Coping With Caregiving

May 2007

• Mother has lung cancer and never smoked - by Sharon - (Tue, May 22 2007)
  If anyone reads this please respond. 4 months ago she was diagnosed at stage 4. Because she is 85 they said no chemo or radiation should be given. [more..]
• Having a parent with a brain tumor - by Karen - (Mon, May 14 2007)
  My mom was first diagnosed in 1994, and is still alive today. She has a tumor called an oligodendrioma and she’s been fighting it for nearly 13 years. [more..]
• huntington’s - by ed - (Mon, May 14 2007)
  not looking for magic, my 66 yr. wife forgot how to do everything in the last 6 days. I care for her at home. [more..]
• My Dad has Lung Cancer - by kp - (Tue, May 08 2007)
  The lung cancer has also gone to the brain. He suffers from seizures but currently takes meds to manage this. [more..]
• My husband is succumbing to brain cancer at 55 - by Rebecca - (Mon, May 07 2007)
  It began with a 1/1/06 GI bleed, emergency surgery, and no one had any idea the reason he was increasing his usage of NSAIDS was due to brain cancer [more..]
• My father in coma - by PINKU - (Mon, May 07 2007)
  My father suffered a massive heart failure 27 months back, and his breathing stopped completely, pulse zero, heart beat zero, blood pressure zero. [more..]
• My Mother’s stomach cancer… - by DM - (Wed, May 02 2007)
  My 71-year old mom was diagnosed with cancer in the upper region of her stomach. She underwent complete removal of stomach and surrounding lymph nodes. [more..]