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Raising a child with cancer

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6 Month Old Son With Neuroblastoma

PoeDunk
  • By PoeDunk · New reply November 15, 2009
  • 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 ...

Curesearch and PAC2-2 questions

alclmom
  • By alclmom · Posted November 12, 2009
  • 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 ...

Is anyone familiar with Embryonal Undifferentiated Sarcoma?

rhenry3
  • By rhenry3 · New reply October 27, 2009
  • 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 ...

NG Feeding tube -- expereinces?

nmm2112
  • By nmm2112 · New reply October 25, 2009
  • 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 ...

Siblings effect on cancer patient

ksckmom
  • By ksckmom · New reply October 16, 2009
  • 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

alclmom
  • By alclmom · New reply October 5, 2009
  • 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 ...

Pet scan & chemo "rebound"

alclmom
  • By alclmom · New reply September 25, 2009
  • 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 ...

anyone else have this?

claytonsmom
  • By claytonsmom · New reply September 17, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • My son has anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Does anyone else have this ...

protecting port cathetors

sessarize
  • By sessarize · New reply August 21, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hello everyone, my name is Tom and my neighbor and good friends son has leukemia..now in remission thank god Mathew is sporting an implanted port cathetor in his chest and his parents are always worried ...

hepatoblastoma

curecancer06
  • By curecancer06 · New reply July 20, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Hi. I'm a mom to a beautiful little girl Victoria. She was diagnoised in May 2006 with hepatoblastoma (liver cancer). It was stage 4 & had spread to her lungs. She had less than 40% chance to survive ...

osteosarcoma and secondary cancers

xtal
  • By xtal · New reply May 25, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Chemo went awesome. We have been doing the limb salvaging for 3 and 1/2 years now. He is on his third bone. While that seems overwhelming- 30 surgeries, I'm more concerned with a diagnosis of benign neoplasm ...

Children with brain tumors

tiaralaytonmom
  • By tiaralaytonmom · Posted May 6, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Hi. My daughter was diagnosed with a brain stem glioma at christmas. We have since been through treatment and at this point we are playing the waiting game. I hear that the statistics are only 2% for ...

careers

ratchett
  • By ratchett · New reply April 20, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • i have the nicest son ever he is 26 yrs old but is having a tough time with acareer. he went to college for 11/2 years but it was very hard a nd he dropped out. he has diffuculty due to post radiation ...

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