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Young Mothers with Cancer
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Feb 17, 2012 - 9:39 pm
I am 33 years old with a 9 month old and a 2 1/2 year old and just went through a battle with cancer. I have tried to find support groups in my area but all of them have patients that are in their late 50's and 60's. I'm looking to talk with other moms who are trying to move on with life after cancer. Thanks :) |
Joined: Jan 2012
Hi robin, I am also 33 with
Hi robin,
I am also 33 with the kids, 4,7,8. It is hard to find people our age fighting cancer. I am still in the battle, fighting cervical cancer. I hope things are going well for you.
Joined: Dec 2014
Hello
Just wanted to day hi and how are you doing ?
Joined: Mar 2011
Super Moms Resume
I'm 32 and a single mom with one seven year old who will be 8 this March. I was diagnosed with stage 3 brain cancer in 2010 and in remission with no recurrences.
I've asked my oncologist for a support group and he looked at the paper on the wall that listed support groups. I told him that there weren't any for me, there's only groups for breast cancer, prostate cancer, and newbies into chemo. He referred me to the Social Worker on staff and she gave me tons of worksheets to read. Bah hum bug. Normally, I'm not this vocal, but cancer makes me wanna vent.
Joined: Jan 2011
support groups
Start a new one in your community, on the boards any place you can! You are not the only ones out there...but you need each other....We need each other.
jp
Joined: May 2012
can we?
Can we start a discussion board or group on here for "younger moms" like us dealing with and coping with cancer and children and all the strength it takes? I am 34 with a 6 year old with colon cancer.
Joined: Mar 2012
Diagnosed at 30 with a child in kindergarten
Hello ladies! I was diagnosed with stage 4 NPC cancer in Feb. of 09 my son was in kindergarten and his father and I had separated the year before. I have since found someone and he and I have a son together who will be a year old in May. The doctors were less than thrilled with me when I told them I had gotten pregnant. But honestly take me off the birth control and well....lol! I am having a lot of problems with patience and keeping up with them. I had NO idea how exhausted I would be all the time. I don't feel as if I can talk to anyone either I always get that same blank expression with the head nod. Oh they try to be supportive, kind and positive but it's just not enough. However, my older son's father is a moron and said I sounded like a horrible person because I complain about things. I should be happy I survived end of story. I am not sure how to respond to that except to get angry. I am blessed to have 2 beautiful healthy children but I am a human being does that make me less appreciative?
Joined: Feb 2012
We are strong
So great to see responses on this! I actually googled Mothers with Cancer and my own post came up :)
I look back and realize how stronger I am. To have given birth to two children and fought cancer all in the last year. It's amazing what our bodies can handle. It's the spirit and the emotional stuff that makes the whole journey a bit hard.
"Inch by inch, life is a synch. Yard by yard it's very hard" -unknown
Going through my cancers and my surgeries was such a whirlwind but now in the remission phase, almost six months out, I am reminded of it everyday. Not a moment goes by when I don't think about cancer and how all of this could have been taken away from me. How my kids could have been left without a mother. How my husband could have been a widower.
I am incredibly grateful. I am so glad to you all for replying because it really is hard to find others in the same boat. If you can't find the support group, sometimes you have to create it yourself.
Joined: May 2012
I'm 42 so I'm older than you
I'm 42 so I'm older than you guys and my youngest is already 13 but I'm at work just wandering the boards looking at what the general groups are chatting about. I think you guys are strong and wonderful! We really do do it all and you guys deserve extra credit for dealing with young kids! Go moms!
Joined: Jul 2012
Hi I am 45 with a 12 and
Hi I am 45 with a 12 and soon to be 14 year old... Can I join in? I was diagnosed in January with ovarian cancer. I had to have my ovaries removed because of cysts so opted for a full hysterectomy. What good is ever dything else without the ovary right? After surgery my doc told me I was very lucky. I did in vact have cancer in both ovaries but it was intact and she was confident no treatment would be needed.
Well on January 20th when I went for my surgry follow up I got told not only did I have ovarian cancer but I was stage 3C. HUH???? So much for treatment needed. I am gratefl for all of the biopsies of my organs that came back clean. Pelvic wash clean. Appendix, omentum, everything clean. Microscopically they found cancer on 2/out of 27 lymph nodes. It was the two nodes my right ovary was sitting on. Went back in 2 weeks later to have a I P port (tummy port) put in for intraperotaneal chemo and did chem from February to June. Here I am NED (no evidence detected) and don't know what to do now.
Every ache and pain I get I think the cancer is back. I have grown to hate the word recurrence. I don't want to have a recurrence and I tell myself every day that is not going to happen.
Even though my kids are in middle school I would love to chat with all of you...
Joined: Sep 2012
Hi. I'm 25 with 3 kids, 7, 5
Hi. I'm 25 with 3 kids, 7, 5 and 2. I had cancer at 23 when I got my hysterectomy and now I have a mass on my ovary. <3 I wish there was a bigger group.. maybe we could start a Facebook group page or something.
Joined: Jul 2012
Hi Jenniebean - Do they
Hi Jenniebean -
Do they know what the ovary mass is? If you want - stop by the ovarian cancer board. That is where I am and there are alot of great ladies in there....
Eileen
Joined: Jul 2012
Hi Jenniebean - Do they
Hi Jenniebean -
Do they know what the ovary mass is? If you want - stop by the ovarian cancer board. That is where I am and there are alot of great ladies in there....
Eileen
Joined: Jul 2012
Hi Jenniebean - Do they
Hi Jenniebean -
Do they know what the ovary mass is? If you want - stop by the ovarian cancer board. That is where I am and there are alot of great ladies in there....
Eileen
Joined: Jul 2012
Wow why did it go three
Wow why did it go three times... Sorry
Joined: Jan 2013
Hi I'm 34 years old,
Hi I'm 34 years old, diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. I am now stage 4. I have 4 kids, two which are my own and two from my boyfriend. They are 11, 14 & 15 years old. It would definitely be nice to chat to other moms in the same position as me. I'm currently still in treatment and living life one day at a time. I am grateful to still be on this earth enjoying my family. If any of you are interested in chatting I am also on whatnext.com as lirasgirl33. :) My best wishes to all of you moms out there going through this journey. Hugs.
Joined: Dec 2014
Would love to chat
im a single mom of a 7 year old dealing with a rare cancer would love some support
Joined: May 2013
dealing with kids and cancer
Hello my name is Veronica i'm 32 years old with 6 kids 11,10,7,6,5 and 1.....i'm currently still battling cancer and looking to start working soon all while doing radiation treatments.my husband works nights so I will be working full time doing radiation during lunch and then coming straight home to watch 6 kids...anyone have advice on how to get through this?
Thanks
Joined: May 2013
new life
hi frndz,
I'm happy to see all of u here. its really heart touching stories.. Im 39yrs , i want to share my story with you all.. In 2011 the big tragedy occured in my life, i was been diagnosed with GBM. I had to undergo through the ups n down of the terrible life.. I did surgery twice, then chemo and radiaton.. Even aft ths nothing worked out. one of our family member suggested about a new treatment SPMF. We went for a try.. after treatment the miracle happenend the tumour growth has reduced, and didn hve any other associated illness..Thanks to SPMF therapy
Recently i came across a write up about SPMF and its efficacy :http://www.siliconcitynews.com/?p=10697
Joined: May 2013
HI there, you always have the
HI there,
you always have the forums to talk to they are the best as you can regularly talk about how you feel and also make fiends
Joined: May 2015
Hi, I'm 31 and have 2 young
Hi, I'm 31 and have 2 young children, 3 and 1. I was diagnosed with oral cancer last year, my baby was 6 months old. Recently had a clear CT scan. Just had a PET with a few hot spots, but was told not to worry because it was on the opposite side, but how can I not worry? Anyone else have false positives On PET scan? I pray all day and night that my treatment worked. I want to be around to raise my children. They are my world.
Joined: Aug 2015
Hi ladies!
Hi everyone! I just want to say everyone on this board is so strong and as a mom we have to be but this is a great place to let go and ask questions. Im 32 yrs old and a mom of a 16 moth old girl and 4 yr old boy. I was just diagnosed with kidney cancer. How can this be? I still keep thinking it's not real. im in The process of choosing a surgeon. I feel like it's such a big decision. I find my self thinking the worst but I know I have to fight and be strong for my family. Hope we can all help each other. I think a Facebook page is a good idea too!
Joined: May 2016
Me too.
Im a mom of two kids. Age 10 and 13. Im a single mother and just got diagnoced with stage two uturine cancer. Im so glad to find this forum. Thanks for every ones comments. It helps to not be alone.
Joined: Oct 2016
6 Days until Chemotherapy
Another sleepless night, The words flow out of my mind like a dripping faucet annoying and costly. I'm sick of tossing and turning and the pain. I'm afraid that my world is crashing down around me and no one understands it except me. I'm so good at being the savior for other's that I'm afraid that I'm unable to know how to save myself. I start chemo next week and the only thought I have is losing my hair and becoming more weak and even more unattractive than I already feel. I have no energy to even do my makeup anymore, the dark circles under my eyes from the lack of sleep have become a staple of my everyday appearance. My boyfriend calls me beautiful and even though he is amazing I feel he is too kind. I yell at my kids for not understanding what I'm going through and making things harder on me with all the fighting and bickering that they do. I try to explain that stress is not good or healthy for me but they don't get it. I don't know how to be a mom anymore that doesn't have cancer. I try to not get emotional or think too much but the truth is I have no idea how to feel or if what I'm thinking will even matter to anyone else. It's been about my kids health for so long and I'm not sure that I can focus all my attention like everyone keeps saying on just me. I cried for about two hours straight last night and there was nothing that could have been said to make it better. I cant explain myself and not sure even if I could anyone would get it. I'm doing my best this week to just go day by day and breathe in and out and for now that is my attempt of dealing with anything that comes my way this week and the following weeks to come.
Joined: Oct 2016
I'm 34 and a mother of three
I'm 34 and a mother of three daughters 12,13,7 and I too am looking for support. I've been diagnosed with Lymphoma stage 3. I recently went through radiation which did absoultley nothing, I start my first round of chemo next week.