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Marla61
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Last activity on 11/07/2021 at 6:04 PM
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Hi My name is Marla I had breast Cancer 5 years ago and now it has returned.. I think in both breasts.. I will find out more when I have my Mammogram and ultra sound on December 1st. I just met my new boyfriend about 2 months ago.. I was afraid to tell him but glad I did he is being very supportive.
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Hi I have stage 4 colorectal cancer. The doctor said it was terminal and I have 2-5 years. My husband heard that and has told me he is at peace with it. I feel like sometimes he doesn’t want me to fight it. He said I was miserable much of the time and he hates seeing me suffer. However, I’m a faith-based person and I tried to tell him that I wanted to fight it as long as I could. However, he convinced me to do maintenance dosing of chemo since I was getting 3 different chemotherapy meds every other week. This is my first week of it and it made a huge difference in my side effects and allowed me to do more with my family. We adopted a 15 year old this year. So I need to be there for him as well. It’s so nice to the support and love on this forum. I’ll keep you in my prayers. Message me anytime, if you need to talk to someone.
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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I'm 27 I have hodgkin's lymphoma I doing it all alone been feeling so torn down