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Journals
Back on the road
- By yesshecan · Posted November 9, 2009
- 6 replies
- There was a moment of complete joy. Running with old friends. Warm sun burns through self consciosness as I re enter the group I left a year ago. People hug and comment. On my hair. On their pleasure ...
Cancer Care Debate
- By Umbrellaman · Posted November 9, 2009
- 0 replies
- Thursday, October 8, 2009 while awaiting cancer treatment at Florida Cancer Specialist in Cape Coral, Florida, among the scattered periodicals and outdated magazines, was a flyer with a bold headline ...
Where have you gone Walter Cronkite?
- By Umbrellaman · Posted November 9, 2009
- 0 replies
- Thursday, October 8, 2009 while awaiting cancer treatment at Florida Cancer Specialist in Cape Coral, Florida, among the scattered periodicals and outdated magazines, was a flyer with a bold headline ...
Ulnar nerve decompression
- By LizardmyOli · Posted November 8, 2009
- 8 replies
- Had the surgery last friday, in and out kind of thing. So far all is well and I can feelmy three fingers on my left hand now!!! If all stays as planned, March should be my last surgery to put my skull ...
Is It Real? Can it be?
- By JudyV · Posted November 8, 2009
- 28 replies
- This strange life I am living now ... is it real? Who could have imagined this. I am 66. All my young years, thinking of my senior years would have put me on a cruise ship, living in a condo in Florida ...
Bisphenol A (BPA)
- By LAsky26 · Posted November 8, 2009
- 0 replies
- Interesting info. about the chemical BPA. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/opinio n/08kristof.html?emc=eta1 Received from my cancer support group. As with any article, its passed on for your own determination ...
God took my hero home
- By wife · Posted November 8, 2009
- 39 replies
- I lost the other half of my heart this morning. He fought until the very end ...
Starting a journey
- By Stuckdh · Posted November 8, 2009
- 22 replies
- It has been 4 weeks since initially diagnosed with bladder cancer. Thursday the results of the biopsy came back and I have high grade CIS cancer of the bladder. That God for kidney stones since that was ...
Chemo and Radiation????
- By lovedbydoug66 · Posted November 7, 2009
- 4 replies
- Found out earlier this week that my hubby is not able to have surgery to remove the tumor in his pancreas, the surgeron has recommended to have intense chemo and radiation over the next 3 months to see ...
Looking for someone been there done that throat cancer, rads, chemo
- By kevinsspot · Posted November 7, 2009
- 1 reply
- This is Paaatriot101 from the head and neck cancer group and I have opened this membership for my husband because he is going to need some help and support to get through my bout with throat cancer. Having ...
Sharing from my morning for all animal and especially horse lovers
- By paaatriot101 · Posted November 7, 2009
- 20 replies
- Thought I would share this from my morning with all you animal and especially horse lovers. Today I started wearing a mask when I go down to the barn and work around the horses and chickens and hay ...
I miss being able to lift my voice in song:(
- By paaatriot101 · Posted November 7, 2009
- 16 replies
- Talking has become a great effort now, and who knows may lose it completely for a while again after the 19th...sigh. I think that is the scariest and saddest part of the throat cancer for me. I love talking ...
90 days from transplant doctor visit
- By joyrmttx · Posted November 6, 2009
- 3 replies
- It's already been 90 days from my transplant date and time for rechecks at M D Anderson. My best friend Ruby took me back down to see the transplant oncologist and the lymphoma specialist. We had to start ...
horoscope for today :)
- By paaatriot101 · Posted November 6, 2009
- 4 replies
- See what I mean, lol Libra By Rick Levine Today you may get a taste of the tough issues that you must tackle in the coming months. Luckily, you are not being asked to fix everything now, but it's not ...
Poooooop
- By paaatriot101 · Posted November 5, 2009
- 18 replies
- Well I guess I knew it wasn't going to be good news when the doc called hubby's cell and said to come in today to go over latest scan... SO we went. The cancer has spread beyond the tumor into a fatty ...
Health-focused market research opportunity in Boston
- By TeamInspire · Posted November 5, 2009
- 0 replies
- One of Inspire's partners, Schlesinger Associates, a national marketing research company, is looking for one male or female over the age of 18 who has been diagnosed within the past 2 years with non-small ...
Joe and his exciting week so far
- By shasha712 · Posted November 5, 2009
- 3 replies
- First I want to thank everybody for the prayers for the results of Joe's Pet Scan. Joe has been such a trooper and such an inspiration to all of us in his family. Today he will receive his 8th round of ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
- 47 replies
- I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...
Chemo/Radiation on 11/4/09 - STAGE IV NSCLC
- By kjseal · Posted November 4, 2009
- 14 replies
- Long day today. 5 1/2 hrs at the cancer center. Blood work show WBC taking a beating and RBC 2.97. I'm anemic so they gave me a shot of Aranesp. The oncologist is concerned about my peripheral neuropathy ...
Vitamins
- By robinw · Posted November 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- I would like to know exactly what top notch vitamins in a muti I should be taking now that my MOM has MDS? Help Please ...
