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A beautiful child lost
- By denise-claudia · Posted November 24, 2009
- In Emotional support for parents and caregivers · 3 replies
- Claudia was diagnosed with ALL in 2002, lost her battle in 2006 age 13. Just wondering if anyone else is out there to chat to, as time does not heal, in fact gets harder. Claudia would have been 16 this ...
christmas
- By brandiemarie · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Emotional support for my child · 1 reply
- is there any kind of christmas celebration's for families of children fighting cancer? i just think it would be nice to celebrate together with other families who are happy just to have another christmas ...
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 ...
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 ...
6 Month Old Son With Neuroblastoma
- By PoeDunk · Posted November 1, 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 ...
My mother is doing my head in
- By KayEm · Posted October 29, 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 · Posted October 28, 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 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 ...
Feeling like family is useless
- By KayEm · Posted October 25, 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 ...
NG Feeding tube -- expereinces?
- By nmm2112 · Posted October 21, 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 ...
LATE TERM EFFECT HELP
- By KMele · Posted October 21, 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 ...
Kids caner and prenancey
- By PoguesKiss · Posted October 15, 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 ...
Do I keep them in school or out?
- By Saraannesmom · Posted October 15, 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 ...
ALL - managing constipation question
Physical forms for school activities
- By alclmom · Posted October 1, 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 ...
Going crazy
- By wigout111 · Posted September 27, 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 ...
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 ...
Pet scan & chemo "rebound"
- By alclmom · Posted September 24, 2009
- In Raising a child with cancer · 1 reply
- My daughter was dx with an aggressive form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma) in June 2008. She finished her chemo end of July this year So, Question for anyone who is through with ...
mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
- By mimiolsson · Posted September 22, 2009
- In Emotional support for parents and caregivers · 0 replies
- anyone who has received this diagnosis and needs information may contact me at mimiolsson123@gmail.com With Hope, MiMi ...
No recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- By tamfaye321 · Posted September 22, 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 ...
