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i think im losing my hair
- By kimikiwi1987 · Posted June 21, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- 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 ...
Round 2 chemo
- By joyrmttx · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- Well, here we are again 21 days later and going for round 2 of chemo (IVEG). We pray this time there aren't the side effects from the first time. So far things are going ok. After this, at the end of ...
Tattoo today - Harley tomorrow?
- By JudyV · Posted June 5, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- I am going to get permanent eyebrows! My wonderful hospice team member has arranged it. Other than the little dots for radiation, I have never had a tattoo. I'm nervous about it and I hate pain. I do ...
Katzwhisker needs our support...
- By Ciboney1 · Posted May 30, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- If any of you read the reponse to Cheyenne in his Journal "Ya'll need to help me calm down"; Katwhisher wrote a note at the bottom of the journal about 11:13 p.m. yesterday about the fact : chemo is not ...
The Internal Battery
- By jenbait · Posted March 20, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- So often these days, we talk about "recharging our batteries" to the point where it is often overlooked. However, these past two days I have had a chance to recharge my batteries on all ends. I work from ...
FOCUS...
- By AnnMV · Posted March 12, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- ...ON THE POSITIVE. Trying to lose weight? Feel better? Be a more effective and loving parent? Get along with your coworkers? Your family? Handle the crushing stress of these tough economic times? When ...
nope i wont starve myself
- By honeybee_757 · Posted February 26, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- well today was great healthy food all day gawsh im in love with broccoli am i the only one?? two hours in the gym all sweaty but did great, should have seen those army boys watching me run at 7.0 and ...
Miracles (everyday)
- By jbgary · Posted November 25, 2008
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- The man whispered, "God, speak to me" And a meadowlark sang, But the man did not hear. So the many yelled, "God, speak to me!" And the thunder rolled across the sky, But the man did not listen. The man ...
Poem ~ SLOW DANCE
- By jbgary · Posted September 25, 2008
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital. Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's ...
Positive "side effects" of getting involved!
- By NotDyingToday · Posted September 23, 2008
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- I've been visiting this site for a few months now and I'm always moved and motivated by the postings I read here. Ever since I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago, I've wanted to DO something to beat this ...
Thank you
- By slsimpson · Posted September 17, 2008
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- Hi Everyone, Just want to say thank you everyone for sharing your stories. I was diagnosed in August (surgery was the 16th) with Stage 3b Grade 3. I start chemo tomorrow (carboplatin/taxol and in a trial ...
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
- By SJS1958 · Posted September 5, 2008
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- As part of its two year, $500,000 commitment to fight ovarian cancer, Electrolux will be donating $200 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for every Turquoise Sky Washer and Dryer pair purchased. Electrolux ...
I'm lonesome and down
- By AGray · Posted June 29, 2008
- Discussion in Breast cancer · 2 recommendations
- I'm new to this site and haven't seen any of the discussions. But I just need to talk and let some things out. I am 56 years old and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September of 2007. My maternal ...
Facing Pancreatic Cancer
- By ESKCSG · Posted November 16, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- Prominent oncologist and fearless pancreatic cancer patient offer inspiration in recognition of pancreatic cancer awareness month. Until the recent spike of high-profile pancreatic cancer cases among ...
Is It Real? Can it be?
- By JudyV · Posted November 8, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- This strange life I am living now ... is it real? Who could have imagined this. I am 66. All my young years, thinking of my senior years would have put me on a cruise ship, living in a condo in Florida ...
I walked for breast and lung cancer today
- By teacherN · Posted November 1, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- Hi all, As a lung and breast cancer "survivor," today I donned my Komen survivor pink shirt and walked with three friends----with a tag on my back announcing I was also walking for lung cancer! Next year ...
tiny progression.....stable?
- By curlee · Posted October 31, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- had my lung scan and onc said stable. my largest tumor went from 1.9 to 2.1. is this stable? no mention of other tumors. will question further. am on xeloda for 3 months. i week on 1 week off 5 pills ...
EARLY Act
- By GregDennis · Posted October 20, 2009
- Discussion in Breast cancer · 1 recommendation
- The EARLY Act would provide federal funding to educate doctors and young women (those 45 and under) about breast health and breast cancer. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, herself ...
News from the Back Deck--I need your help!
- By Beachbabe · Posted October 13, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- Hello My Friends, Today is the 'official' day chosen for Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness. I just returned from a photo op at the Suffolk County Legislature, which proclaimed this day to be 'our' day ...
I'm an RN that got hurt and my health went to pot!
- By RobynRae · Posted October 7, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- This is my first time on this site to recored any info and I hope I do it right! I'm still in the learning stages of the computers and what I can and can't do which is keep my fingers on the right keys ...
