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Metastatic bladder cancer

Guidance and support for those with metastatic bladder cancer.

What does this mean???....

By luvcntrym · New reply May 20, 2009
8 replies
I am really stumped and I don't know how to take this. As you all know, my husbands oncologist referred him to see another oncologist who deals with experimental drugs(Appt. is tomorrow at Karmanos ...

update on mom

By djtcl · New reply May 18, 2009
3 replies
Well, more of the same here I guess. Mom's legs and feet are still swollen...actually worse. She can't even get her shoes on. Nurse says wait to see if it goes down after Ibuprofen is out of the system ...

My brother Stevie cont

By fluble · New reply May 15, 2009
8 replies
First, thank you all for your responses. It helps to know there ARE people that I can talk to. I have discussed with my brothers doctors about telling him. We have decided to tell him as little as possible ...

my brother

By fluble · New reply May 14, 2009
12 replies
Well...where do I start. These last couple of days have all bunched up into each other. My brother Stevie, has been in the ER the last couple of days. Yesterday was admitted overnight. He has a small ...

Need your input

By djtcl · New reply May 14, 2009
6 replies
So, the hospice nurse came today and Mama's legs are pretty swollen (which she hasn't mentioned). The nurse said her left leg is wollen to a +3. This is the leg that has been hurting her the most. THe ...

Not too much to report...

By luvcntrym · New reply May 13, 2009
10 replies
Hi everyone, First off, thanks for all the well wishes and blessings that I missed. I can't even begin to tell you how much that means to the both of us. Dennis went for his doppler ultrasound on that ...

CHEMO + Other treatments?

By Full_of_Hope · New reply May 13, 2009
3 replies
Hello Everyone, I wish to repeat and acknowledge all the true support this community of caregivers and Bladder Cancer patients offer to one another. I'm a frequent reader, but infrequent writer. My dad ...

Went to oncologist today....

By luvcntrym · New reply May 12, 2009
13 replies
Hello everyone, Dennis and I read each and every reply just a little while ago and we thank each and everyone of you for all the thoughts, prayers, and advice. Well, we went to his oncologist today. He ...

Feeling Helpless as a spouse

By luvcntrym · New reply May 12, 2009
22 replies
Hi all....I haven't been on here in a long time but now I feel helpless and need advice. My husband has metastatic b/c. It has spread to his liver and lungs. He's been on Alimta(Trial Chemo). He has had ...

so thankful

By djtcl · New reply May 11, 2009
3 replies
spent the day with my sweet mom today and so thankul for that! She is about the same I guess. She has started taking afternoon naps mostly because she doesn't sleep well at nightI think. She also is sitting ...

Hospice re-certification

By djtcl · New reply April 23, 2009
4 replies
Mom had to be re-certified for Hospice yesterdy and so the doctor came out to give her a once over. She is having wuite a bit of back, hip and leg pain now. She told the nurse that her pain was a 5 on ...

Leg pain

By djtcl · New reply April 18, 2009
6 replies
The hospice nurse visited today. Surprisingly, she was unaware that Mama's cancer had spread to her back and groin area. We are on our third nurse thus far. Maybe we should have communicated that, but ...

Another wonderful day!

By djtcl · New reply April 13, 2009
1 reply
Hello all! Hope this finds you all well and having had a wonderful Easter with family and friends. My family spent the day together at Mom and Dad's. All together there are 19 of us and we have a great ...

Another thought

By djtcl · New reply April 6, 2009
12 replies
Some of you may remember from another site that last year on my birthday I was very sad. See, my mom has always called and sang me her special birthday song on the morning of my birthday. (yes I never ...

Update or lack there of

By djtcl · New reply April 4, 2009
1 reply
Well, there really is no update I guess. The nurse visited as scheduled and when I called Mama that night I asked what they decided about her leg pain. SHe told me that they hadn't discussed it. I'm thinking....ok ...

Now what?

By djtcl · New reply March 31, 2009
14 replies
Now those of you who know me, know that I get all in a tizzy sometimes. To be honest I think I had gotten a little comfortable in the fact that Mom was doing pretty well. I knew it wouldn't last forever ...

My Dad

By Capagno · New reply March 26, 2009
11 replies
A month ago my dad was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer stage III his gallbladder remove [Laparoscopy] week after that part of his colon was remove his cancer has metastasied to the stomach lining and ...

Scared for my brother

By fluble · New reply March 20, 2009
8 replies
Well, where do I start. Stevie's cancer has spread to his ribs and sternum. We went last week for his casting for radiation. He will be having intense treatments for the next 6 weeks. This is another ...

cont of scared for my brother

By fluble · New reply March 19, 2009
11 replies
Thank you for all of your kind words and advice. See, my brother seems like he has already given up. Before he was even diagnosed with cancer he was depressed. He is divorced and over weight, he had many ...

Stage IV Clinical Trails

By mfenn1957 · New reply March 12, 2009
8 replies
Is anyone participating in Stage IV Clinical Trails. if so what, where, and what are your experiences ...