make her final journey
To everyone that has read postings from Hollyberry and gained much needed support and encouragment I wanted to let you know she is about to make her final journey to Heaven. She has been an inspiration to so many of us and I feel blessed to have had her in my life, she helped me through some dark times. There are people…
Need some help/support with relatioship issue
I was diagnosed, treated and most likely cured of anal cancer last fall. My husband of 34 yrs has always made the physical part of our relationship the deal breaker in our marriage. It was always his way or the highway. Well since the cancer I had been unwilling/unable to just do things "his way". To make a long story…

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