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MY PARTNER HAS WALKED AWAY FROM ME....
- By sonia40 · New reply 6:40 am
- Journal · 96 replies
- Hello all just wanting to vent off a little....my partner of 6 yrs has finally packed his bags and walked away...leaving me with my 3 children and our 2 children together...his excuse??? well he couldnt ...
Hi Everyone:)
- By paaatriot101 · New reply 5:54 am
- Journal · 15 replies
- I hope to God that everyone else is doing Well, I have not yet looked at other postings. I have finished radiation treatments, and I am passing on the last round of cisplatin chemo. The last round just ...
Disability
- By kelsterlv · New reply 4:10 am
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hi Everyone, I wanted to say thank you to all for the info. everyone here gave me about applying for disability. I applied in early Nov. and recieved a denial letter in the mail in Dec. that said I failed ...
I am home
- By SurvivorJan · New reply yesterday at 10:20 pm
- Journal · 13 replies
- Hi All - just wanted to share an update of the last few days. Last week, I started experiencing some bad abdominal cramps/pains. Thursday they were worse and I was having to take my pain meds more frequently ...
Why Community Oncology Can Benefit From Cell Function Analysis
- By gpawelski · New reply yesterday at 9:10 pm
- Journal · 49 replies
- As increasing numbers and types of anti-cancer drugs are developed, oncologists become increasingly likely to misuse them in their practice. There is seldom a "standard" therapy which has been proven ...
We're Still Holdin On.....
- By Martifai · New reply yesterday at 8:39 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- Hi friends, sorry that I've not been outta touch for so long. Joe and I are doing okay; we're still holding on and holding out for that miracle. We were encouraged on Wed., 2/3 with the results of Joe's ...
Disability for Stage IV
- By Dolphinlady · New reply yesterday at 1:40 pm
- Journal · 32 replies
- Just wanted to mention that I finally applied for disability benefits through social security last month. It was a several hour project but I was able to do it all online and just had a couple of follow ...
Super bowl Sunday
- By myangeldec282009 · New reply yesterday at 1:22 pm
- Journal · 8 replies
- first superbowl sunday without Levi, we watched at least part of every superbowl together since we were married. At least he sa his new york giants win three super bowls, and the patriots win super bowls ...
A project I am thinking about
- By dleach · New reply yesterday at 11:29 am
- Journal · 3 replies
- I am thinking of collecting photos and stories of people who have died from all different types of illnesses. We have an event every year in Mason's memory and it could be an exhibit at the event. It ...
Update on DAD--- His Follow Up Appointment is 2/9/10
- By son-n-nc · New reply February 7, 2010
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hello Everyone, Greetings from NC. Last week we had 4 in of snow/ice /sleet. This weekend is 3-5 inches of predicted rainfall. Dads recovering nicely. His esophagus has finally cleared up. His strength ...
ALIMTA/AVASTIN SIDE EFFECTS-ANYONE??????
- By dmcarretta · New reply February 6, 2010
- Journal · 1 reply
- i started on alimta/avastin maintanence 9 days ago and have some side effects. i was wondering if anyone else has experienced, itching, nausea, fatigue, mouth soreness and hearing loss. each day that ...
Outcomes
- By grdnr · New reply February 6, 2010
- Journal · 5 replies
- Thank you iva 1 (August '09) for acknowledging the blessing and value of something that is my/our unfortunate reality, Hospice, on this web site. There cannot be truth on a cancer site without the an ...
Just Because
- By yesshecan · New reply February 5, 2010
- Journal · 27 replies
- Two years ago I ran the Boston Marathon. Now I am signed up to run the Boston Marathon again. Just because. Because I don't want this cancer to define and limit who I am and what I plan . I have a PET ...
Clinical trial
- By LynnLuc · New reply February 4, 2010
- Journal · 2 replies
- I am leaving for Seattle in the morning for my clinical trial. I am excited even though its only to take my T cells and then wait and wait ...which will seem like forever to grow mass amounts...at least ...
The effects
- By meohmyoh · New reply February 3, 2010
- Journal · 3 replies
- Starting to see some of the side effects we were told about. Gary has started losing his hair (which doesn't matter much too him except....his beard and mustache are also falling out). Evil cancer that's ...
doxil and avastin with ca-125 over 1600
- By snoozypoo · Posted February 3, 2010
- Discussion in Ovarian cancer · 0 replies
- HAS ANYONE HAD GOOD RESULTS WITH DOXIL AND AVASTIN WITH A CA-125 OVER 1600 WITH IIIC OVARIAN CANCER ...
CML patients - Earn $500 by sharing your experience
- By TeamInspire · Posted February 3, 2010
- Journal · 0 replies
- The Dominion Group, a market research company, is looking for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients to participate in a CML patient advisory board. The purpose of the meeting is to gain insight ...
LIVING WITH HOSPICE
- By iva1 · New reply February 3, 2010
- Journal · 15 replies
- WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATING "LIFE'S CHANGING JOURNEY' WITH THE WONDERFUL HELP of North East Florida Community Hospice in Jacksonville. I thught I was familiar with Hospice from the beginning almost 30 ...
A MIRACLE
- By DARRELL1 · New reply February 2, 2010
- Journal · 42 replies
- After 6 years of battling NSCLC, with no hope of a cure, and 2 years with Hospice, I do not have any cancer in my body. I did a PET scan and they could not see any cancer. Hospice is kicking me out of ...
Chatroom for Kidney Cancer Patients/Caregivers
- By Mickeral · Posted February 2, 2010
- Journal · 0 replies
- I am passing along this bit of information about the revamped chatroom for kidney cancer -- pretty neat, growing place to talk. If you or someone you know has been affected by kidney cancer, please refer ...
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