I was just watching one of my favorite shows - Mad Men. Any fans out there? Every since I went on long term disability, Netflix has become one of my best friends! And I love the show because it really gets my mind off of the whole cancer thing...except today that is. Anyway, I'm on Season 5, Episode...
I agree with janklo! I am very close to my little brother (age 28) and I told him to get screened. He came back with having a pre cancerous polyp that the doc said would certainly turn into cancer a few years down the line. As you can read in my signature I'm a stage 4 as well. Although I will never...
Hi All, I thought this may be helpful to those who are looking for an alternative to Ensure and other meal replacements that are too sweet (for my liking anyway.) My friend who has kidney cancer told me about it this meal replacement drink called Orgain, in which her nutritionist recommended to her....
Yep, same for me. I think once the swelling of the throat and marble mouth get involved it no joke and they completely remove it. Just sucks having less options. But I can handle 25 doses of Oxali! Go figure
I never read any one else who had the same reaction as me! I have the Irronitican allergy. It was very scary to say the least. It was during my first infusion, and never again! Well, they gave it to me the second time around bc I was getting Oxali as well and the nurses kept telling me that ppl usua...
I agree with Ray, I know it may come to that for me but all I read about here is how bad it is and seems like not a lot of people have great success. But when I bring it up to my Onc, and I told him about what I read here, he was telling me he has had a lot of success with it, and the side effects h...
I would like to also state that I used to be a lucky stage 4 with resectable mets, so I had more of a reason to believe. People like JulieJ, Bev and SkiFletch all gave me hope that I needed in the beginning and I am so happy for them on their continued NED status! It's just that I am inoperable now ...
I agree...great topic! It's also kind of crazy from reading these posts, I realized I did some growing ever since diagnosis from the understanding and acceptance aspect. I remember my first post here made a lot of references like, I will beat this, I am not a statistic, blah blah. I remember a few p...
Wow!I just read every single post here and they are truly amazing stories. And I def don't mind hearing from anyone who is cured or in remission, it only added great insight to the topic! It was kind of a warning i put out there to not upset anyone. Ashlee, I totally get it with the kid thing. I hav...
The purpose of my title was not to make it so exclusive, just didn't want to upset anyone who is on the other side of this cancer thing wether in remission, cured, ect.. but if you had similar feelings that something like a fight was in your future it would be great to hear from you. And just as ano...
That's crazy Debbi! Yes, he is so wonderful. When I was diagnosed and my head was spinning, not only did he talk to me on the phone for an hour, but called my mom and husband to answer all their questions
Welcome! I just want to second what Debbi said. I hope it turns out you do not have cancer, but if you do I must say I LOVE Summit/Overlook for treatment. I have also been to Sloan and Mt. Sinai in NYC which also shared the same opinions so I choose convenience over commuting to the city all the tim...