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Unexplained stomach pains from meds for ALL
- By Liams-mom · New reply May 17, 2013
- 4 replies
- Hi everyone..I haven't been on here for a while and I hope everyone is doing well. I have a question for other parents who have children diagnosed with A.L.L. My 13 year old son was diagnosed in April ...
Separation Anxiety
- By klgreen · New reply May 10, 2013
- 5 replies
- Hello, my son was diagnosed wit Medulloblastoma in October 2012. He celebrated his 4th birthday in November. He had surgery to remove tumor which was a success, 6 weeks of proton therapy radiation, and ...
B Vitamins as antidote to neuropathy?
- By Andie4 · New reply April 25, 2013
- 5 replies
- My 7 year old son is 18 months into his treatment for leukemia, and gets Vincristine IV once a month as part of that treatment. We have noticed that he definitely has some gait issues - he skips or hops ...
Medical Masks for Children
- By MIT-mask-design-team · New reply April 22, 2013
- 3 replies
- I am student at MIT working on a project to design a comfortable, effective and fun-looking medical mask for children. We are looking for volunteers to share your experience with masks and help us understand ...
Are the doctors right or are my suspicions right?
- By lillibugsmama · New reply April 3, 2013
- 12 replies
- My daughter has been sick for three months. All blood tests are only showing anemia and low sodium. Doctors say it's probably just a virus. I should be happy with this but I still have a feeling deep ...
NY City Free events for pediatric brain tumors families
- By CatherineML · New reply March 26, 2013
- 1 reply
- If you have a child with a brain or spinal cord tumor (as primary dx), and live in the NY, NJ, CT metropolitan area, you may be eligible for free tickets to a show in NYC on February 10 as well as other ...
Wilms Tumor
- By ChristsAmbassador · New reply March 26, 2013
- 5 replies
- Did anyone who had a child with Wilms tumor use Mentholatum (or similar rub) on their child growing up? If so, where did you apply it ...
College During Long Term Maintenance?
- By BsMomma · New reply November 2, 2012
- 3 replies
- Tips for college age kids in treatment... Should they live at home/commute? Take online classes until treatment is complete? Should they live in a dorm or multi-roommate apartment with unstable AGC? How ...
Ewing Sarcoma
- By Zurba · New reply October 4, 2012
- 6 replies
- Dear All, I have an 8 years old son who was diagnosed of July 2012 with Ewing Sarcoma in his right tibia. We were visiting my family in Chicago. I am not a US citizen nor US resident, I do not have social ...
Feeling emotionally drained
- By Liams-mom · New reply September 25, 2012
- 27 replies
- I am feeling emotionally drained still after a year and a half of my son's treatment for ALL. He has not been the best patient at the age of 12 and I have seen him go through a lot of pain and been unable ...
Late side effects of treatment
- By HopeMama · New reply August 22, 2012
- 3 replies
- I am wondering if Medulloblastoma found anyone to help him with his late in life effects of treatment? I am interested in any progress you might have made? Our son had radiation treatment & surgery 5 ...
Wilms Recurrence
- By kheineman · New reply August 3, 2012
- 5 replies
- My four-year-old was recently diagnosed with her second wilms tumor recurrence and I was wondering if anyone else has gone through similar circumstances. It would be good to connect with others whose ...
Chorid plexus carcinoma
- By Gregwmayo · Posted July 29, 2012
- 0 replies
- I have a 4 yr old with this cancer anyone else ...
Hepatoblastoma stage 3
- By Mholmes14 · New reply May 16, 2012
- 21 replies
- My 2 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with stage 3 hepatoblastoma. We just entered her 2nd cycle of chemo. I would love to talk to other parents who have been down this same road ...
Coming to an end
- By mom2rka · New reply May 9, 2012
- 4 replies
- My husband and I realized today that we need to start making arrangements for our daughter but we don't know where to begin. Any suggestions on where I might be able to find this type of information ...
What do you think? Can a child make an informed treatment decision?
- By ADnea · New reply April 5, 2012
- 4 replies
- Hello Everyone. Today, I read an article that I thought would make an interesting discussion topic. It is about an 12-year-old boy who decided to terminate his cancer treatment. You can read the article ...
My 2 year old son died of Leukemia
- By Morganfmoms · New reply January 1, 2012
- 17 replies
- Our 2 year old son Morgan died on April 8th of this year after 10 months of treatment for high risk ALL after a Pseudonmas infection , just wondered if anyone put there would like to chat. Thanks Michelle ...
Rice Owls
- By WmKeeler · Posted October 13, 2011
- 0 replies
- My son was diagnosed in November 2008 with medulloblastoma, received treatment from Tx Children's Hospital and MD Anderson from December 2008 through June 2009 and I am happy to say at his last check-up ...
Where to get hats?
- By momofalli · New reply July 14, 2011
- 14 replies
- I'm looking for stores to buy hats for my10 year old daughter who is going through chemo. She is scheduled to be done in May so we have a great summer planned with swimming, beaches and vacations. I'm ...
divorced dad that child has cancer
- By connormyhero · New reply May 23, 2011
- 2 replies
- Hi I have a 4 year old son that was diagnosed with a wilms tumor. I am finding it very hard to cope because I cant see him everyday . Any other dads going through same thing ...
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