Tag: caregivers
member name: Sharon K.
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October 13, 2007 12:21 PM EDT --
My sister has colon cancer. It has spread to her lungs, liver, and abdomen. She's been on very aggressive chemotherapy since August of this year. So far, knock on wood, the chemo actually seems to . . .
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October 21, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
When my sister and I went to her oncologist last week he told her that she would be taking chemotherapy treatments and chemotherapy pills for the rest of her life. Yes, there may be times that her tumors . . .
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September 01, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
My sister has been battling colon cancer for 16 months. I would like to say that she is winning the battle but I don't think that is happening.
When she was first diagnosed in May of 2006 we were . . .
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September 06, 2008 12:57 PM EDT --
I just wanted to say something about oncology nurses. They are the heroes of every oncology unit.
There are four oncology nurses where my sister gets her chemotherapy. Usually there are about 25 patients . . .
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October 17, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
My sister had an appointment with her oncologist this morning. For the past week or so she was wondering if she should just come out and ask him how bad her cancer is. We know it's bad but for some . . .
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October 17, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Can something funny actually happen at an oncologist's office? I guess so.
The oncologist asked my sister how she was taking her chemo pills. I asked myself why he would ask such a question, after . . .
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October 19, 2007 02:13 PM EDT --
There's a wonderful magazine for cancer patients called Cure . My sister has subscribed to it for a few months. It is filled with advice, help, education and everything else you need to know to battle . . .
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September 05, 2008 10:03 PM EDT --
I'm tired of cancer. I'm tired of hearing about it. I'm tired of thinking about it every waking moment. I'm tired of seeing my sister slowly get sicker and sicker with it. I'm tired . . .
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September 29, 2008 06:31 PM EDT --
Gail Konop Baker author of CANCER IS A BITCH: Or, I’d Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis , will be chatting with Gather in October. I thought you'd like to know a little about what Gail went through . . .
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October 25, 2008 06:23 PM EDT --
I saw a documentary about a husband and wife. The husband ate well, exercised, maintained his weight and did everything the "media" tells us to do thinking that he would never die. He didn't . . .
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December 06, 2008 06:19 PM EST --
I used to have a rather nice green S as my icon. I liked it a lot until I found this new one.
The new icon is called a Blue Star and it represents Colon Cancer. There are so many icons out there for . . .
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January 24, 2009 10:28 PM EST --
This is pretty depressing so if you don't want to read further I totally understand.
My uncle Leo died. He had Leukemia. He was in his 80s and had some health problems for years but it was cancer . . .
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October 27, 2007 02:39 PM EDT --
My sister found this on the message boards On Caring4Cancer.com. It's a post from Kathy LaTour the editor-at-large for Cure Magazine . She talks about the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The . . .
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October 01, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
Many people look at me oddly when I tell them that I haven't voted since 1984. They know I'm fairly intelligent, educated, and I keep up on the world around me. But with all that I still will not . . .
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November 10, 2007 07:10 AM EST --
This morning I read an article on Gather about how Oregon "voters really don't want higher taxes to pay for the uninsured's healthcare."
Among all the posts condemning the poor because . . .
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October 14, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
I hope many of you who are battling any kind of cancer or know someone who is fighting cancer can chat tonight with Gail Konop Baker author Of CANCER IS A BITCH .
Please go to CANCER IS A BITCH . . .
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March 06, 2008 04:32 PM EST --
My sister has been battling Colon Cancer for just under two years. I often think that it's a losing battle because her cancer has spread. I know she feels the same way but we don't discuss it. . . .
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April 07, 2008 02:29 PM EDT --
My sister found this article at About.com.
Stowe lodgings are giving away free rooms for cancer patients and their family if the go to the Stowe Weekend of Hope, May 2-4, 2008 in Stowe, Vermont.
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November 04, 2008 03:07 PM EST --
I am so sick and tired of this happening.
My sister has cancer and cannot walk because of arthritis in both hips. Because she is so sick I have to take her all her appointments like to her doctors, . . .
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