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rollingwater
My father has been diagnosed with colon cancer - final stage - in October 2007 back when I was 16. I just started my senior years of high school and they were very important in determining whether or not I was going to get into...
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Written on July 7th, 2009
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gdgtgrl
He's gone - my father. At 6:20 this evening, he breathed his last breath and went to the cottage forever.
It's about 1 1/2 hours later and I'm not sure how or what I feel. Very glad that all of his suffering and pain is...
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Written on June 17th, 2008
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Dee67
My dad was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in Nov/07. He has been undergoing agressive chemo since then and is having a stem cell transplant in a couple of weeks. He and my mom are two of my very best friends and it has...
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Written on March 30th, 2008
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Nausica
My Dad got diagnosed with Stage 3 esophageal cancer a year and a half ago. He went through surgery and two different chemo and radiation but the cancer keeps coming back. We were told this week that his cancer has metastasized to his...
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Written on October 4th, 2007
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Teresa71
My Father, whom is 64 , whom I adore, and make every effort to still please in my heart of hearts was given 3-6 months of life expectancy as of this past Monday. What I do not have is the understanding of what I am to do. He has held my...
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Written on October 12th, 2012
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sammhickk
My father was diagnosed in 2008 with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer with Metastasis to the bone. One day we're telling him to go to the doctor because he's had a long running cold and BAM! you have cancer. We have been through the Clinical...
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Written on May 18th, 2012
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tornadowatch
My father was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in February 2012. My parents' lives both changed instantly. He is 65 years old - he was healthy, active, ate well. And then...he was a patient with an non-curable disease. He has to take...
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Written on October 10th, 2012
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anongirl19
I don't know how to feel. How to act.
Cancer....that's a terrible word that sends chills down my spine. It's one thing I'm terribly afraid of. I never thought I would have to go through it or watch my family go through it. But, cancer...
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Written on August 16th, 2012
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reh3959
I’m not even sure what I want to say. This may end up pretty long. I guess first a few facts. My dad is 82 and hardly the frail old man you generally picture someone of that age to be. He’s gone through half a dozen or so surgeries...
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Written on October 3rd, 2012
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BrownEyedGirl09
My father was diagnosed with stage one bladder cancer, damn cancer. It has taken my grandfather and my aunt, I don't want it to take my father though. I acted all strong when he called and told me on the phone, but as soon as he hung...
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Written on April 14th, 2012
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NattyD
I am feeling so strange. My 73 year old father is dying of cancer-it is everywhere. It would be easier to list the places they haven't found it...that would be his blood and his prostate. Those are all good, so far.
I have...
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Written on December 4th, 2007
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Lolaray77
A little more than year ago we found out my dad had cancer and that it's not treatable. Presently it's advanced so much that he's lost his ablity to walk, use bathroom on his own he's bed ridden and lost alot of weight. Its really hard...
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Written on March 4th, 2013
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ginger1979
My father has had a difficult year. In August 2007 my mother died after a long battle with Alzheimer's. In February 2008 my Uncle Howard, my father's younger brother, also died after a long battle with Alzheimers. My...
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Written on April 20th, 2008
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Cancertookmydad
I lost my father 20 years ago to one of the deadliest diseases of today. Cancer is spreading like wild fire on a daily basis. It’s also leaving the families in a black hole of hurt and anguish whether the person survives or not...
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Written on August 25th, 2012
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Robin17
He was diagnosed with a rare sinus cancer with no name or no program of chemo to fight it,on January 21 2012 and lost his battle on September 8 2012
He was a lab rat , and went under serious tests and surgerys , his cancer spread from...
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Written on June 16th, 2012
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femme7
My father has stage IV renal cancer - chromophobe type. This type of cancer has a rather dismal prognosis. The odds of surviving more than a year were less than 5%. Apart from surgery, my father opted not to accept treatment. After my...
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Written on July 26th, 2008
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gdgtgrl
My father is dying, I'm certain of that now. Sooner rather than later, we'll arrange the funeral, plan what my mother will do now that he's gone & ache forever for the loss in the family.
We bonded late in life over a place...
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Written on April 28th, 2008
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Lolaray77
Normally I call my dad evrey morning. During the, last week I couldn't get ahold of him and last sunday I foundout they switched his medicine so he's asleep most of the day. He's been battling prostate cancer. This morning I missed a...
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Written on March 19th, 2013
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want2befree
My stepdad was diagnosed with melanoma a little over three years ago. He has lived a pretty normal life with it until now. About a month ago he had a tumor removed from his brain. Since then, tumors have appeared all over his body right...
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Written on July 8th, 2009
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