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Dancing on the abyss
- By yesshecan · Posted November 2, 2009
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- 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 ...
Chemo brain support group
- By msloma2003 · Posted March 20, 2009
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- Welcome to this discussion group. I hope it was easy to find. My name is Michele and I'm from St Petersburg, Fl. I founded and facilitate a chemo brain support group in Pinellas County, Fl. I am an advanced ...
Neuropathy in Feet
- By bdecka · Posted December 16, 2008
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- Would you please let me know of any suggestions or help that you have received with regard to feet hurting at night which I assume is Neuropathy from the chemo that my sister received after ovarian cancer ...
Don't try to drive the Electric Cart where it was Never Meant To Go!
- By JudyV · Posted May 15, 2009
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- Ohmigosh I really did it! My daughter had taken me to WalMart, and I used their wonderful electric cart and got to do my favorite thing: shopping I am very worried that I will be banned from all WalMarts ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
dave,Kim& The beginning of our journey till now 2 yrs later ,still fighting
- By Kim_R · Posted March 15, 2009
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- What I am doing here is trying to document our families journey with cancer that began right before halloween 2007.My Husband(Dave)was diagnosed with throat cancer at the age of 49.He was stage 4 when ...
RESENTMENT vs GUILT
- By Rj · Posted October 2, 2008
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- I just stopped myself from replying to a post regarding caregiver resentment for cancer patients, and it's acceptance! I feel this is a 'open wound' subject that 'we' should discuss with a broad range ...
Learning to Cope with Cancer
- By mamafrog33 · Posted April 9, 2008
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- As a cancer patient or a caregiver, you will learn so much about a devastating disease that rarely leaves survivors. Everyone is hoping and praying for a cure to be found quickly, but more research is ...
Neurontin for pain management/neuropathy
- By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- I've written before that anecdotally, drugs like Neurontin are used off-label. Most drugs are prescribed off-label. One must be cautious that off-label remedies are fully discussed with patients and must ...
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- 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 ...
Patience
- By Ovacom06 · Posted October 26, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- While going through my cancer battle I came to the realization that there are three types of people who battle cancer: 1. The person who throws up his or her hands and gives up. 2. The person who digs ...
LIVING WITH HOSPICE
- By iva1 · Posted August 6, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- 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 ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
"While Judy & I were Married ..."
- By JudyV · Posted May 24, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- My husband of 38 years said the most telling thing the other day when he and I were chatting with our hospice Chaplain. I complained that Joe and I never did anything together any more. The Chaplain asked ...
Still Alive and Kicking
- By JudyV · Posted May 12, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- Some of my phone calls and emails are sweet and remind me of when I was pregnant and the calls I received after I went past the baby-due-date. People, understandably, want to know where I am in this battle ...
Chasing Mets (metastasis)
- By gpawelski · Posted August 1, 2008
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- On most cancer message/discussion boards, one of the most common themes is that of "chasing mets" (metatasis). Cancer patients are chasing mets because of the wrong type of chemotherapeutic regimens for ...
Final Goodbye to my Angel Seka!!! She lost the battle to OC!!!
- By hope4seka · Posted August 21, 2009
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- Final Goodbye to my Angel Seka!!! She lost the battle to OC!!! It is with great sorrow and sadness that I am sending this out. Seka passed away late Tuesday evening August 18, 2009. I can’t understand ...
HBOT For Radiation-induced Necrosis
- By gpawelski · Posted January 5, 2009
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- Radiation-induced necrosis is a serious reaction to radiation treatment. It may result from the death of tumor cells and associated reaction in surrounding normal brain or it may result from the necrosis ...
Cancer Patients in Nursing Homes
- By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2008
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- Elderly nursing home residents receive relatively few cancer care services, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Few studies have examined cancer treatment and ...
The New Face of Cancer
- By DragonflyDream · Posted August 5, 2008
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- Okay, since the other day when I was so bummed and upset about a comment made by someone who has no clue what it is to FIGHT everyday for one's life I decided that since I "looked so good" that I should ...
