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God took my hero home
- By wife · Posted 1:06 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- I lost the other half of my heart this morning. He fought until the very end ...
Starting a journey
- By Stuckdh · New reply 12:53 pm
- Journal · 4 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 ...
Uh Oh I am really Dying Soon
- By JudyV · New reply 12:05 pm
- Journal · 76 replies
- Every now and then it hits. It hit tonight, big time. I wanted to call someone, but who do you call to say something like that? Who would understand how this realization can just suddenly flood over me ...
Looking for someone been there done that throat cancer, rads, chemo
- By kevinsspot · New reply 11:42 am
- Journal · 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 ...
Chemo and Radiation????
- By lovedbydoug66 · New reply 11:31 am
- Journal · 2 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 ...
Clinical trials
- By DavidZ · New reply 11:22 am
- Discussion in Colon cancer · 1 reply
- Does anyone have thoughts about participating in stage 1 clinical trials? Lesions in my liver are no longer responding to standard chemo treatments, and my oncologist is now suggesting I participate in ...
I miss being able to lift my voice in song:(
- By paaatriot101 · New reply 9:40 am
- Journal · 5 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 ...
7 n0v 500am
- By levi · New reply 7:48 am
- Journal · 8 replies
- looking like slow day here wx nice 30 40s ...
Dancing on the abyss
- By yesshecan · New reply 12:49 am
- Journal · 22 replies
- Silent home. Cat sleeps. Dog sleeps. Cancer sleeps. PET scan came back with NED. Yet I am aware, so keenly aware that cancer can sleep and hide and edge forward when it choses. I dance on the abyss. Stare ...
reaching for the stars (my story)
- By tqm1ed · New reply yesterday at 10:21 pm
- Discussion in Colon cancer · 10 replies
- good morning' my name is ed' was diagnosed back in november of 07 stage iv colon cancer that spread to paritineal lining, liver and esophagus. initial symptoms that i can remember started in december ...
90 days from transplant doctor visit
- By joyrmttx · New reply yesterday at 6:04 pm
- Journal · 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 ...
Sharing from my morning for all animal and especially horse lovers
- By paaatriot101 · New reply yesterday at 4:41 pm
- Journal · 1 reply
- 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 ...
Poooooop
- By paaatriot101 · New reply yesterday at 1:56 pm
- Journal · 15 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 ...
Somebody PLEASE HELP!!! ={
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply yesterday at 10:54 am
- Journal · 81 replies
- Well, I'm now 2 years into a disease that is sucking the life out of me. If I had a nickel for every time I've balled my eyes out & said my famous quote "I can't take this anymore" I'd be a very rich ...
anyone there?
- By SASSYCB · New reply yesterday at 10:51 am
- Discussion in Esophageal cancer · 5 replies
- want to talk with anyone post ivorlewis..surgery.about diet and rest ...
horoscope for today :)
- By paaatriot101 · New reply November 6, 2009
- Journal · 2 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 ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · New reply November 6, 2009
- Journal · 15 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 ...
:)
- By paaatriot101 · New reply November 6, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- 1985 One cold winters Morning I dropped to my knees in prayer, Snow and Ice were at the window, I asked Lord ? Are You really there? I asked for a sign, I begged and I pleaded I made promises, if you ...
Joe and his exciting week so far
- By shasha712 · New reply November 6, 2009
- Journal · 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 ...
Chemo/Radiation on 11/4/09 - STAGE IV NSCLC
- By kjseal · New reply November 5, 2009
- Journal · 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 ...
