just got word that my father died this morning.  he had pneumonia. his
heart was weakened from diabetes and it gave out

Hi, I just found this group 5 minutes ago and was encouraged by the kind
help people are offering here.
My Dad was diagonised of liver cancer 5 years ago.  He went through 2
surgeries in 2000 to remove the tumor in his liver, and one on his spine.

This resource is used a lot by us and readers.
I noticed that he's recently been hinting at receiving donations and/or
buying books.
I think that's fair since he's blind; perhaps he's unable to work

 I want to know about brain cancer and radiation.
 the effects, the longevity. this is devastating.
 --

This is not to scare anyone, but I believe this newsgroup needs to be
aware of this one-time/place event, in case some show up here.
I don't believe in hiding "accidents".
J

Hello, I'm sorry as this is embarassing and not pleasant to discuss.
BUt for the last year I've noticed blood every day after a bowel
movement and pain during for no apparent reason. I dread going to the
bathroom every day because I don't know how much it will hurt, burn and

Socks:
You mentioned you had a BLOG.
Can you post the URL; I'd love to see it.
Mel

About 7 wks. ago my father was diagnosed with lung, bone, and brain cancer.
The doctor gave him 8 months to a year to live.  The doctor told him he
could have radiation only for comfort reasons.  My dad thought he might as
well try and get radiation on everything since, in his mind, ...

thank you all for your kind words and support.  I understand that the
radiologist should inform patients fully and i have often questioned the
oncology consultants about why this happens. Unfortunatly the reason for
this is that they feel sometimes a patient is not stable wnough to ...

J asked me to pass along the following message,
Computer broken.
Unknown when will be back on newsgroups.
Best wishes to all

My husband had this surgery 4 days ago for bladder cancer and had a
Studor Pouch made from his small intestine.  Anyone else on the board
had this surgery?  Thanks.  Donna

Hi Steph (or anyone who can answer my question),
My son Doug has recently started a course of radiation x23 following
CHOP+rituxan at PMH in an attempt to banish his DLBCL tumour in his abdomen.
Doug has been taking turmeric (curcumin) daily to complement his treatment.

I hope you will remember me from sci.med.diseases.cancer.  I wrote about my
neighbor Ruth, who has Stage IV ovarian cancer.  You told me of this group,
so when I found it I read where your computer was off and you wouldn't be
around for a few days.  I am so glad you are back, and ...

i am new to this
my  baby brother was diagnosed with AML leukemia on nov.4 2004
he has had 4 rounds of chemo thus far.
we are aving trouble finding a bone marrow transplant donner

NSCLC (non small cell lung cancer)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.support.cancer/msg/7fa5ecdc08...
Socks    Sep 21 2004