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So alone

By Josie26 · New reply 11:38 am
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I guess it's just that no one likes to here when someone is not feeling well. I have tried to take with my family and close friends, but they seem to just shun me. At times they act like they cant hear ...

Referred to Hospice.......another update.

By tweetymarie · New reply 6:51 am
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Well., those dreaded words were spoke to me Tuesday 08-22-08 by my Ca. Dr in OKC. I wanted to keep u updated but had a hard time writing this one. Yes, I was told they couldn't find anyone to touch me ...

I am so inspired by u !!

By tweetymarie · New reply yesterday at 11:27 pm
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I know it has been awhile since I wrote. last time I was taking a trip to ft Worth with my brother to c family n Dalllas aquarium. had a great time, but my back was hurting by the time I got back. Went ...

Not Good News..............

By tweetymarie · New reply yesterday at 10:18 pm
Journal · 48 replies
Hello fellow OVC survivors. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get back to u. I have had a really rough last few weeks. And it seems it more than likely won't get better without Gods help. Nausea, vomiting ...

Why are we here?

By Brian · New reply yesterday at 3:24 pm
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When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Journal Entry Oct, 9th 2008

By Giuseppe0319 · New reply yesterday at 10:28 am
Journal · 8 replies
I can’t say that I feel better today than any other day. I can’t say that I am happy or sad or angered. It's as if I am sitting in a park watching life pass, and all I can do is feed the pigeons...they ...

Oct 8th 2008

By Giuseppe0319 · New reply October 9, 2008
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Not sure if I want to write anything today. Feeling lost and out of touch with reality. Dad feeling ok... not in too much pain. He and my Mom went to the oncologist last night and the doctor still doesnt ...

update

By jim_et · New reply October 9, 2008
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I have been doing lots of tests and will gust got the results from the PET scan. I have not been sent to an Oncologist yet. I am also waiting for the Doctor for the surgery; don't see him until the end ...

Vision (joke)

By barbaray · Posted October 9, 2008
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(Don't anybody get offended, 'cause I'm 77 years old myself) Patient: Doctor, I think I need glasses. Teller: You certainly do--this is a bank ...

bad news.....

By DragonflyDream · New reply October 6, 2008
Journal · 36 replies
Well as life will have it, of fate, or whatever, I had my latest cat/PET scan on Monday and the Cancer Institutes phone lines have been down and are still down today. This means I have not been able to ...

letting go....

By DragonflyDream · New reply October 5, 2008
Journal · 12 replies
Finally at age 47 I let go of my desire/need for my mother's approval. I let my husband hear 27ish years of pent up hurt, disappointment, pure pain come streaming out and the next day I felt so much better ...

Don't Quit

By omega7 · New reply October 5, 2008
Journal · 6 replies
When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're traveling seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing ...

What next?

By peggyr · New reply October 5, 2008
Journal · 7 replies
I will be 53 next week on Tuesday. Been on active treatment THIS time since August 2003. Got a big party planned for this Sunday. Have about 25 people coming. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO loved. Will attend a ...

Scans, Waiting and prayers: Results

By vh · New reply October 4, 2008
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Hello everyone..I have read many of your entries about the anxiety of waiting for scan results....now we wait formy sisters results and it is almost unbearable. In a way I want to hear now and in a way ...

The New Face of Cancer

By DragonflyDream · New reply October 3, 2008
Journal · 41 replies
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 ...

Update 10/02/08

By Giuseppe0319 · New reply October 3, 2008
Journal · 2 replies
Dad went in for his Biopsy at St John's, they got two samples. CT scans from a month ago and that week, shows signs of increase in size of tumor. very scared, the doc brought me into the office to take ...

Dog and Cat (JOKE)

By Giuseppe0319 · Posted October 3, 2008
Discussion in Support · 0 replies
The Dog's Diary: 8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing! 9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing! 10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing! 12:00 ...

OUR BUTTERFLIES

By TheDacattmell · New reply October 2, 2008
Journal · 9 replies
They say EVERYONE at one time in their life will either have cancer, know someone that has cancer, or be somehow effected by cancer. I must say I AGREE. Finding this site, has reassured me NONE of US ...

any one from Canada know health care system

By jim_et · Posted October 1, 2008
Discussion in Support · 0 replies
I have been doing lots of tests and will gust got the results from the PET scan. I have not been sent to an Oncologist yet. I am also waiting for the Doctor for the surgery; don't see him until the end ...

The Frog

By barbaray · New reply September 29, 2008
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A man takes the day off from work to go golfing. He's on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting nearby. He's about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit 9 iron." The man looks around and doesn't see ...

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