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the red bird

curlee
  • By curlee · New reply 1:16 pm
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • as i sit here reading your posts and marveling at your bravery, a beautiful little bright red bird keeps flitting by outside my window. never saw him before. don't know if it is a cardinal but wow ...

medical insurance help

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · New reply yesterday at 4:32 pm
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • okay im 21 and im on welfare for my medical and if i work and make over 200 dollars a month they will take me off of my medical. so is there any medical insurance out there that doesnt cost an arm and ...

News from the Back Deck 7-1-09

Beachbabe
  • By Beachbabe · New reply yesterday at 2:01 pm
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello My Friends~ The town of Sayville was abuzz this past week in preparation for the Senior Prom and graduation. Our lovely Devon, a Junior in H.S., was a guest at the Senior Prom. Months ago, she created ...

News From the Back Deck 6-24-09

Beachbabe
  • By Beachbabe · New reply yesterday at 11:39 am
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello My Friends~ The damp weather continues...and while most are complaining about it from a mood perspective it means so much more to me. You see, when the weather is damp, my whole body feels like ...

What do you mean I have...cervical or uterine cancer??

twilite
  • By twilite · New reply yesterday at 10:03 am
  • Discussion in Getting a diagnosis · 11 replies
  • I turned 37 in the beginning of May of this year. Towards the middle of June I received news that I have cancer from my reg gyn. I was in shock for weeks after I heard this. I didnt know what this really ...

Trying to find some positive in Triple Negative

Dolphinlady
  • By Dolphinlady · Posted yesterday at 12:24 am
  • Discussion in Breast cancer · 0 replies
  • Hello fellow wrestlers ... this is my first post ;"first time caller, long-time listener." By nature I have a tendency to hang out in the background and avoid the spotlight (well, unless I've had a few ...

messed up period

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · New reply June 30, 2009
  • Journal · 10 replies
  • OK is it just me or has anyone else thats been on pred cyclosporine, and all these other meds have problems with their periods being ereagular cause mine are so messed up it crazy doc says its probly ...

Oh crap!

camarogyrl
  • By camarogyrl · New reply June 30, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Well last weeks news was not the best but today's was a heart break. Last week I was informed that my 2 month chemo treatment did not work and that the metastatic melanoma had not only got larger in my ...

lung

lung
  • By lung · New reply June 28, 2009
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • hello im lung and i just wanted to know if anybody out there have lung cancer name leiomyosarcoma ...

lonely

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · New reply June 28, 2009
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • i feel so alone sometimes. Yeah i know i have my family and friends and all, but theres just something missing, i miss having someone to cuddle up with and tell em about my day. i keep feeling like im ...

After Salvage chemo round 2

joyrmttx
  • By joyrmttx · New reply June 28, 2009
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • We have round 2 of salvage chemo done and the side affects were crazy like before. This IEVG therapy is tough or at least it has been on me. It brought my blood counts down too low so I had to get 2 units ...

Update:Thank you for the paryers...Fluid from lung was not cancerous!

Barb723
  • By Barb723 · New reply June 26, 2009
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • Thank you all for your prayers....It worked. I just got my results from my test that I had done when they removed the fluid. The fluid in the lung was not cancerous!! I can relax a little now. (By the ...

Neuropathy of the esophagus, stomach & bowel

jbgary
  • By jbgary · New reply June 25, 2009
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • After 8 months of stomach trouble, I have found out that I have neuropathy of the esophagus, stomach & bowel, thanks to chemo. Does anyone else deal with this? I started Reglan last week and it seems ...

Does it ever go away?

Dreamy
  • By Dreamy · New reply June 25, 2009
  • Journal · 18 replies
  • After my mastectomy my right arm swelled up. At those times, I drank as much water as I could. During hot flashes the lymphedema arm would sweat and the other one didnt. I tried wrapping, lymphatic massage ...

TGIF

ariel1
  • By ariel1 · New reply June 24, 2009
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • THANK GOD ITS FINE! okay its just a pap, but for someone who's had their fair share of cervical cancer and complications from it, i'm so happy. i called 2 days ago and they never got back so i called ...

Second Opinion Pathology

Ciboney1
  • By Ciboney1 · New reply June 24, 2009
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Article from Uro Alerts ---Today "Second Opinion Pathology in Tertiary Care of Patients with Urologic Malignancies" - Abstract Tuesday, 23 June 2009 Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Southern ...

i think im losing my hair

kimikiwi1987
  • By kimikiwi1987 · New reply June 24, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • okay ive been on cyclosporine for like 3 wks now and i think im starting to lose my hair, its like one bad side effect after another.....when is this missory going to end....idk but i am glad im getting ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply June 23, 2009
  • Journal · 28 replies
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Salvage chemo 1 down...

joyrmttx
  • By joyrmttx · New reply June 23, 2009
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • I haven't posted or updated lately but I was in the hospital doing my first salvage chemo to prep for my stem cell transplant. The oncologist were right that this was some hard core stuff. I think I have ...

NEW EYEBROWS, NEW HAIR, NEW OUTLOOK!!

JudyV
  • By JudyV · New reply June 22, 2009
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • I did it! Thanks to Amy at Hospice, and "Hope Lives" in Fort Collins, and Abby at Vogue Laser in Loveland, I have eyebrows at last! I had a picture of my eyebrows on here, but they look even better each ...