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Emotional Support

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…
Any parents living with adult child, both have cancer???? WOW
My mom wants to know if anybody else has lived with their adult child, while both having and undergoing treatment for cancer??? She feels like they are the only ones, yet believes that certainly others have had the same situation. Would love to hear from you! Wow, really? The dynamics for them are really unique in some…
Katie Kirkpatrick
My sister sent me an email with this story - I am pasting a link to where you can read it and see pictures on the web.…
New Look Good Feel Better Program for Counties in Mississippi
New Look Good Feel Better Program for Counties in Mississippi Serving Tallahatchie and all surrounding counties such as Bolivar, Greenville, Coahoma, Panola, Leflore and more. Her name is Mary Frances Gentry 662-375-8235. She has helped me a great deal!!! She gave me free makeup, wraps, wig, and a breast form. My insurance…
My husband's battle has ended ;(
I wanted to let you know that my husband's long and brave battle has ended. He fought so bravely and I'm so proud of him. We couldn't do anything....the cancer finally beat us. His last moments were peaceful and I was holding him in my arms. I told him that everything was going to be okay and that he needs to follow the…
My husband answered me today
Before my husband passed while I was holding him and talking to him I asked that he send me a sign he is with me after his passing. Many people ask that lights go on or off....some ask for pennies to be found. But I wanted to ask him for something different....something that no one else would understand. I asked him to…
Feeling Alone
HI, I;M NEW TO THE BOARD. I'M NOT SURE I ENTERED THIS IN THE RIGHT FORMAT. I JUST HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY JUNE 3RD FOLLOWED BY A FIERCE INFECTION AND EXPANDER RECONSTRUCTION. I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD I HAD SURVIVED ALL THIS WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, BUT MY HUSBAND IS STRUGGLING WITH IT ALL. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GET ADDITIONAL…
Ways to stay strong?
Hi I'm new to the site and am looking for alot of support somewhere. My life has been flipped around this year after being diagnosed with cancer. I am only 15 years old. Its been really hard these past couple of months. At first i was strong about getting through this but now i've just been really depressed. All this…
Response not neccessarily required ;-)
There probably is no magic answer here, except for all your prayers for my mom and brother that I can get. My brother has been told that the treatments are no longer working (for the third round) and that his recurrent nasopharyngeal tumor has grown much larger than they had thought. The only treatment option a team of…
How do I do this?
There's this coworker that really wants to help me a lot, but she is above me and works really close with me, and it just feels really really really weird. How do I let her know that I don't need her help in a nice way? I mean, I neeeeeeeed help, God knws, but you know...sometimes people are best kept at a bit of a…
also....
I want to say that this wonderful new discussion board you have here has been a great place for me to go. I am very grateful. I have read many many of your discussions and cried thru most all of them. The strength and passion here is exactly what I needed. God Bless each and every one of you. I feel selfish and 'naked',…
Need Advice on Emotional Support
Hi all! A year ago, my girlfriend's--then my colleague's--father has been diagnosed with colon cancer, stage 3, with metastasis to two nearby lymph nodes. He underwent surgery, yet no further treatment could be administered since his surgery wound did not and has not healed. Although, quite surprisingly, a recent CT scan…
Best book I have ever read by a cancer survivor that deals w/ the emotional issues of surviving, cop
I would like to get the word out to the cancer community about an amazing book written by a Carcinoid Cancer survivor called "Between Me and The River" by Carrie Host. I am an oncology nurse and this is simply the best book about surviving, coping and recovering from cancer that I have ever read. This book is so…
a dear friend of mine
my friend just had a mascetomy on monday, along with this she had been discharged the same day, the very next day i had to take her to the primary doctor for nerves damaged during her biopsy, she is taking norco, flexeril, klonipin, and norco , she tells me she is following the prescribed dose, but her boyfriend tells me…
body image
Has anyone on these boards had plastic surgery after cancer to undo what the surgeons did? If so did it help? I'm not coping with my scars at all or the daily reminders I'm still having from colon cancer. I'm still very bitter about this. Don't tell me to focus on what I have to be thankful for. I just want to look at…
Anyone heard of this
There is a therapy out called EMDR. It stands for eye movement, therapy desensitization and reprocessing. Sounds far fetched but let me tell you IT WORKS. Please if you're having a rough time give this a try. It will allow you to release past trauma's and get past all the bad crap. I tried this yesterday and know it works.
Invalidation Rears It's Ugly Head Again, Sigh
You know I really thought I was over the kind of doctor's report I got today but nope guess that isn't the case - not over it. I had seen this rheumatologist about a month ago and when I was at my GP's today for my monthly appointment I asked if she had got his consult letter yet and oh ya she sure did. I asked for a copy…
how do you start over??????????
It has been 2 years since I lost Richard to lung cancer. We had 34 years together and all I want is my life back, the way it was. It doesn't matter if it was before or after he was sick. I don't know how to start over without him. Does this even make any sence? I was 19 when we met, he was 21 so we basically grew up…
where do I start?????
I found out yesterday my mom is dying......and even as I write the words and know they are true I don't know how to begin to wrap around the changes that are coming......I don't even know where to begin.....she is alone in Nebraska I am in Ct......I have little money to get there and don't know what I will do to suport…
My opinion letter to the "Chicago Tribune" regarding a public choice for health coverage
www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-090617kosinski_briefs,0,2232068.story chicagotribune.com Insurance companies should prove public option won't work June 17, 2009 Opponents of a public option for health-care coverage should stop deluding themselves into believing private health insurance companies don't…
Are there any bikers out there fighting cancer?
Hi friends. Just wondering if there is anyone out there who's a biker or loves motorcycles? Our Oregon chapter president, "Warbird" found out over Christmas that his cancer has returned. We'd love to hear words of encouragement and support for our dear friend and fellow biker, and prayers are appreciated too! Thumper BFC…

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