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Newly diagnosed

Information and support for those who have recently learned that their child has cancer.

pediatric melanoma

melissacrn
  • By melissacrn · New reply October 29, 2009
  • 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

lilmissy76
  • By lilmissy76 · Posted October 26, 2009
  • 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 ...

Medulloblastoma Diagnosis - Johnathon - 3 yr old

sweetsurprisesbyteri
  • By sweetsurprisesbyteri · New reply October 22, 2009
  • 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 ...

please help

Finny
  • By Finny · New reply September 24, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • My 15 year old son was diagnosed in May with ALL T cell. We have been told he'll have three years of treatment. He has finished cranial radiation and we're almost done with interim maintenance. Other ...

Newborns with Neuroblastoma

PoeDunk
  • By PoeDunk · New reply September 21, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Just wondering if there was anyone who had a newborn with neuroblastoma (either your a survivor, or have a child with it or whatever) Right now my son is about to turn 4 months old. He started being tested ...

BRAINSTEM PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA

kimberlyduffy
  • By kimberlyduffy · New reply August 30, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • We are looking to find another family whose child has been diagnosed with a brainstem pilocytic astrocytoma. Our son is 3 years old, was diagnosed in April and is currently going through chemotherapy ...

ALL newly diagnosed

AEWM
  • By AEWM · New reply August 9, 2009
  • 17 replies
  • My daughter, 7, was diagnosed with ALL on 4/3/09. We are looking for other families that are taking or have taken the pediatric cancer journey. We are in the consoldation phase right now and would love ...

Any ependymomas out there?

jenniferjean
  • By jenniferjean · New reply August 8, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • My oldest son is 14 and was diagnosed with myxopapillary ependymoma on June 11, 2009. He had spinal surgery to remove the tumors but they couldn't get all of the second one so he starts proton radiation ...

Brainstem glioma

kristina_dunn
  • By kristina_dunn · Posted July 19, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I am trying to find someone who has DIPG. It is also called "diffuse pontine glioma", "DIPG", also, "brainstem glioma",. Can someone please help me with this research ...

where to find a medical mask for an 18 month?

zeynepbebek
  • By zeynepbebek · New reply April 16, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • My niece has just diegnosed with lukemia and they can not find a mask that can fit her face perfectly in Turkey. I live in San diego and trying to help them to find a right one. If you can help me to ...

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