Living with cancer
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My husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 51. It devastated our family. We have spent the past 3 years researching alternative therapies and discovered one from Taiwan called Solanum Incanum - have you heard of anyone taking this Chinese herb before?
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Fear is one of the main problems that effect us as we attempt to remove the problems that we call cancer, fear of what it has done to us,fear of what it will do to us and fear of what will happen if we do not achive a positive result in removing that ailment.
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My wife has finished going through radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer. She is doing quite well, but she still has a lot of redness and irritation on her chest area. Some friends were telling me that they had read about using a herbal cream to soothe it. I thi...Read More
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In August 2013, I attended a retreat for cancer sufferers and survivors. I found the retreat most helpful to me, the meditation breathing and relaxation, and massage, along with group therapy sessions really helped me to understand what I was all about.
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Was diagnosed 5 years ago with a rare leukemia T-PLL In that time they said would be slow probably 5 to 10 years before any treatment. Then after a year had Campath treatment was in re mission for 12months then came back and 2012 had more Campath before finally had...Read More
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This cancer thing won't let go of my family. As I've posted I'm stage IV adrenal cancer. Now my English Bulldog has been diagnosed with a type of melanoma that attacks the bones. He's already had one operation to remove part of his rear foot, but at this moment ...Read More
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It's not the long term results of this illness which bring me down each day it's the day by day stuff. I know it wll take me in the end, o.k. Got that.
How do you survive the the hour by hour stuff, the day by day stuff and keep going? It is in my face 24/7.
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Hi Everyone,
This is my first time blogging. I was diagnosed with Gallbladder Cancer in August last year, following routine surgery for gallstones. I am told Gallbladder Cancer is uncommon, does anybody know anyone else with it?? I am told it is very aggressive.
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Hi...Just checking the cool crew who hang out here,LOL. I was diagnosed with SCC early October after months of telling my GP my right side of my mouth wasn't right.....grrr! My Dentist picked it up and referred me on. Fortunately the Nurse at Maxiofacial clinic red...Read More
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Hello, everyone. I'm a retired writer, and I was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer about 18 months ago.
I managed pretty well until recently, ticking off all the items on my bucket list (go to Pompeii, yes; snorkelling over coral reef, yes; tracking the first ...Read More
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