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Caregivers and family members
Connect with other caregivers and family members to share your experiences and get advice regarding difficult topics.
Denial and lack of support from family members
- By momanderson920 · New reply December 31, 2008
- 65 replies
- I have been very concerned about this most recent pain I have, knowing the statistics are not in my favor with Stage III3C and having inoperable residual cancer left behind. But with this most recent ...
Early detection of Ovarian Cancer
- By pitsticks · New reply December 1, 2008
- 6 replies
- My wife Sandi lost her battle with Ovarian Cancer on November 10,2008. When she was diagnosed on January 12, 2007 she was in stage 3. She had no symptoms until about four weeks before she was diagnosed ...
survivors guilt and my aunt's daughter
- By Hil323 · New reply November 30, 2008
- 6 replies
- My dear aunt, like a sister who I called "other mother" died of Ovarian Cancer when I was a Sophomore in college. I never said a true goodbye. I went back to college and then on to work and my life. I ...
End of the ride
- By Teresa56 · New reply November 17, 2008
- 22 replies
- It saddens me to report that my Mom left us to be with the Lord Nov 11, 2008. Her battle with Ovarian Cancer started in May 2007. Mom lived to see her 75th birthday but the cancer was more than her body ...
Support from one who's been there
- By MMBarelaNM · New reply November 15, 2008
- 6 replies
- This issue needs support from all who would be affected, and even those who are not directly affected. When I was first diagnosed in 2003, I went directly from an 18 day hospital stay after my first chemo ...
Caregiver Conference Call
- By CaraPolicy · Posted November 10, 2008
- 0 replies
- CancerCare is hosting a conference call for Caregivers: Coping with the Holidays, Special Occasions and Birthdays Throughout the Year on Friday, December 12 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm (Eastern Time). Please ...
Terrified Brother Needs Help
- By BoyWonder · New reply November 10, 2008
- 10 replies
- Ladies, Please help a terrified brother to a dear sister. I'm the younger brother to a dear sister who may have ovarian cancer. The issue is that she is being very tight lipped about things; no doubt ...
My Mom is Having Surgery
- By mikecalginia · New reply October 20, 2008
- 4 replies
- Mom has completed her six chemotherapy treatments and is scheduled to undergo surgery on the day before election day. Her surgeon is going in to see if there is any cancer left and remove any dangerous ...
Anyone know anything about osteosarcoma?
- By Collie · New reply October 8, 2008
- 2 replies
- I just joined up on this site and I'm probably posting in the wrong group, but my 22 year old son was diagnosed in August 2008 with osteosarcoma of the humerus (upper arm bone). Naturally, this is a very ...
Hoping to benefit from your wisdom!
- By katieg · New reply September 2, 2008
- 9 replies
- My beloved mother is 81 years old and recently had a CT scan and pelvic ultrasound and has a mass 12-14 cm. They think it is on her ovary. CA 125 is 125. She will be meeting with the Gyn Onc FINALLY (4 ...
Support after diagnosis of OC stage 1A
- By daisysimon · New reply August 29, 2008
- 13 replies
- Hi. Is there anyone out there who is disappointed in the way family members have treated them after the initial diagnosis and chemo? I had my surgery last december that showed that I had OC stage 1A grade ...
Doctors don't know everything-never accept hopeless answer
- By Mason4me · New reply August 26, 2008
- 3 replies
- Hello, my name is Janet Mason and in 2002 my 71 year old mother passed away from Overian Cancer. My story is not a sad one but one to encourage any one that has been given a response from a doctor stating ...
my mother passed away from cancer
- By aries · New reply August 1, 2008
- 17 replies
- i am in my early 20's.. how do i cope ...
Ovarian cancer took my mother's life
- By davidbotticelli · New reply July 30, 2008
- 4 replies
- My late mother, Eleanor Botticelli, was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer in June 2001. She went through two rounds of chemotherapy and I was her main caregiver when she was in in-home hospice care ...
A great saying we saw in the hospital-
- By dleach · New reply April 21, 2008
- 5 replies
- You may have seen this before: What Cancer Cannot Do-- Cancer is so limited; It cannot cripple Love; It cannot shatter Hope; It cannot corrode Faith; It cannot destroy Peace; It cannot kill Friendship ...
The Doctor won't tell us
- By gina67 · New reply April 6, 2008
- 14 replies
- Hello there. My wife Johanne (43 years old) was diagosed in January. She had a small lump on her lower abdomen and the doctors thought it was a hernia. They assured us that that was all it was. Well ...
Saying Thanks
- By DublinMom · New reply November 12, 2007
- 5 replies
- I am looking for some good ideas for saying thank you. I was diagnosed with Stage 1c cancer in May. I have just completed 5 rounds of Carbo/Taxol and am cancer free!! My husband and my Mom were really ...
New to this
- By abrunier · New reply October 20, 2007
- 4 replies
- Hello, I am new to this site and to a parent, my mother, who was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer, late stage. It is such a scarey thing to go through. I am scared, hopeful and feel hopeless at times ...
Resources
- By CaraPolicy · New reply October 19, 2007
- 1 reply
- The NCI has released a new publication called "Caring for the Caregiver" available at the NCI site. Any other good resources ...
My Mother's Condition
- By Cherryg · New reply October 16, 2007
- 1 reply
- My mother was finally diagnosed with ovarian cancer late last winter, after being very ill for weeks. She is 76 years old and was not in great condition before her diagnoses. She had 3 or 4 rounds of ...
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