So....talk about.....CANCER SUPPORT THREAD !!

[Randy]

I just got a call from a friend who told me he just got diagnosed with cancer. I can't remember the big name he told me but it's a rare kind that is in the lining of his arteries. He had to have a stint put in the artery going to his kidney back in the spring but they didn't know what had caused the blockage back then. He said the doctors think they have caught it in time.

It's pretty upsetting because I just lost my dad to cancer back on July 18th and I have another friend who is older that is also dying from cancer.

 

[debilorrah]

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It sucks doesn't it? Watching people you care about going through such a struggle. This thread has it's ebbs and flows, but make sure to keep checking back. Try to find out the type of cancer, because the participants here know. Unfortunately, they know.

 

[3goodeggs]

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umhum. Good ol' Lurchie.

How is she getting along with the rest of the zoo?
She sure is pretty.

 

[chilling in muscadine]

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Is medical marjuana legal in your state. It's legal in Alabama in pill form called marinol. Its great for appetite, nausia and pain. Marinol saved my life.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Marinol is still not legal in NC. It will be back up again and again until we get it passed. It's crazy! The state has been doing research on cannibus since the 1970's They give hundreds of people pot every month to help complictions of many different diseases. They have hadno ill effects and in fact have lived more productive lives because their pain, stomach issues and other problems are controled. MAKES ME CRAZY. Something so simple can help these people but they want to pump them full of chemicals and make drug companies richer!!!



The chemo pills, Tykerb" isn't going to work for me. We decided that with all my allergies we would introduce it to my system 1 pill a day for a week, then 2 a day for a week until we got up to 5 pills a day. We started the pills yesterday. My insides are already trying to fall out on one pill a day. Back to the Herceptin, which was working. Just have to find a vein that is good enough to work long term.

 

[jjthink]

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Sorry to hear that you got grief from that latest med. Hope just the right vein for the Herceptin is found readily.

JJ

 

[3goodeggs]

sorry to hear that. Could they use a leg vein? I have always wondered why they have to try for the smallest, deepest, most difficult one when they are popping out all over everywhere else.
I always think of you in the best of ways.

 

[deerman]

Coyote, so sorry the chemo pills didn't work...The ones I take are Xeloda 8 aday. I'm no Doctor for sure, but you may ask your Doc. about these..

 

[chilling in muscadine]

I wish all you guys the best and all of you are in my prayers.

I am going to feel bad to tell you guys this but I feel better than I have in 5 1/2 years.

I have good weight, I eat everyday now and so far with the last year and 1/2 dealing with the cancer it hasn't spread.

That is still the hardest thing to do "wait."

I have made my peice either way. I don't remember much of 2010 but in 2011 I have found out how much the people in my life need me to make it with there lives. I never realized it. I am now setting up two businesses, one for my sister and one for my old man just in case my cancer comes back. I am making them work everything out themselves. Just in case the cancer comes back I couldn't even think about leaving the planet without my loved ones being O.K.

But it's not gonna come back since I found out I was meaner than it was.

Love for all you guys
S@R@

 

[Lunachick]

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Coyote, I'm sorry that the other drug didn't work for you. Geez when are you going to get a break????

NJ is "working" on getting legal cannabis here

we're not holding our breath. I'm not afraid to admit that in order to deal with chemo and it's after effects, I had to do the illegal thing.