my dad passed away 8 years ago this week. this community, back 8-9 years ago was very active and gave me some of my best friends today. thank you for being there for me and giving me the support that i needed at the time ( Read more... )

 wow, i post in here more than i'd like.

as a recap: my dad is doing well with cml (leukemia).  my stepsister is in remission with breast cancer.  her son is battling brain cancer.  my friend passed away of non-hodgekins.

today my mom was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer.

please tell me there are some survivors/success stories in here.  lord ( Read more... )

Six months ago I posted about my mother being treated for her bladder cancer that had spread through her lungs. She died Friday July 24th in hospice.

my dad's over a year out from lung cancer surgery where he had multiple lobes of his lung removed. the other day he was complaining that he was beginning to inhale his food. literally. he had inhaled a small chunk of lettuce somehow while he was eating and had a horrible time coughing it up later. i urged him to email his nurse from the hospital ( Read more... )

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The kinks in our posting access system have been ironed out, and you should all have access to submit entries at this time. Due to a few unsightly trolling incidents over the past few years, I have disabled automatic/open posting for members, so all entries require approval prior to publication.

If there are any future problems with submissions, ( Read more... )

I was diagnosed with bladder cancer at the very end of 2004 (I was 23, turning 24 at the time). I joined this group, had surgery, recovered, had lots of follow-up appointments, and the tumors weren't coming back. After a couple of years, I started feeling like a cancer-poser, so I stopped watching this community.

( Ummmmmm I'm gonna put this behind a cut because it's so whiny )

I'm beginning to believe that all the research and "cures" for cancer are just hype.  A good friend of my wifes died this morning

That brings, of people who I personally know, death due to cancer - 4  all other reasons 1

My name is Colin and I'm now almost eight years out from my bone marrow transplant for NHL. I'm currently a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology program at California Lutheran University. For my masters thesis I'm creating an eight week psycho-educational young adult cancer support for young adults (18-30) in Southern California. I've had ( Read more... )