hi everyone,

i know i'm not a regular poster on here but i just wanted to say that today is my 2nd anniversary of finding out that i was cancer free. when i first posted on here i got so much support from everyone and i'd like to say thank you agein. i hope everone has a wonderful valentines day!

I wanted to thank everyone for their support from my last entry.

Got the pathology report back from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia today.  My barely 8 year old nephew has glioblastoma multiforme grade IV.  They said two years is being optimistic.  Less than 6 months is realistic.

He's in absolutely no pain.  He told my stepsister he would be ( Read more... )

 when i first joined this community, it was when my friend joe passed away from non-hodgekins lymphoma in march 2007 ( Read more... )

So against my mother's wishes I showed up in Vegas with the express purpose of going to her doctors appt to get the details on the latest CT.  Yes there has been growth.  She hasn't had a full series so he needs to see two more doses before he can properly assess the use of this particular chemo.  She also refused a CT at the start of the series so ( Read more... )

Tomorrow night I drive to Vegas.  Wednesday morning my mother has an appt at the Cancer Center.  She has had her CT scan today.  The results will be given to her then.  Back in Oct the CT scan found the left lung with metastasis and the right having a couple dozen 1 cm tumors.  The prior CT in June was clean.  The doctors wanted to start her on ( Read more... )

My darling and soulmate took his last breath for this lifetime at 2:07am on January 6 ( Read more... )

This is his wife again ( Read more... )

This is his wife,
It is not going well,

Best case senario is Hospice.

We are waiting for breathing tube removal from post surgery (and a little oops) from Thursday.

Sorry for the brief update, but I thought it only fair to let you all know.

My dad started taking Xeloda about a week ago. So far no side effects other than some tiredness. The doctor wanted him to try the pills because the cancer isn't shrinking as fast with the chemotherapy through his port. (Although he still only has two small spots.) Have any of you taken Xeloda before? Good results? Bad side effects (whether in the ( Read more... )

my father has been informed that there is permanent damage to his right ear drum, most likely from his chemotherapy treatment this year.

does anyone have experience with this side effect? have any hearing aid recommendations?