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LATEST DISCUSSIONS

RE: Importance of caregiving community online
MsBella wrote: I also belong to an online kidney cancer group and i joined it in Sept 2008, so desperate to for support, i felt so all alone as my fiance wouldn't talk abou...

05/15/12 08:05 AM by day_lily2003 in Importance of caregiving community online

RE: Importance of caregiving community online
Apple wrote: I understand it, really, but it's very frustrating to want to talk to someone directly and share when they don't reply. I guess I'm feeling frustrated a lot. ...

05/15/12 07:58 AM by day_lily2003 in Importance of caregiving community online

RE: Importance of caregiving community online
Wow. I posted here in 2009. Before the third surgery. Before the ablation and chemo and radiation and Steve's passing in March of 2011. But here's the good news! I have begun...

05/14/12 11:22 PM by AppleYellow in Importance of caregiving community online

RE: Importance of caregiving community online
Hello, I am a new member to CURE, my name is Joy or you can call me Simcha! Although my husband has been ill with lung cancer and bone cancer since September 2010. I am finall...

03/20/12 04:49 AM by Simcha in Importance of caregiving community online

Are you involved in advocacy? Share your story of why you became an advocate and how it’s changed you.
This is my story: My husband (a member of local 589) is a survivor of Head and Neck cancer (not a particularly well known form of cancer). He was diagnosed and treated 2yrs...

02/24/12 07:40 AM by suz46 in Are you involved in advocacy? Share your story of why you became an advocate and how it’s changed you.

How are you different now than when you were first diagnosed with cancer?
I would like to hear from other cancer survivors how they felt their life's perspective changed post treatment. For me, life after cancer gave me an opportunity to do what I h...

02/20/12 04:28 PM by e3 Coaching in How are you different now than when you were first diagnosed with cancer?

RE: Neuralgia post Mastectomy
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried Benadryl but that didn't stop the skin/nerve sensations. I will try the Sarna lotion for sure.

02/20/12 11:36 AM by MamaTaz in Neuralgia post Mastectomy