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Not ready for this merry-go-round again. 18 Ms. Toad Oct 2016 Oct 2016 6 6970
You might find this funny 6 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 Oct 2016 7 3242
An update. 28 alfredo Sep 2016 Sep 2016 8 6245
Just read there are promising results from dandelion root to kill cancer cells. 6 dixiegrrrrl Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 3229
Today I had surgery to have a port put into my chest. 29 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 Sep 2016 3 9463
You know how expensive drugs are, esp. cancer drugs?...... I found a way around that. 7 dixiegrrrrl Sep 2016 Sep 2016 5 3215
Got my gene test back that tells me if chemo will help or not. 14 dixiegrrrrl Sep 2016 Sep 2016 8 5234
Breast cancer patients could be spared chemotherapy with new test 16 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 4426
Got my PET scan results. 36 alfredo Aug 2016 Aug 2016 33 9901
Sorry I haven't posted here recently 9 Tab Jul 2016 Aug 2016 0 3263
John and I did some normal things this week 2 Marthe48 Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 2061
I need advice about staying in the hospital 10 PennyK Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 4168
Medicare is providing a 5 year cancer treatment program as of this July. UPDATE:Map of centers 1 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 5 2360
Done! 6 Ms. Toad Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 2548
Found this in ATA about hedgehog. 3 uppityperson Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 2481
Radiation starts today. 18 Ms. Toad Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 3824
I unofficially qualified for this group early last month... 21 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 4478
Anyone using Pilocarpine for dry mouth? 6 alfredo Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2534
Evoman has passed away. 2 sinkingfeeling Aug 2016 Aug 2016 18 2668
Off to surgery this morning. 23 alfredo Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 5400
Today was audiology and head and neck. Fun and frivolity. 4 alfredo Aug 2016 Aug 2016 2 2118
Lots of things don't taste right anymore - a lifelong tea drinker, 20 hedgehog May 2016 Jul 2016 1 9779
Prednisone blues. 12 alfredo Jul 2016 Jul 2016 2 3697
Big day. [View all] 50 alfredo Jul 2016 Jul 2016 4 15165
A podcast you just might relate to. 0 alfredo Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1820
Damn! I have a sore throat of biblical proportions. Any suggestions? 17 alfredo Mar 2016 Jul 2016 0 4630
Good news! 6 alfredo Jul 2016 Jul 2016 5 2479
Oh. I'm probably going to need radiation, too. 4 PennyK Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 2847
Hello, new here, about nausea 6 Marthe48 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 2780
Don't you hate it when... 0 alfredo Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1827

Cancer Support Continued...

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I am having withdrawals from Fentanyl. 9 alfredo Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 2844
It is coming up to two months since my last treatment. 8 alfredo Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 2896
I thought the exhaustion from chemo 5 hedgehog Jun 2016 Jun 2016 6 6250
Best of luck to everyone, past or future of this forum, this is a special club that nobody wants to 17 slipslidingaway Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 4030
help me out here 9 mopinko Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 2910
Went to Hematology today 42 alfredo May 2016 Jun 2016 26 7622
Post surgical update - near final for this stage of treatment 4 Ms. Toad Jun 2016 Jun 2016 3 2222
How unusual is this? (Prostate cancer) 4 left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 Jun 2016 0 2580
Surgery tomorrow - ETA post-surgical update. 7 Ms. Toad May 2016 May 2016 6 2450
Today I tasted my mouthwash. That is good news. 10 alfredo May 2016 May 2016 5 3193
My "Give a Moose a Muffin" life . . . 10 Ms. Toad May 2016 May 2016 2 3095
I got my CAT scan results. [View all] 75 alfredo May 2016 May 2016 160 22547
FDA fast-tracks treatment that uses polio virus to fight brain cancer 0 shrike May 2016 May 2016 0 1513
Checking in to let you know I'm hanging in there. 14 alfredo Apr 2016 May 2016 4 4677
Almost got one off the bucket list 4 Tab May 2016 May 2016 7 2090
Tonight the weakness had a real effect. 26 alfredo May 2016 May 2016 0 4783
No more Chemo! 24 alfredo Apr 2016 May 2016 2 5199
How to handle a grumpy old man deva? 3 BuelahWitch Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 2232
Last night I drank some mint tea. An hour later I was yodelling in the porcelain throne. 23 alfredo Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 4894
No chemo today. White cells at 700. Losing weigh, but still fabulous 11 alfredo Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 2990
The eye doctor told me to see a dermatologist about this 2 inch thing on my face. 24 rug Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 4441
Got my biopsy results. Came back earlier than expected. 21 Solly Mack Apr 2016 Apr 2016 29 4562
Finally making plans 5 Ms. Toad Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 2307
The weekend after Chemo is the worst. I finished the pills and now I only have the liquid. 20 alfredo Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 4491
Well, (insert bad word of choice here) 13 Solly Mack Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 3095
No longer waiting . . . (edited) 20 Ms. Toad Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 4258
Losing the sense of taste video 3 alfredo Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 2458
Officially signed up for hospice today 33 Tab Feb 2016 Apr 2016 0 12456
When you were diagnosed, did you start eating organic vegetables, exercising 19 hedgehog May 2015 Apr 2016 0 5760
The End of Life Issues forum is now officially up 9 Tab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2660

Cancer Support Continued...

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My black fuzzy sweater did its job. 16 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 4656
I'm starting to feel the radiation big time: sore tongue, sore throat, and burning skin. 18 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 4770
Does Chemo make you sleep 16 hours at a time? 8 hedgehog Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 5294
A week or so ago, one surgeon loosened my peg a bit. 10 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 3396
Crap. Bone mets in my right knee area 8 BuelahWitch Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2833
Platinol is the Chemo they are using. (Poll) 4 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2818
Just finishing my first Chemo. It's all downhill from here. 16 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 4 3890
Anyone interested in a forum dedicated to End of Life issues? 12 Tab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 3468
Outside of time when the morphine went in, this was the most pleasant experience. 11 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 3634
Got my full diagnosis. 15 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 4927
It's enough to drive you nuts 9 Tab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 5 3163
Here's the deal, stage three, inoperable, but radiation and chemo should work fine. 14 alfredo Mar 2016 Mar 2016 4 3980
Started to put together my Worst Case Scenario file. Anyone else have one? 5 Tab Feb 2016 Mar 2016 1 2532
I was given two options for treatment 37 alfredo Feb 2016 Mar 2016 0 8551
Got my latest scan results 26 Solly Mack Feb 2016 Feb 2016 11 5181
NY State Medical Marijuana 2 Betty88 Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2317
Two questions - Sorry it was more than six months ago that I posted my announcement 17 Douglas Carpenter Dec 2015 Feb 2016 1 5360
Anyone know about SSDI, Medicare B, and COBRA? 2 Tab Dec 2015 Feb 2016 0 2014
EVOMAN still is with us 3 Tab Feb 2016 Feb 2016 11 2209
I have joined the big C club. Melanoma in the neck. 46 alfredo Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 7940
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