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Celebration | Anniversary
8 years out from 1st diagnosis and surgeon says looks great.
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Sunday's "deep thought" - It's a boating thing
Suppose you bought a new boat and was going to name it after your cancer situation. What would you call it?
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Invasive COVID Tests
I was reading a question (from another site) earlier today that made me just think about the "testing" process. If it is possible for modern science to do a complete DNA mapping on you from a cheek swab, and one of the main methods of transmission seems to be through oral droplets and unintentional "spray," wouldn't it…
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As caregiver do you have to get pushy sometimes ?
My husband had a stroke on Thursday. He has been at one of the large medical facilities in Dallas since he was finally admitted. I took him to a smaller (closer) facility first but they didn't have a neurologist or the equipment for the tests he needed (MRI machine, I guess) so he was transported by ambulance to this large…
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Have you heard someone say "that's gonna leave a mark", after someone has gotten smacked by somethin
Most of us that have been diagnosed with cancer already have a few marks from it. Either surgery, treatments, or side effects of both leave marks on us. I posted an article about some of the obvious and some not-so-obvious ways that cancer has left marks on me. Here is the link to the article>> https://bit.ly/3iWxUU0 How…
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Brain mets question?
Hi everyone. I have not been diagnosed with brain mets at all. My symptoms began yesterday. My head, forehead, and face are all numb and tingly. I feel fine otherwise just very, very worried. I am 43 years old, a 7 year BC survivor and a 1 year endometrial cancer survivor (brought on by tamoxifen). I guess I'm not looking…
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I was reading the question about pain meds not working for someone.
I have a different problem. I keep my pain meds in my medicine cabinet in my bathroom. Just me and my spouse are here. I take them exactly as they are supposed to be taken so I never take too many. I ran short last month, and this month I thought the bottle was looking like there wasn't enough so I counted. I will be 5…
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What works best for you for anit-nausea from chemo?
I'm looking for what choices there are, I've asked the nurse giving me treatment but she just said, 'oh there are lots of them', and left the room. Not helpful. I want to compare, try something different.
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Neck & Shoulder pain after Mastectomy
I have a great deal of pain (that comes and goes) in my neck and shoulders, especially the right side. I have made adjustments to how I sit at my desk/computer for work and have begun seeing a chiropractor. It is better, sometimes. Anyone else experience similar issues?
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Knowing what you do now after having been through it all (or some of it) with cancer...
What would you have liked to have known about it all when you started? I have found a couple of things that I sure thought I would have been told about right up front.
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when you go in for chemo are you in a room with several other people or by yourself in a small room?
My center has a fairly large room and about 24 chairs can be filled. As the room starts to fill everyone starts to share about their day, their week, their problems or just what they've been up to. It's kind of nice to chat with everyone while the chemo drips. It passes the time. I've heard of some places where you never…
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Side Effects | Fatigue (tiredness)
and some anal leakage everyday - but a small price to pay for not having to have a colostomy bag
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Avastin Treatments
Only painful and enlarged tongue after sessions
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Oh No | Cancer has spread/Metastasized
disbelief
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Can you help me any gifts card
Can you help me any gifts card
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I am breaking down and letting them put a port in. I need your pros and cons please
I have read good things, but I've also read nightmare stories about them coming undone, moving, one person said theirs came out, which I don't even know how that would be possible. I think it will be for the best, but I would like to hear from people that have actually had one, used it, and your results good or bad. Too…
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The Cost of Kindness
I have been thinking about this a lot. People say it costs nothing to be kind. If that were true, likely many people would be much kinder. The greatest "cost" of kindness is engaging and connecting with another person. We have morphed into this world where "Grumpy Cat" says "I hate people." It's become the norm to gripe…
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
Only side effect has been peripheral neuropathy
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Really was jealous of Greg
Got off the phone with my surgeon a bit ago. Blobby the mass is a recurrence of the endometrial cancer. Da mn it! Still processing. I'm off to make follow ups with my surgeons and call my chemo guy. You've heard of Love in the Time of Cholera? Now we have Cancer in the Time of Pandemic.
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Have you considered that your outlook on your entire cancer situation will affect how you view each
Your port: Do you consider it a piece of a foreign object inside of your body, or do you consider it a tool that is a great piece of modern technology that is helping to save you? Chemo: do you consider it a poison that's trying to kill you, or do you look at it as the wonderful juice that's killing your cancer and setting…
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Other Care | ct scan
Had my CT scan and they have found some nodule in my stomach now. Redoing CT scan in 3-4 months to see if it grows. Said they can't rule out that its not cancer. Here we go again.
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Celebration | Anniversary
Having my deadly cancer controlled for 5 years in March 2019 was a day I thought I'd never see. I was literally planning my funeral in March 2016. But here I am. 5 years into my cancer journey. I owe it all to God and am thankful for the oncologist who gave me options.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
nausea, constipation, mood swings, sensitive to cold and hot, nose bleeds, water tastes bad, lack of appetite, unable to focus or drive vehicle
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
FOLFOX with Avastin is very hard on body. I don’t feel normal until day9
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The overall public ignorance about everything to do with this coronavirus is just amazing to me
I continue to read post after post online from people that I used to think were average, intelligent people. But when I read things like, this is all a hoax that was brought on by the democrats and it will magically disappear after the election. Or one person said that "they heard" that an unused box of 10 testing swabs…
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I can already see that I am going to have a body covered with scars after this is all over.
What have you done to minimize the scarring? Are there any creams that will help?
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Has your doctor, ENT, Oncologist, radiology oncologist ever called you out of the blue and asked if
Today, my clinical trial doctor, (I have one for the trial, oncologist, ENT surgical oncologist, now) called today to ask if I could "come on down to the clinic". Like it was around the block. He apparently doesn't know that I am 3 hours away. I will have to have a talk with him about that. Anyway, my office mgr. asked…
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Has anyone had a liquid biopsy?
Biopsies are one of the first tests that tell us what type of cancer we have, or if it's cancer at all. Liquid biopsies are one of the newest types today. Our blog post today has more about what they are, how they are done, and what they can tell us. Click here for the article>> https://bit.ly/2Odfwbu
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Have any of you taken the drug Zarxio to keep your WBC up?
My blood counts have been consistently running low and my doctor said that if they are low again the next time he will start me on Zarxio. I've never heard of it, of course, I've never heard of a lot of medical things until this started. Just wondering if anyone here has taken it and if there were side effects from it.
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
I was one week from a hip replacement surgery and they found MM
