Talk Cancer

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Overeating……if only I could give up food cold turkey forever…sigh. Mmmmmmm, cold turkey…. <drool
turkey, mashed potatoes and dressing with gravy?   sorry for the thread drift TK

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Packrat8333 might have said: Overeating……if only I could give up food cold turkey forever…sigh. Mmmmmmm, cold turkey…. <drool [...]

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i have a cat named calli. she is about 9 years old. she starting urinating outside her litter box a few months ago. i took her to the vet who said she had a uti and gave her antibiotics. she finished those, was rechecked and still had the infection. so the vet [...]

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My dad finally died today.  It’s his birthday.  I’d like to think he planned it that way.  My poor old mother says it was the best birthday present he could’ve given himself.  He’s been miserable for a long time and a real mess for the past couple of months. My dad [...]

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I have a friend who has cancer of the bladder, and has been told that he will possibly need to have his bladder removed. I would like to hear from anyone about their personal experiences of this operation and opinions on the various methods of this procedure. Chris.

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> My 3 year old had a cup of faygo red pop at dinner and woke up the next > morning covered in hives and his upper lip swollen like a bee stung it. > Took him to the emergency room and the ER nurse said they see dozens > of cases [...]

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JEB, Boy, you have run the gamut, haven’t you?  Congratulations on your turn-around to a significantly more healthy lifestyle. My urostomy is 12 years old this month, and I have never asked "Why Me?"  My question was instead "Why Not Me?"  My problem was bladder cancer, and I would be [...]

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Thanks to those who responded…it is good to know that even when your condition is painful, you have others who shared it and especially that it is not unusual. I talked to my doc today and to several health care provider friends who seem to echo the opinions of the group….if [...]

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Wondering if anyone in this group has a colostomy.  I’ve been seriously considering it… ’cause it’s SO difficult to get on and off the pot. Sometimes I lose it half way there.  The insurance company is saying no… but I’m fighting it.. Would like to hear some opinions. Tom in [...]

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Im just starting on the atkins diet, and I like to drink herbal tea with a couple drops of liquid sacchrin (sweet and low brand).  Both the tea and sweet and low say they are carb and sugar free.  Is this safe to use while in induction? Thanks, John

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To those once wrote to me: I put my 14 years old westie down two days ago. Afu had been sick (bladder cancer and diabetes) for over a year. In the last six months or so, it was really exhausted to take care of him. He could not control his bladder, [...]