Cancer

2006-12-27 10:14:34 · 18 answers · asked by prepx3 3

2006-12-27 09:10:55 · 10 answers · asked by pinkydinkydoo 3

i had an ileostomy takedown after being cured of cancer. i had radiation and chemo. how long did it take you to get normal or almost normal?

2006-12-27 08:50:51 · 1 answers · asked by intelligent80000 5

is it bleeding out? how do cancers kill? I just don't understand

2006-12-27 08:39:58 · 13 answers · asked by phoenix rising 2

2006-12-27 08:33:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My aunt who is a wondeful person has had skin cancer and breast cancer, has now been told that she has bone cancer. This explains why her bones keep breaking and now totally healing. I know that there is not a cute for this. How long does she have to live? Is there any type of treatments that can help? She has 3 kids, 6 brothers and sisters, and her mother is still alive. All of them would be deeply affected by her loss. I feel horrible about it. Especially since we recieved the news right after Christmas. What can I do to show support to her and my father (her brother)?

2006-12-27 07:24:24 · 2 answers · asked by ~*Amy*~ 2

2006-12-27 05:29:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been wondering abouth this forever! Also, i like pink! :-]

2006-12-27 04:51:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother may have chronic myeloid leukemia, and one of the ways of treating it is a bone marrow transplant.

Who are usually the closest matches for donors? Can children be a close enough match (usually) to be a donor?

Once a donor is found, what happens?

I am very worried, and would like to know what my chances are of being able to help my mother. I would like to know what may be in store for her, and how I can help her prepare in every way. I would also like to know how the transplant affects the donor so I may prepare, if I am a match.

Thanks for any help.

2006-12-27 03:33:15 · 3 answers · asked by Me 2

2006-12-27 02:03:36 · 6 answers · asked by KayKay 2

At 66 I am faced with the prospect of losing my bladder due to cancer which has been treated for the last 12 years but has now progressed further.

There are two options, it appears: a neo-bladder formed from a section of the large intestine and a stoma (again using the large intestine) and external bag.

Do you have any experience of this, either yourself or with someone close to you, which you can share? I would be interested both in successes and cases where there have been complications. Much of the information I can find tends to emphasise the successes, yet my specialist has told me that I have a 1% chance of not surviving the operation and a 30% chance of there being some post-operative complications.

Any personal experience would be most helpful in deciding what my quality of life is likely to be.

2006-12-26 23:26:33 · 1 answers · asked by Owlwings 7

kills brain cells?

2006-12-26 22:34:15 · 6 answers · asked by HxC 1

2006-12-26 14:36:57 · 11 answers · asked by jerseyboy33 1

2006-12-26 14:14:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom had a biopsy about 4 months ago and says the doctor has not given her the results.

I personally do not believe that, but it is a pretty crappy health network she goes through. I really hope she's not lying to me.

But if she then this means she is just lessening the chances she can be helped with treatment or even surgery.

Please help!!!

2006-12-26 13:16:31 · 12 answers · asked by luvmytibby 1

The American Red Cross requires that you wait 5 years before being able to donate blood after chemotherapy treatments. Does anyone know why this is? The answer that they gave me was that radiation from the chemo is still in your system. I didn't think chemo had radiation in it or was radioactive. Did this guy not know what he was talking about, maybe confusing chemo with raditation? Either way, they let people who get x-rays donate blood and it really isn't much different other than the levels. But why not let someone donate that is a year out from chemo?

2006-12-26 12:42:09 · 4 answers · asked by Jenna 3

need graphs and pictures

2006-12-26 08:52:39 · 4 answers · asked by elmo6556 1

2006-12-26 04:49:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I feel a lump in my left breast when I squeeze the middle of it. It really hurts when I squeeze it and its not there on my right breast. Its also quite hard. Im 15 and my mum had some kind of cancer that was just a lump and was just there for no reason but she didn't have to have any kind of therapy, she just had it taken out. Im going to see my Dr. but I want to know what you think it is. Thanks!

2006-12-26 03:17:27 · 6 answers · asked by ツ 3

2006-12-26 02:36:22 · 9 answers · asked by => the guy <== 3

2006-12-26 00:25:40 · 12 answers · asked by mimi 1

2006-12-25 20:05:25 · 16 answers · asked by joecamel 1

Just looking for any suggestions, ideas or personal experiences: My mom has stage 3 ovarian cancer and had surgery back in august. basically been in the hospital(s) all this time. Since admission to third hospital, they have given her 3 chemos and the Doctor says she has a 'functional bowel obstruction' (partial bowel obstruction). He says she is responding good to chemo and the ca-125 levels go down with each chemo. The bowel obstruction is due to some small tumors that went on the intestine after the surgery (because it took so long to get chemo possibly).

Mom's current problem is with eating...she doesn't always feel good and throws up at times, yet the Dr. says he sees no reason she can't eat (medically) and thinks some of it might be psychological. It's been roughly 2 months since she ate and about 4 months since she ate a lot of anything.

Any ideas on how she can work towards eating again so she can get off the TPN?

2006-12-25 16:04:13 · 3 answers · asked by . 3

2006-12-25 15:41:04 · 16 answers · asked by anais w 1

this xmas was pretty bad...i think it will be the last time i see my family. i have been mentally abused and manipulated by them for 35 years...my husband stood up to them when they were treating me like **** at xmas and my mom told us to leave because we ruined their xmas...then my brother physically threw me down and attacked my husband. i know i'm better off without them...because of the pain they have caused me my entire life...my husband has been my lifesaver...making me realize what they have been doing to me is wrong...but i just want them to love me...something i grew up not hearing...where do i begin to move on and realize that maybe to get myself better...it's time to let go? i feel ripped apart inside...knowing all that happened can't be fixed. why do i still feel the need to have my parents and for once hear them say that i did ok..and they love me?

2006-12-25 15:27:00 · 7 answers · asked by hrt 2

My aunt Sue is dying of cancer. The other day I got a call from my cousin that asked me if I wanted to go see her. I immediatly said yes, and hopped in the shower. After I got out, I was walking into my kitchen and found my yellow "LiveStrong" bracelet laying on the floor. (The ones Lance Armstrong made to support cancer) It had snapped of my wrist, and I have no clue how it happend. This happend before I went to go see my aunt, the same day. Do you think its a blessing or a bad sign???

2006-12-25 14:29:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-25 12:22:39 · 5 answers · asked by PassionateBeauty 1

2006-12-25 10:22:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

MY grandfather has cancer. My grandma had it also in another organ and she died last year.God knows how I suffered cause I loved her so much!And in its last stadium this desease produses lots of pus..Like I told you,my grandpa now hai it at his throat.He has a tube and he can't speak...he caughts a lot and I saw sometimes this pus gets out of his throat on the floor or..anywhere else..I'm sorry I imagine this makes you sick but think at me..I am with him,I support him, it is an awfull desease and I know it's not contagious..because I've been through this last year I know how it's like...and it's a very sad situation..my question is as serious as it can be..I want to know if this pus can affect me or my family in any way if an accident happens and we get in contact with it...It's full of microbes and unhealthy things there and I'm quite frightened in thinking of this problem and it concerns me a lot for a few days...pls I need an answer from someone who really knows this problem.Thanks!

2006-12-25 06:37:31 · 8 answers · asked by teen 3

2006-12-25 04:37:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous