my mom is in the last stage of leukemia with only a couple of months to live. what will happen next? will her heart or other organs fail?
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Is there anyone out there that has been on an emotional roller coaster with a loved one? My mom diagnosed in Dec. 2006 with small cell lung cancer and is still with us today. However, it has bee...
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When I was 17 years old my Mom tried to commit suicide in front of me. She took about 200 blood pressure-pain pills-anxiety drugs- I literally jumped on her and I slapped her and tried to pull th...
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The Hospice nurse had been checking my dad for swelling of the ankles but he hasn't had any swelling until today.
What does this mean please?
Thanks.
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what to watch for in final stages of lung cancer trying to get some insight and time frames if poss in order to help my husband through this his 44 year old sister is in stage 4 and has has chemo...
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My dad decided he's going to try the chemo.
He'll need to get a week of B12 shots before starting it.
Does anyone have experience with this medication?
My dad will be getting treated for end...
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Hello----I am really hoping for some advice---This is a kind-of long story, in order to get in all the details----so please read and bear with me. It is a Death/Dying story---but may belong on the...
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Friend had feeding tube removed Friday and morphine was increased. Any idea how long it will be before they are out of misery....
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It has been many months since I posted here. My husband was diagnosed with small cell in Nov. of 2006 and we rode that roller coaster until Valentines day of this year. I do not recognize any of t...
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My ex passed away a month ago.We had dated for three years.He was my first love.We were still friends.Si had just talked to him a week before.He meant alot to me when we were together.Us breaking ...
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Hi,
My mother was diagnosed with stage IV Lung Cancer in 9/06 and passed away on 7/28/07. It is horrible because she really never had any symptoms of Lung Cancer. Three years before she was di...
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My mom was diagnosed 3 years ago with adenocarcinoma - unknown primary - stage 4. She took chemo and went into remission approx. 4 months later. It has been 3 years and with a 6 month checkup sh...
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terry was dx last nov with stge 4 colon cancer. He had emergency surgery for a large tumor in his colon but still had more and also a mass in his abdomen. After healing he took 5 chemos but had tr...
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Hello all.I posted about a week ago under non small cell lung cancer concering my dad.I thank you all for your comments.
Since my post my dad has been hospitalized.On Sunday night (last week) ...
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My friend has Stage III A NSCLC and is getting ready to finish her radiation and chemo in one week+. She had mediastinal problems so she was radiated over her chest and was told that would a...
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Hi all. My dads oncologist said that if my dad is getting chemo done than he does not fit into the "phyliosophy of hospice". My dad is getting palliative chemo, meaning its ONLY to reduc...
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Can you all share with me when you called in hospice? My dad is termanilly ill though he has us to come over to his apartment and cook for him etc... I hear its best to call in hospice sooner (eve...
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I'm not sure why I decided to join this online group but I don't know really where to turn. I'm a 38 year old single mom divorced 2 years. My daddy has taken care of me all my life especially si...
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Hello everyone,
My father is 92 years old and has less than two months to live. Before this diagnosis, he was told that he could have radiation with chemo, but that was before the PETSCAN sho...
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My mother had received 15 radiation treatments to her brain and she had chemo treatments weekly for 6 months. I think she did have a week off each month. She was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung cance...
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may 18th my sister died very unexpected. She just turned 50, was not sick and has never had health problems. our mother died at 36 from heart disease, my little brother had his first heart attack ...
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Will is cause the patient to seem clear headed at some times and hallucinating that at others?
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my dad just recently diagnosed with lung cancer started with a cougt that just won't
go away. we've seen a thoracic surgeon this week and she said he's a
candidate for surgery (has a 2.4 cm ...
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My mother has had a cough for at least 3 months. she was not worried because she felt it was nasal drip, she said it didn't feel anything was in her lungs it was just a tickle in her throat. She...
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Hi all, I am hoping for some direction for anyone who has lost a loved one to terminal cancer. My father and I are very close, he basically brought me up and is the only parent I have known as my ...
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