Category Archives: Q & A
What is cancer?
The name Cancer encompasses many types and can set in to many different parts of our bodies. Cancer has a professional name in the medical field it’s called Malignancy; a malignancy is an abnormal growth of cells. There are more than 100 types of cancer, including skin cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, bone cancer, breast cancer, and lymphoma. Symptoms vary depending on the type. Cancer treatment may include radiation, chemotherapy, surgery and even some of the cutting edge treatments like Autologous Blood Stem-Cell Transplant and CAR T-Cell Therapy. There are new studies coming out all the time and with every study comes more hope to beat Cancer back. The June 29th of 2015 in WebMD Health News by Rita Rubin and reviewed by Arefa Cassoobhoy MD, MPH talks about how Immune Drugs show promise in the fight, these are drugs that help our bodies natural immune system fight back. So the good news is Cancer now has a shorter life span than it did even five years ago. Many say that in ten years we can totally beat Cancer.
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Were you in denial? How did you get past it?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & ANo, I didn’t have denial. I researched on the Internet before I went to the next appointment so that I would know the terminology that would be discussed so that I would be prepared. I like to be prepared for worse case scenario in everything. I was in shock, I just wanted to see some […]
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Was it hard to tell people?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AI told the majority of people the last week of my radiation, (so for 4 months I kept it to myself, husband, kids, and just a few friends that wouldn’t let my parents know) so there were many questions as to why I didn’t say anything. I didn’t want to upset my parents and I think […]
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We want to come visit but we have a cold, flu, feel sick?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AA phone call or Facetime would be appropriate. My family set up a computer and they were talking to me one line. It was like they were on the TV but talking with me. I got a lot of face book mail, that was nice but I was so worn out it took time to […]
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How do I tell my family and friends I have cancer?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AWhat I felt was best was getting the leaders, Dads Moms people like that and telling them first so we could talk about it. From there we got some of the kids together and told them. For the ones we felt needed to be told in a different way we let the Dads and Moms […]
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How can people who care help?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AWith me I just needed to know they were there, I didn’t have all the answers yet so I was very afraid. They just were with me and let me know I would not be alone. I was a mess so my friends came to my aid, they were not overbearing but they did make […]
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How can people hurt?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AWell I had people tell me “I told you so, I told you ten years ago you were going to get this” Like I needed to listen to that. Some of the people I loved and thought were there for me no matter what just drifted away. I could see they still had a life, […]
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How can my family and friends help me?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AFor me it’s just knowing that they love me and they are there. It’s hard because I am not as strong as I once was but I still need the love and support of a good friend. Everyone takes turns with my kids and helping with dinner on treatment days. This is everything when I […]
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Can people ask questions?
Posted on September 16, 2015 by Admin in Q & AMaybe asking if they can ask questions would be the first thing to ask. Sometimes, we may have been given news that we would like to share that is positive, and other times when news isn’t so great it takes time to formulate what we can say.
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