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My husband has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. It has matastasized to the bone. His left hip broke one morning. The doctor did a partial hip replacement and biopsied a piece and it was the same cancer. Now we have found a knot on his right arm. The doctor said it was consistent with the cancer. We've been through…
How long will it take?
hi i'm new to this group, and find that i have to talk to someone. i was a sophmore in high school when i was diagnosed with bone cancer. i went through two years of treatment, and now only suffer from a limp and sometimes stress fractures. After my treatments i suffered from anxiety and panic attacks, but through drug…
Emotional Support
I am 32 yrs old and I have cancer in several parts of my body. Sometimes I think that I have come to grips with what is going on with me and then again I think that I have not come to grips. I find myself crying alot and just talking to the lord and asking him to save me.What is one to do. I am not with my family. I live…
emotional roller-coaster
I've really been struggling lately! Right now, I'm in the middle of radiation treatments for non-Hodgkins lymphoma (I've had 9 of 15). That part is going well - my tumor is shrinking nicely, and I've had very few side effects. However, my emotions are all hay-wire!!! Having cancer has caused me to dredge up feelings about…
Deep Thoughts
I just read a little poem by Dhany. I was wondering if anybody else has written poetry to express their feelings, or has a favorite Bible passage that keeps them going, or lyrics, etc. I thought maybe this was a good place to share these things. I wrote this one about the time of my last chemo treatment: Remnants of an Old…
getting hooked on ...
..the survival discussion groups. You have no idea , really no idea , how your messages of hope and courage have put my life into perspective. When my husband was diagnosed with nasopharngeal cancer we were both blown away. Our world was crumbling and panic, fear and depression was quick to set in. Reading your stories,…
choroidal eye melanoma
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with choroidal eye melanoma. I had no warning except for the 2 weeks before I went to the eye doctor. I went, thinking I needed glasses. I'm on the computer all day at work and my vision in my right eye was getting blurry. I also started having headaches above my right eye. When I went to my…
support group
I am 47 and live in Granite Bay, CA. I had surgery in Dec. and found out my it was ovarian cancer.I started chemo. I've been trying (on line)with no success ,to locate a support group in this area (Granite Bay, Roseville)Any suggestions? My 2nd chemo is next week and I'd like to be connected with a group before I need…
Life After Treatment: Getting on with It
General open ended question: How's it going? Almost a year after treatment for Hodgkin's 2b at age 41, I am finding it difficult to get my life going again. Integrating the new post cancer me into "regular" life while honoring the changes I've experienced is hard. All thoughts welcome about this specifically or on the…
Hi, First time writing, I have uterine cancer
Hi, I had a very large fibroid tumor that my Dr. was sure wasn't cancer. WELL guess what, the pathologist found cancer cells, Leiomyosarcoma. I'm going in for my 2nd surgery tomorrow, it's only been 6 weeks since the first. They see something in my CT Scan that they can't identify. They want to remove my cervix and lymph…
How do you cope?
I am 29 and was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in April 2001. I just finished chemo. A month ago my boyfriend asked me to move out. He said he didn't want to see me anymore. It was completely unexpected. I have not had the mental strength to go in for my CT scan, etc. He has been my primary support since my diagnosis - How…
Depressed
I've went through chemo and radiation for breast cancer, and doing fine. It has been 7 months since the last treatment, which I'm so glad, but now I just so down and thats reaaly not at all me. I ended up with lymphodema and have gotten cellulitis in my arm twice. I wear a sleeve and do what they tell me, but does not seem…
desperate need of support for a friend
i am trying to find someone who is in the chicago area who has throat/lung cancer to speak with a friend of mine's sister. her dr gave her the number of only one other male patient and i am trying to find her a female african american woman, dx with throat/lung cancer. i don't really know all of the details but know that…
I'm 14 and my grandmother has cancer.
i havent seen my grandmother in 2 weeks because she had chemo. when i saw her a few days ago she didn't look like she used to and it was scary. i want to act like nothing had happened but something did and i cant ignore that. i was wondering if anyone else went through this and if so what did you do?
I am 14 and my grandmother has cancer
My grandmother has cancer and i haven't seen her for like 2 weeks. i saw her today and she lokks nothing like what she did. i'm trying to treat her like i used to but its hard because she dosn't look like she used to and she is really sick and not her self. i was wondering if anybody else went through this and if they did…
Things do get better, I promise
Hi: For those of you that haven't read my previous posts.. Here is my story. I got diagnosed with cancer in Sept. 2001. I finished my treatments in March 2002. Went back to work full time in July of 2002. After my treatments ended I went though a very deep depression. I wanted to crawl under a rock or go live far away from…
Diagnosed at 25 as well, looking for other young people
Hello, I replied to Jennifer's message underneath this one, but thought I would post my own as well. I was also diagnosed at 25, but recently had a 26th birthday. The main problem that I am having is dealing with cancer at such a young age. I am not sure what the correct etiquette is when telling people that I have this…
Thanks so much
Thanks for the responses, at least I know now I'm not alone. I go to the doctors next Wed. and will tell him about this, hope that he can help. Again thanks to everyone who responded. Hope all will get better for you to, as time goes on. Nothing much has ever bothered me most of my life and I guess I just do not know how…
Health Insurance
I am contacting this group because I am looking to help people. As many of you know when a person is diagnosed with cancer it is almost impossible to find health coverage. I am located in Arizona and represent a very large insurance group. Recently we came out with a discount health plan that does not have any preexisting…
I need help
My mom has lung that will kill her. Within the next year. Treatment isn't an option. I had cancer last year and underwent 6 months of treatments (four of chemo and two of radiation). My mother never came to see me the whole time I was sick and she only lives 15 miles from here. She is a very selfish, self-centered woman…
Tests are Clear!
Hey Guys and Gals, Just to let you know that my pre-surgery tests are clear! One victory down, 2 more to go. Hugs, Jennifer
I can't handle this
My husband of 30 years was diagnosed with liver cancer in April. It is very far progressed. He has had a chemo infusion at UCLA & a chemo embolization at University of Penn. He may have another embolization if the first one did him any good. He is all over the place emotionally. He is paranoid, he flares, he doesn't…
Discouraging News
Dear Frinds, I got the pathology report from the tumor that was taken out during my quadrantectomy. The news is discouraging, after being originally diagnosed with DCIS, the doctors have now realized that 5% of my lession consisted of invasive ductal carcinoma. I will have to have a lymph node biopsy on the 20th of this…
I need help with a book (m)
Hello, my name is Heather Head and I am not a cancer victim, but my heart goes out to all of you who are struggling with this disease. I'm posting to request your help. I am writing web copy for a group that is going to be publishing an inspirational book of true cancer survivor stories. Right now, they are soliciting…
Done with surgery!
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm home already recovering from my partial mastectomy and ask you to pray that my pathology report will say that my margins are clear. Will find out on Friday and let you know. I'm very anxious! Hugs, Jennifer
Check up!
Hi all: Just wanted to share with you that I just "passed" my three month check up and got a clean bill of health. I finished my chemo in late Jan. 2002 and my raditaion in late March 2002. I haven't been to my onclogist's office in three months and it was HARD going back seeing the people/patient in various stages of…
Pregnant with Breast Cancer
I am a Reach to Recovery volunteer. One of my patients is 42 years old, pregnant with Breast Cancer. She has gone through a mastectomy and is now facing chemotherapy and radiation. Obviously, they will not do the radiation until after the baby is born, but they want to start chemotherapy. She needs someone to talk to who…
LIVING IN FEAR
I am in remission of lung cancer.I had chemo and radiation and finished my treatments Dec.2001.i'm 41 years old.I'm living in fear that it will come back all the time.No matter how I try to change my thoughts the fear is there all the time.I was positive going through my treatments but after they told me that I was in…
A celebration for me
I finished my six month reatment for NHL in March. Everyone asked me what I was going to do when it was all over and I said "I am going to have a kegger party and the I am going to go to Disneyland with my husband and daugher". I really was joking abou the kegger party. We don't drink very much especially after all this…
Turning 37 and a new year
Hi all: Today, I turned 37. Most of my 36th year of life I was either sick and they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me or I was fighting cancer. I feel like today is the first day of the rest of my life. I didn't tell a lot of people it was my birthday becasue I quietly wanted to say good-bye to 36 and welcome 37…

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