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My mum has the all clear! What an emotional roller coaster it has been. Just saying the words makes me feel like crying.
I have spent the past year pretending it would all be ok while inside believing the worst. I am so incredibly happy I was wrong!
It was abs...Read More
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I'm new here. My husband was diagnosed with gr 3 NSCLC in Feb 2009. Recd chemo-radiation, however in Sept 2009 got the news that it had metastasized. Had multiple mets in liver, bones, adrenal and brain. Currently on Alimta - 3 weekly cycles. He is doing very ...Read More
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Is there much advice you can share as a patient post liver op or relative of post liver op patient. Howa are you feeling. A relative has had 90 percent of liver operated on...recovering before chemo in a month...your thoughts appreciated
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Hi All,
I have to start a new chapter in my life. My Daddy passed away this past Tuesday Aug 3rd. He fought a long battle but it has now come to an end. His pain and suffering is now gone. He is at peace now. I feel a sense of relief for him. He did not deserve wh...Read More
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Not a good weekend for my dear Daddy. He is suffering with brain cancer right now. Not a good weekend for him. He's in the hospital but not doing well. He struggles a lot. Wanting to get up but he has no balance anymore, therefore he would fall. The nurses had to u...Read More
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Hey everyone.
Firstly thanks for reading.
My mum has NSCLC, stage 4 as far as I know..She did Chemo for a year. (didnt work), then TARCEVA for 3 months (didnt work).. Now she is left with natural therepy options. Which she is looking into including B17. She is a ...Read More
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To all the Carers
This is my first post but I have been a watcher for the last 12 months.
My darling Alison passed away on the 3 June 2010 from Ovarian Cancer. She was only 60 years old and was diagnosed at Stage 1 14 months ago. We were very confident that we co...Read More
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My boyfriend Mike was just diagnosed with TCC. He has really been six for about six months and seems to be declining pretty quickly. I still go to work and talk to people but it seems like all I think about, obsess about, is CANCER. We are either talking, reading s...Read More
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Hi,
I'm not sure why but as I've made this 4.5 month journey with my partner and her fallopian tube cancer some things just sort of haunt me. I wake up thinking about them or I dream about them. The current one is feeling hurt and angry that my aunt, who has been...Read More
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