Hi Group,
I am having hodgkins for 1.5 years now, and i had chemotherapy ABVD, 8
sessions for 4 months in 2004.
I am very fond of eating out, specially junk food.

I guess by now everyone has heard my story enough. Add to that my MIL's
stage 4 cervical cancer. Well, it don't end yet...
As I mentioned I moved my mother down from Pennsylvania to recuperate from
her hospitalization for retaining water from congestive heart failure. On

Mother's just been on the phone.  A sore spot inside her cheek has been
biopsied to see whether it was the plate rubbing or what.  Turns out to
be 'what', so next week will be scans, scans and more scans to find out
what sort of tumour she's dealing with this time.  Oh joy.  The ...

My ocologist is described as one of the top consultants in the UK for
Lymphoma.  I went to see him today for a follow-up appointment, after
having had a negative PET scan.  He said that there was a quite large
residual mass in my chest but, because the PET scan was negative, they

Hugs.  Hope everything works/worked out OK today and that you managed to
hold things together.
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I am new to the group and am inquiring for my best friend of over thirty
years who has lung cancer and is computer illiterate.
 She had cervical cancer in 1994, had a radical hysterectomy and
radiation afterwards. She was cancer free until  2003 when a CT scan

what is this pill this MD is referring to?
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My sister in law sent me this website to look at http://www.issels.com/
I've never heard of this kind of treatment. Have any of you heard of it
or know anyone that has tried it? if so what is your opinion?

Are there any survivors of hepatoblastoma reading this? I'd love to
talk with someone about their experience. Over time, I'm much better
health-wise than when I was younger, but after talking with people at
Dana Farber, other doctors, etc, the chemo I had may have led to

 1..  UK: Cash woe of breast cancer women [BBC News]
 Many breast cancer patients have experienced cash difficulties after being
forced to pay prescription fees, a survey says.
 The Breast Cancer Care poll of 164 women in England and Scotland found 42%

I know that acne and skin blotching is a side effect of erbitux, but
this is crazy!  I've got zits on top of zits on top of zits. The back
of my head looks like the moon, and in just 6 days of my first
infusion. I can't imagine what I'll look like several months down the

Had the surgery last Friday and came home Wednesday morning.  Here's some
personal info and some stuff that I was not prepared for.
I had approx 12 inches of large intestine removed from the rectum back.  17
or 18 lymph nodes were removed that were close to the site, and one tested

Can someone refer me to a site that deals with this and treatment
options? Joe has surgery scheduled for March 1st (at the same hospital
Ken had his surgery.)
I have referred her to some resources that have helped us (including

I had radiation treatment two years ago for rectal cancer now, two years
later, the area where radiation was directed is still
very itchy day and night . I tried various ointments without success. Anyone
else had this problem?