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6 Month Old Son With Neuroblastoma
- By PoeDunk · New reply November 15, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 7 replies
- I have an amazing 6 month old son who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma cancer at 3 months old. He is a tiny little guy barely 15lbs. But he is a TOUGH and FIESTY little guy! (He has a healthy twin brother ...
OSTEOSARCOMA/WHAT TO EXPECT
Curesearch and PAC2-2 questions
- By alclmom · Posted November 12, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 0 replies
- Question 1 for anyone....I ordered holiday cards from Curesearch giftshop online, I could not find anywhere on the site information about what % of the proceeds go to the foundation. I assumed most of ...
Feeling like family is useless
- By KayEm · New reply November 9, 2009
- In Emotional support for parents and caregivers · 8 replies
- Hello all, this is my first post. My son (19) was diagnosed with ALL this last may. He went through several chemo treatments but then one day all of a sudden he was feeling pain in his side and was feverish ...
No recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- By tamfaye321 · New reply November 6, 2009
- In Happenings · 6 replies
- I am amazed by the fact that there isn't anything out there for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. We are currently living in a children's hospital and you still don't see any recognition. I even made ...
TinglyToes.com
- By tinglytoes · Posted November 5, 2009
- In Treatment · 0 replies
- I'm the founder of a newly created non-profit organization, TinglyToes.com, and we offer a lending library of carriers to carry children and siblings in families of children fighting cancer. Holding your ...
My mother is doing my head in
- By KayEm · New reply November 1, 2009
- In Emotional support for parents and caregivers · 2 replies
- Anybody else out there who have parents who can sometimes be the most helpful people out there, but then other times be the biggest pains in the asses ? I know that if me and Max didn't live with my mother ...
pediatric melanoma
- By melissacrn · New reply October 29, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
- Anyone else have a child with melanoma? My child has recently dx, had excision and lymph node bx, which are positive. Now waiting for doc to present our plan which sounds like complete lymph node dissection ...
Going crazy
- By wigout111 · New reply October 28, 2009
- In Emotional support for parents and caregivers · 2 replies
- Tomorrow, I will take my Grand-daughter to the hospital for another round of chemo. We are on our 6 month of treatment. Which doesn't really sound like very long compared to other who are 2, 3, or even ...
LATE TERM EFFECT HELP
- By KMele · New reply October 28, 2009
- In Emotional support for my child · 5 replies
- We are celebrating my Son's 10th year out of treatment. He was diagnosed in June 1999 with Burkitt's lymphoma when he was 5 years old. He is a sophomore in high school now and physically doing great ...
ALL - managing constipation question
Is anyone familiar with Embryonal Undifferentiated Sarcoma?
- By rhenry3 · New reply October 27, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 1 reply
- Looking for anyone who has been diagnosed or has knowledge of Embryonal Undifferentiated Sarcoma. My son was dx 2-6-09 with an 11cm mass in the middle of his liver. Liver transplant 5-29-09. Waiting for ...
Going to school during radiation treatment
- By lilmissy76 · Posted October 26, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- My 6 year old son was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma on 9/19/09. He was in his second week of 1st grade. He is starting his second week of Radiation Therapy (he will have it M-F for 6 weeks) this week ...
NG Feeding tube -- expereinces?
- By nmm2112 · New reply October 25, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 5 replies
- My 3yr old has lost some weight and the Dr is wanting to try an NG tube for him. I should say, that he was diagnosed the day after he turned 1yr and has struggled to gain weight... he is currently not ...
Do I keep them in school or out?
- By Saraannesmom · New reply October 24, 2009
- In Brothers and sisters · 5 replies
- My 7 year old daughter, Sara, who was diagnosed with ALL this past January, is coming home in November. She had a cord blood transplant in May at MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in Houston, TX. Post 142 days ...
Medulloblastoma Diagnosis - Johnathon - 3 yr old
- By sweetsurprisesbyteri · New reply October 22, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 14 replies
- Hi. I'm Teri, mom to Johnathon who was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma 3 days after his 3rd birthday. He had surgery the next day at Cooks Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, TX and started his first chemo ...
Kids caner and prenancey
- By PoguesKiss · New reply October 16, 2009
- In Happenings · 2 replies
- Anyone deal with both at the same time? I'm due Jan 18th, i dont have easy pregnancies. It has been really hard with morning sickness and all. The due date skirts really close to the end of our stem cell ...
Siblings effect on cancer patient
- By ksckmom · New reply October 16, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 5 replies
- I am looking for answers from anyone willing to give them. An infant was just diagnosed with Cancer. He has had surgery to remove the tumor and other infected areas and is currently undergoing a low regimine ...
Physical forms for school activities
- By alclmom · New reply October 5, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 1 reply
- My daughter wants to try out for the school Cheer squad. This being the first activity since her dx and treatment I found myself really having to think about how to condense her medical issues without ...
Ending treatment
- By fight4cure · Posted September 27, 2009
- In Treatment · 0 replies
- just looking for anyone dealing with upcoming or ended chemo treatment that has had complications that have led to docs taking you off of several chemo drugs due to life threatening reactions...my daughter's ...
