Hi J and Everyone,
from
Karen in Toronto
Mother of Doug

About 2 months ag I was engaged in some manual activity and I recall injuring
my hand/wrist. A few days later a lump formed at the crease of my wrist (palm
side, under the base of the thumb).It's approx the size of a dime. It's been
two months now and I am getting worried. It causes ...

   I can't deal with the cancer stuff. I just burst into tears. I gotta go.
Thanks to all for your help now and in the past.
   CAT aka Bob

Merle and I cannot afford to stay in our apartment. We can rent or buy a
house for much less, but don't have any money for either type of down
payment. A number of people have told us that they would be glad to donate
to that cause IF the donations would be tax-deductible.

Had Brain MRI and Abdomin CT scans Monday and saw Onc. today.  No signs
of cancer (SCLC) in either scan.  Blood work was normal too.
I'm almost recovered from the chemo and radiation (10 months since last
chemo, 6 mo since radiation for brain mets.)

Can anyone who has had this test offer an opinion?  Looks good to me.  I'm
surrounded by skeptics.

    They started him on Velcade yesterday.  They have to give it through IV so
they have to stick him.  He will go there and get it once a week for the next
couple of weeks.  Then he'll see what this Dr. says.  It has most of the same
side effects as the Thalidomide.  This is a chemo.  ...

Hi everyone, my aunt is 70 years old.  She is mildly autistic and has
been severely learning disabled since birth.  Anyway, she always had
medicare and medicaid b/c of all her disabilities.  Last year, both
her parents died.  So now she gets their social security payments

Hi -- I'm looking for help from cancer survivors who have undergone
extensive surgery.
My 31 year old daughter had a "total pelvic exenteration" a week ago (for
recurring cervical cancer), which means that she had all female organs,

I was wondering if anyone out there is using or has heard of an
alternative treatment being used in Europe called Ukrain.  I saw an
old posting about it in which it was said that a homeopath in
Scottsdale, AZ named Berr was able to get it for 30% of what you can

My wife is an inpatient in a local Hospice Center. Ovarian Cancer has
won after 6+ years. The nurses I've talked to have said that if they
can get her to stop vomiting for two days on compazine, then maybe she
could come back to the hospital bed that is set up in our living room

Just an update on my mom...she was diagnosed in May with late stage
lung cancer, has received 2 radiation treatment (1 for her lower back
since it has spread to her bones, 1 to her lung).  She finished the
last round in mid-June and has been feeling a lot better...she was

    My Wife Jacqueline has Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Unfortunatly it
seems that there are very few support groups for it. A lot of breast
cancer support groups etc but nothing for her really. She goes a lot
to www.wellspring.ca but they are waiting for enough people with it to

I went to the Dr. with complaints of abdominal pain.  They did every
blood test in the book and found nothing.  I even went to the
emergency room once panicing thinging that they were missing somthing,
they did an xray and saw a lot of fecal matter building up on one