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How to deal with the pain and hurtfullness from your loved ones
My husband has been diagnosed for the 2nd time with brain cancer. they removed his tumor and is a total different man. He is so angry towards me. Doesnt acknowledge that i am around him. Isw very hateful towards me.. Does anyone have any answers for me on how to deal with this.
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Finished my initial treatment protocol today. Need to re-define myself as a 'survivor OUT of treatm
How very strange for this day to finally be here! Today is my 'graduation day' from my initial treatment protocol that started in July 2008 with a questionable Pap test, followed by numerous biopsies and sonograms and a D&C, a cancer diagnosis, and a second opinion;....then major debulking surgery, then 5 months of chemo,…
Vivid Memories
Hi, My name is Lisa and I'm 22. My last treatment was in 2004 and my last operation was in 2008. I was diagnosed at the age of 13 but I'm still feeling the effects of this disease. I've been through several years of therapy and I've developed panic disorder while trying to cope with the illness. While I've decided to…
The Power Behind 'One'
I have been on these boards for awhile now and one of the topics that comes up often is the topic of being lonely and afraid, not having any support, just being on your own with cancer. At this particular point in my own cancer story I will be going in for reports on a new symptom the docs have found about 2 months ago so…
people who dont understand about mood swings
what i am trying to say is that people who dont understand about a person who has cancer and is trying to find their way back to being so called normal . they understand that sure we are human like them but we had this dreadful illness and are trying to get their life back on track so everything around them feels normal…
How do I deal?
I am 25 & have stage IVB Cervical cancer. The only family/support I had left, my grandma, just passed away a couple of weeks ago. I am now in an assisted living facility because my doctor doesn't feel it's safe for me to live alone. The only friend I have supporting me lives about 12 hours away from me. He does the best he…
Life is what you make of it
Today can be however you choose it to be even with cancer or as a burned out care giver.
:( Advice?
Hubby has Ct scan scheduled for Wednesday. The onc and his Pcp both believe the disease has spread to his liver. They said that if indeed it has they recommend all treatment stop and hospice called. I'm going out of my mind with so many emotions. My hubby doesn't know any of this information. They told me privately because…
I feel like I'm drowning. Just need to purge.
I was diagnosed with severe PTSD when I was 10 years old as well as acute generalized anxiety disorder. I'm now 22 and still have a very hard time just doing the basics of household tasks and medical appointments. My son is 2 years old and I was diagnosed in Oct. 2008 He is my life and it's just the 2 of us. I'm in…
Kids
I have four kids ages 11, 9, 4, and 2. How do I tell them about this illness I have? And that mommy is going to get worse before she gets better? My mom has offered to talk to them if I need her to. Is that a good idea or should I just buck up and do it myself?
a need
I know there's a need out there for people with cancer who are in bad situations. Does anyone know of resources available to help? Where do abused people go especially when they are going thru cancer treatment? Anyone have any answers?
What is a cancer?
Can anyone tell the true defintion of what cancer is? The disease I have been daig. with it is confusing.(myeloproliferative disease/myelofibrosis) Saying that it is not a cancer but could turn into a cancer. Others say that it is a cancer. I just don't know if I am in the right place for support.
distant kids
I am a 2 year colon cancer survivor. I was told that my Cat scan was normal but showed that my heart was enlarged. My oncologist didn't feel that I needed any testing for this. I've never had high blood pressure or had any problems relating to my heart. I'm very petite and have always been this way. I have a very…
Dealing with the death of a loved one when you haven't been given a good prognosis yourself
Last year I was diagnosed with stage IV A cervical cancer. I took on the battle and in Dec. '08 was declared in remission. My progronosis was a 20-30% chance of surviving 5 years. I know there is so much out there that keeps us going longer theses days, but ... after holding my mother-in-laws hand today and pronouncing her…
Newbie
hello, My wife has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and she'll be starting chemotherapy this Monday. Just looking for support as she goes through this. She'll get a lot form me, but I have little to run to or to talk. Marion
Destroying A Monster
There is a Monster amongst us Growing stronger everyday There is a Monster amongst us that does not want to go away It infects our loved ones it destroys our dream This Monster must be destroyed we can not let it live It does not look at Nationality does not care who you are Men Women and Children it invades us all We have…
feel helpless
My mom was just diagnosed with some sort of abdominal cancer. She has been going through all kinds of tests and emotional rides since April. She has not had a meal since March. Just last week her ONC had her start Chemo. He told her if she does not eat the program will not work. She is very sick now and does not eat enough…
Promises made during weak moments in treatment: 'Camp Grandma'!
Over the Christmas holidays this year I was deep into my chemo rounds and my immunity was shot. White count so low that I couldn't go anywhere without wearing a surgical mask; hemoglobin too low to safely drive; and I missed all of my grandchildren's Christmas programs at school and church; no cookie baking; no gingerbread…
The Strength and Wisdom of a Survivor
No matter where you are in the cancer journey as a patient - you are a survivor. You have survived diagnosis in the very beginning - perhaps deep worry even before that at having experienced unusual symptoms but you survived them all. On to the next steps, one by one. You wonder and fear and worry and cry and then do them…
End of my tether!
As many of you know, I have posted on here a few times recently..My husband lost his Mum to cancer less than a year before I got diagnosed with Breast cancer end of 2007.. He became like Mr Angry when she died.....He went completely off the deep end and was a totally different person. He has mental health issues, but they…
I just don't know how to go on...
...sometimes. I am a young mother of a five year old boy. His name is Aiden and he has Stage Four Nephroblastoma. He was diagnosed in January 2009. Every day we are clueless as to the future or what time will bring. No body understands what my husband and I go through every day. Let alone what our boy oes through. No…
How do you handle your emotions , its getting real tough seems like ??
Well you know they say men don,t cry , ?Right Well someone lied things seem to have just come full circle on me lately i guess the realization of things just have come home and hit i drove around this evening and all of a sudden i just started crying and just could not stop, for overan hour , have not started any…
Feeling rejected
Our really good friend and also my daughter's best friend's mom has terminal cancer. She is not expected to live through the rest of the year. My daughter (15yrs) is very upset because her friend doesn't want to talk to her as much as she used to. She also is choosing to talk more to a boy she just met instead of my…
RE: Questions about Red Cell Morphology tests I had done
Hello, I do not have cancer (at least yet that I know of). I do have a question about some lab work had recently. Under the subject "Red cell morphology" it said "Slight--Abnormal" for the "polychrome" and "Ovalo". I'm wondering if anyone knows if that means anything important? My family Dr. brushed it off when I asked.…
loss of intrest in working
i just did my 6 month and the doc said everything felt okay. of course he wasn't the one bent over the table. but i am happy if he's happy. in the last 2 months i have had some unexpected changes. when i first came home i tried to get back in the same old routine. i was okay for a few months. but like i said at about the 4…
Hair Loss
Hi! Yes, I know I have a much greater battle than just that....and there is no dignity to cancer.......but how did you deal w/it? I'm hoping to be able to work during this ordeal and don't need the 'looks' and 'comments'. Did you just shave it off? let it fall off? wear a wig? wear a scarf/hat? go around bald?
My Aunts Cancer
Hi im kelli im writing you today, because my aunt recently passed away due to asophugus cancer. she passed away 2 days ago..we are in desprate need of help burying her she was 44 years old..a very loving kind woman with 3 children and 2 grandchildren one due next month..if anyone knows of any kind of charity or cancer org…
Melanoma who knew it could kill so violently
My husband is suffering from malignant metastic melanoma Stage 3. He was first diagnosed in August 2008 and has undergone 2 major surgeries and 5 weeks of Interferon IV treatments and now must suffer through 11 months of shots 3 times per week. Is there anyone out there who can relate to this cancer and offer advice to me…
Waiting
There are a million and one things/feelings about dealing with the word 'cancer' from the finding of a lump, or having a symptom that leaves you worried, to waiting for a doc's appt to check it out to waiting for results and treatment. When I was recently told I had a lesion they had 'missed' I have been waiting for one…

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