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- By flatbeddriver · Posted 10:44 am
- Discussion in Side effects of treatment · 0 replies
- first of all i want to say this site is fantastic it seems as i read the posts one minute i have a tear in my eye and the next i have a chuckle on my face i guess it shows you things can always be worse ...
- By Beachbabe · Posted 7:15 am
- Journal · 1 reply
- Hello My Fellow Cancer Fighting Super Heroes~ I'm trying to revive a Stage 4 support group that's being sponsored by the Islip Breast Cancer Coalition. Meetings will be once/month (unless we want more ...
- By lorie · Posted yesterday at 8:35 am
- Journal · 3 replies
- MOM HAS JUST FINISHED HER PCI,TWO WEEKS AGO ,AND IS DOING GREAT ,JUST REALLY TIRED .THE REALLY GREAT NEWS IS SHE JUST GOT HER TWO MONTH CHECK AND HER BLOOD WORK AND X-RAY CAME OUT NO SIGNS OF CANCER ...
- By charlie44 · Posted yesterday at 12:55 am
- Journal · 13 replies
- STARTED BACK SMOKING A FEW MONTHS AGO ( AFTER BEING QUIT FOR 6 YRS ) NOW I SMOKE CIGARS ====I KNOW I SHOULDN'T===BUT MAN THEY TASTE GOOD==TRY TO QUIT NEXT WEEK==== JUST HANGING AROUND TILL THE OTHER SHOE ...
- By barbaray · Posted November 18, 2008
- Journal · 5 replies
- Hello all, I'm trying to learn about lung masses. Is calcification "good" or "bad?" Occasionally on this board I see references to the "margins" of a nodule--what would be "good" margins and what would ...
- By peggyr · Posted November 17, 2008
- Journal · 5 replies
- Third week of leave. being haunted by thoughts of running out of money. Trying to come up with ideas so I don't. Journaling in one of 4 notebooks I have laying around. Writing down the worst case scenarios ...
- By barbaray · Posted November 16, 2008
- Journal · 0 replies
- Here are a few more for your list: Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, which is Rock Bottom. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I won!! I won!!" When leaving after a day ...
- By barbaray · Posted November 16, 2008
- Journal · 0 replies
- Here are some ways: At the drive-through window, specify that your order is "to go." At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. In the "memo" field ...
- By barbaray · Posted November 16, 2008
- Journal · 4 replies
- Hello, everyone-- I will be seeing the surgeon this coming Wednesday, so I'm trying to learn all I can. Would like to know about V.A.T.S.--?? What do the initials stand for, and what does the procedure ...
- By Beachbabe · Posted November 15, 2008
- Journal · 1 reply
- My weekly "newsletter" isn't always about my struggles with Stage 4 cancer...it's often just my take on life...here's this week's missive: Hello My Friends~ What a time to be alive in the United States...witnessing ...
- By barbaray · Posted November 12, 2008
- Journal · 0 replies
- To Frank and others struggling with mortgage problems, etc., today's WASHINGTON POST business section has extensive information which may help. "The Foreclosure Fight Gets Streamlined" is the title of ...
- By Nancy2627 · Posted November 9, 2008
- Journal · 7 replies
- Hi, I had a treatment on Tuesday and yesterday it was very scarey when I was very weak and short of breath. I spent the day alone and read a good book. It was lonely and I was bored at times. But the ...
- By Beachbabe · Posted November 8, 2008
- Journal · 5 replies
- Hello my friends~ When initially diagnosed in February, 2007 I started e-mailing all of my friends/relatives with medical updates. Somewhere along the way the medical updates morphed into weekly ramblings ...
- By barbaray · Posted November 8, 2008
- Journal · 14 replies
- I posted something to this effect elsewhere on this site, but maybe you'll bear with me--I think the subject bears repeating. When I had OB/gyn surgery in June, I sent a note afterward to the surgeon ...
- By Beachbabe · Posted November 7, 2008
- Journal · 20 replies
- I send out a "weekly update", thought you gals may relate to one of my recent ramblings: I often think in analogies...when things get too "big" for me to wrap my mind around, I create an analogy to help ...
- By flatbeddriver · Posted November 2, 2008
- Journal · 3 replies
- this is my first entry found out about two months ago i had stage 111 lung cancer still dont know if its a or b but anyway just had my 3rd chemo taking radiation every day it seems everyday is a mystery ...
- By Sylvie · Posted November 1, 2008
- Journal · 4 replies
- Good day all, I have not written for a while, but I check the site daily. Just want to say that I have come a long way in the past 10 months. This journey following diagnosis Stage IV Her 2 pos mets has ...
- By Giuseppe0319 · Posted October 28, 2008
- Journal · 4 replies
- Stairs creek underfoot as I try to find the next step down. It’s late and I am alone, not a good time for me. I try to convince myself that it is “me time,” but I know what will take place. I don’t bother ...
- By DaveM · Posted October 26, 2008
- Discussion in Support · 3 replies
- I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma this week and not sure what to do. They have told mne about the chemotherapy drugs they are rcommending. My question is do you get a second opinion or just ...
- By peggyr · Posted October 25, 2008
- Journal · 10 replies
- My last day of work in Friday Oct 31. I am taking a temporary leave (12 weeks) which will probably morph into a permament one, but i haven't given my current job the final word. I want to keep my options ...
