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Did you gain weight during chemo? CURE magazine wants to talk to…
After cancer, now what | August 14th 2008 by Kate
Via: www.planetcancer.org While the common perception is that cancer treatment always causes weight loss, research shows that some patients will gain weight during treatment. Hormone therapy, some types of chemo, steroid medications, the sheer stress read more
Add Music To Your Life
Dancing With Butterflies | August 6th 2008 by Ems
As a music lover, I always have my ipod with me everywhere I go. I remember back when I was still having chemo therapy as an out-patient, my ipod has been my only friend, singing Christian mp3’s really helped me survived those agonizing days. I jus read more
Resveratrol Helps Human Cancer Victim
Jackie's Everyday Life | July 29th 2008 by Jacqueline
Dont you know that there is a cure now for cancer? I watched tv show yesterday and it happened that they talked about this Medicine called Resveratrol. There was a lady's testimony got a cancer and lots of chemo therapy under gone. The doctor told he read more
Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
cancer and aids review | July 22nd 2008 by dudi
There are three main treatments for ovarian cancer, once a diagnosis is made. These are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. In some cases it will be recommended to have two or even all three of these treatments. When chemotherapy is recommended, it read more
The creative process begins...dying silk top today
Happy House Quilts | July 14th 2008 by Happy House Quilts
The kids are off to my in-laws for the week, chemo is tomorrow all day with Becky...will have to take pics of us wild women at the infusion station...oh with cutie-pie katelyn too...but for the rest of the day I am dyeing to share my new Art Therapy read more
Family Matters
Me, My Life, My Self | July 3rd 2008 by lezah
Being here in UAE for 3 years plus a lot of things had happen and change back home especially from my family. My mom passes away when I was just 4 months here in UAE. She is diagnosed as a diabetic and it got complicated and weakens her body system read more
Alma Mater
Everyday Jade | June 26th 2008 by jade
A busy Thursday night. After work, from Karcraft, we had dinner at Monaco Cafe. I want eating there. I so long to try their crepe but I always end up too full after the main course, sadly, no more room for desserts. We then went to Manila Doctors read more
A Moment in Time
There Goes the Neighborhood | June 17th 2008 by MH
Just when you think, okay, everything is settled down for the most part. You find out that it isn't. The weekend passed, my party, Father's Day, all went well... that is until I talked to my dad. See he had cancer about 4 or 5 years ago. He underwent read more
NZ youngster towers over his classmates - one of many side effec…
huttriver8 | June 14th 2008 by peter petterson
New Zealand youngster James Locke towers over his classmates - one of many side effects of the cancerous tumor in his head.James has grown 1.5 centimeters and put on a kilo in a month this year. Doctors say the tumor, which sits near his hormone - se read more
Metaphore for my life...Sandtrap!
Happy House Quilts | June 14th 2008 by Happy House Quilts
what good friends i have here in cyberspace...WhimzyPinzy a fellow EtsyMom has posted a comment at my flickr site about this picture. She has shared some wisdom about this picture and insight into my situation and I am grateful.Hey Whimz...I see th read more
Trying to Conceive With a D&C, a Chemo and a Hysterectomy
How To Avoid Hysterectomy | June 13th 2008 by Dusko Savic
At the Imperfect Complainer blog, we find a story of Flicka, a woman who first got pregnant and then lost her baby after a few months. She now attends a doctor and was given the following advice: – to stop doing the D&Cs, which were uncomfo read more
HOW 'LIBERAL' CARE WOULD KILL TED
Right from the Right | June 9th 2008
IRONICALLY enough, the dangers of the lib eral health-care agenda are being made clear by the care that a liberal icon, Sen. Ted Kennedy, has received since his brain seizure last month.One day after an MRI detected a tumor, Kennedy was quickly diagn read more
Everything I know I learned from SATC…
No Sex and the City | June 2nd 2008
This was going to be a post about my recent vacation, but then I realized that the with the movie of the series that gave this blog its claim to fame that maybe a post in honor of that would be better. Please note that some of the below could be a read more
A much needed get away & therapy...
ShoppingKharma-What comes around goes around | June 2nd 2008 by C.J. Armstrong
My husband and I just had another semi rough patch just after being released from the hospital on Friday, May 23rd. Another painful blockage, but we got through it together and by Monday, May 26th (Veteran's Day) I was given an Antibiotic for a Bla read more
An Appeal
ADfx | May 28th 2008
HARA PATTANAIK is a well known celebrity of the Oriya film industry. We all have viewed and appreciated his works on celluloid over the years. He has stunned us by his performances in a negative role as well as entertained us by his directorial ventu read more
Can Ted Kennedy beat brain cancer?
Canadian Medicine | May 21st 2008
Yesterday's announcement that Senator Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumour cast a pall over the US Senate. Though the Kennedy clan (pictured above with the senator at Massachussetts General Hospital yesterday) maintained an upbeat demeanour, giv read more
Sad Today :(
Happy House Quilts | May 21st 2008 by Happy House Quilts
Little old me today...I got news yesterday that chemo will start on Wednesday. I'm relieved yet terrified at the same time. Sadness is the overwhelming feeling mostly.My friends are helping me work on the dolls today...the kids and I wrote words an read more
Being One
Everyday Jade | May 12th 2008 by jade
Odie started losing his hair, a side effect from his chemo therapy session. He went to the barber shop and got a shave.The following day, Kuya had his hair cut too. Not a shave, but close to shave.Sunday came and Papa had his too. And Omar had his read more
Hamilton Boy in Protective Custody After Father Opts Out of Chemo…
Bamboo Blitz--A Filipina Canadian floating around CyberSpace | May 10th 2008 by BambooBlitz
For a moment, just imagine you are at the centre of this terrible predicament...Your 11 year-old son has leukemia. He has already undergone an aggressive round of chemotherapy and radiation treatment which nearly cost him his life. When your little b read more
Emerson's Friday Testimonial
Clear Lake Reflections | May 9th 2008 by Mark
Who amongst you has not chosen a four year-old photo on eharmony?We all look better in soft flash light.Gimme a break. Just had a cancer operation.They buzzed all sorts of places, please.I'm doing fine. Got visit next week back to hospital so they ca read more
New Cancer Therapy Using Nanoparticles May Replace Chemo, Radiati…
Computer Tech News | April 14th 2008 by Turnip
New treatment is nearing trials, may be in practice within a few years... read more
Happy Birthday Tito Boy!
Everyday Jade | April 13th 2008 by jade
We had another round of food fest!Papa made his super yummy kare kare, with his trademark na sitaw na naka ribbon pa. They also prepared hito and tomatoes with very very small green mango na chopped. Tita Leslie brought crabs, prawns and pancit mal read more
Healthier You
Dancing With Butterflies | April 9th 2008 by Ems
Being sick with lupus means you have to take a lot of medications and go through a lot of medical procedures such as kidney biopsy, bone marrow screen test, 2D-Echo, chemo therapy and not to mention the series of laboratory exams that you have to tak read more
Once more 'round....
Bear Tracks | April 6th 2008
Well... I have been scarce in these parts of late. I have some (to me, anyway...) valid excuses... I know that they are bullshit, but, Its my story... and I'm sticking to it.We have been struggling a bit with the death of Marcheline's Dad. My cous read more
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you,"…
The Tao of Terri | April 6th 2008 by Terri Powers
I arrived home yesterday evening in time for dinner. I was exhausted and trembling from the constant motion of the car, but so glad to be home.I talked to my sister, Kim, this afternoon. She had her last radiation treatment last Friday and a stint-li read more
Cancer and Fertility: How Can Treatment Impact Fertility? (Part 1…
Doctor David's Blog - Musings of a Pediatric Oncologist | April 1st 2008 by David Loeb, MD and PhD
“Uh, doc…”“Yes?”“Uh… I was just wondering… Did the chemo make it so I won’t be able to have kids?”As my physician readers all know, it’s the question that is asked as the patient is walking out the door that often reflects what read more
Find Articles On Lung Cancer
cancer treatment | March 31st 2008 by spring
Both my grandfather and my father-in-law are suffering from lung cancer. Since two valuable members of our family have the disease we decided to find articles on lung cancer to help us understand the condition better. One of the best resources for fi read more
The Power of Bananas
ZH InfoSpace | February 27th 2008 by ZH Ong
PS : Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! Bananas... MY favorite.After reading this article, you'll never ever look at the banana in the same way again - In a speech given by Dr. Fadillah Kamsah (some Malaysian docto read more
Avastin FAQs – Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer (Immune Targ…
PJ Hamel's Breast Cancer SharePosts | February 25th 2008 by parkthcn
Q. I have "triple negative" breast cancer - it's not estrogen-, progesterone-, or HER2-positive, so my treatment has so far been limited to surgery, chemo, and "hope for the best," since hormone therapy drugs, or Herceptin or Tyke read more
Hair Vanity
Just Let Go | February 23rd 2008 by Ems
When I underwent chemo therapy two years ago, my primary concern was losing my hair. Call me vain or whatever but I’ve always kept my hair long and I really took extra effort to take care of it and the thought of losing it because of chemo was real read more