What, me worry?

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TinaIrena
  • By TinaIrena · Yesterday at 7:52 am
  • 8 replies
  • Good Morning Friends I haven't been on for a while because I've been busy gathering opinions about the best way to deal the discovery of a Brain tumor. On Sept. 18 I traveled to Tuft's Medical Center ...

Tennessee did it again... :(

J-me
  • By J-me · October 5, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • Approval denied to recognize November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month. :( I want to cry!! I am really distraught about this. The reason given was because of the number of proclamations they receive and ...

And Today Is????????

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · October 4, 2008
  • 31 replies
  • My Birthday!!! 43 years old today (dam i am getting old) According to my original Oncologist (the dumba$$)in April I only had,, "weeks to a few months to live." And just a note to the Devil: Dude,,i have ...

Steroid side effects?

TinaIrena
  • By TinaIrena · September 30, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • Dear Friends, I have recently been put on Decadron for brain swelling caused by a lesion in my brain. In two weeks I will be traveling back to Tuft's Medical Center in Boston for Gamma knife surgery ...

How'd that happen

rdeegee
  • By rdeegee · September 23, 2008
  • 9 replies
  • I cannot really believe that this happened but I did a complete meltdown in this new doctors waiting room ...I'm sitting there waiting for my appointment (he's running late of course) and it just came ...

Another Bump in the road!

TinaIrena
  • By TinaIrena · September 19, 2008
  • 13 replies
  • Hi Everyone, Today I was supposed to be in Las Vegas filming the PSA with Susan and the gang. Unfortunately two days before I was to fly out I had a sudden episode of right side paralysis, took a Ambulance ...

Chemo Carboplatin and Taxol

rdeegee
  • By rdeegee · September 18, 2008
  • 22 replies
  • I am wondering if there are any on the board at the moment doing these two drugs and if so the side effects you are experiencing. And...will I lose my hair ...

12 Signs You've Joined a Cheap HMO

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · September 15, 2008
  • 11 replies
  • 1.Staff physicians include Dr. Who, Dr. Kevorkian, and Dr. Demento. 2.Tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicle. 3.Annual breast exam conducted at Hooters. 4.With your last HMO, your birth control ...

Behind every cloud..........

jadams
  • By jadams · September 12, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • Yesterday was a really bad day, or so I thought. It ended with a smile on my face tho. I work for city government and our asst. fire chief who passed away from lung cancer was buried yesterday. I did ...

And then the fight started!!

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · September 9, 2008
  • 35 replies
  • When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive....so, I took her to a gas station..... And then the fight started ...

Three choices for eternity

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · September 2, 2008
  • 22 replies
  • A very arrogant oncologist, Dr. Stoneheart, dies and goes straight to He!!. On arrival the Devil says, "I'm going to give you three choices, which is more than you ever gave your patients. Whichever door ...

Hurricane and your cancer treatment

skeptic
  • By skeptic · August 31, 2008
  • 9 replies
  • My thoughts and prayers are with anyone and everyone in the Gulf Coast region, especially those trying to continue their cancer treatment at this time. How do you do it ...

I got booted from M.D Anderson

davecerami275
  • By davecerami275 · August 30, 2008
  • 29 replies
  • The day before i got there i started having problems with my motor skills. The Docs there suspected post GammaKnife swelling on the brain. The first day back home i get in a automobile accident.,,my brain ...

State cancer profiles

J-me
  • By J-me · August 23, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • Thought this was interesting!! A link to the statistics for your state and counties. http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/ I am still in shock over the fact that Ms and Tn are the 3rd and 4th highest ...

Do bone mets hurt when you press on the area involved?

janiegirl
  • By janiegirl · August 21, 2008
  • 3 replies
  • I have Stage 3 A NSCLC with no evidence of metastasis to the bones. My last PET scan in March didn't show any bone problems and the CT in July only showed a lesion in the lung. I have an area on the left ...

Young with Cancer

motocrossmom
  • By motocrossmom · August 7, 2008
  • 11 replies
  • As I was cruising the discussions and subscribers on this site, I noticed alot of very young (in your 20's) subscribers. It saddens me that your on here even though I know young children have the "c ...

Looking for a Friend

strongestlink
  • By strongestlink · August 6, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • I had been talking to a member of this site by the title of CHESSIE. I hadn't seen any posting from her or received a reply to a message I set her. Does anyone know her current condition. I hope this ...

Paralyzed vocal cord.

jamie_2008
  • By jamie_2008 · August 2, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • First a brief history. Pulmonary nodule of 1cm found in CAT and PET scans. It is in my right lung. It was active in Feb. Scanned again in May. It was not as active but lymph nodes were still active. I ...

nscC/smC

mickyinko
  • By mickyinko · August 1, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • Hi everyone, Did you hear the good news the medical and English language fraternity have decided to change the word "cancer" to "candyfloss". Sorry just joking, but on the serious side wouldn't it be ...

Disappointing PET scan

MB
  • By MB · July 31, 2008
  • 12 replies
  • Hi everybody,Had my middle right lobe removed in March and was staged as 1-A. No chemo recommended. I felt SO lucky. Just came back from appt w/ my oncologist and my 1st post-surgical Pet scan results ...

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