A Troubled Heart | Arthritis Information

Probably at least a year before i joined this forum my younger cousin was diagnosed with a rare form of genetic cancer. when things first began his father came across the road in tears. He said that his son would grow five tumors by the time the doctors could get rid of one. It has been a constant roller coaster ride for many years.

We have him on many prayer list across the country and also on the internet. His son was just born about the time he was diagnosed. He was probably 33 and never drank or smoked. A good young man with a good work ethic.

A roller coaster ride for sure after years of chemo and radiation we ahve seen times we thought were miricles and that all was well. Once we were told that they could not operate or do radiation because the cancer was to close to major organs and it simply dissapeared.

Later a lung exray was not looked at for three months and it had revealed that some of the cancer was still in his lungs. So he has been back on chemo and now has to have 40 percent of his lung removed.

I would just like to take the time to pray for cancer patients and thier families because it is a hard to road to go down.

Part of our fear is that his job has been great about keeping him employed and on his insurance through out all of this. I do not know if he will still be able to work after this surgery. If the cancer is not gone or if it comes back I hope that he can still get the same kind of treatment. He has been getting cancer treatment in a different state.Milly,

So many people I know have or had cancer. My neighbor friend...went through breast cancer, then brain cancer...it was a rollar coaster ride. I will take time and say a prayer. Your very sweet Milly

Lisa

I hope that all pans out well for him and his family. Hi Milly, he is on my prayer list, you are a very good friend/family member to have, hugs Janie. How are you yourself going Milly, are you bearing up with your'e health?Thanks to each and everyone of you for your well wishes and support.

janie I have been in a flare but I am feelling up to taking care of my babies for a couple of days so I will be getting my fair share of hugs and having fun with the little ones. They are my encouragement to keep getting well. I go over and babysit for a few days then come home and crash and lay around on the internet while I rest up for the next go around. LOL I love them so but they are exhausting. Thanks to all of you for putting up with me while I am on my down time resting. You are all a true blessing to me and I will remeber you in my prayers tonight.

God BlessMilly, very touching post, thank you for saying this.

My mom was diagnosed with kidney cancer four years ago. It had spread to her lungs by the time they caught it. She has been on oral chemo for a while now, I feel like we sometimes are taking three steps forward and three steps backwards. Othertimes it actually feels like we are getting slightly ahead, only to hear news that she has a tumor the size of a baseball where the kidney use to be. This disease, cancer, is a robber, a robber of life, of joy, of dignity and love, of time, and of laughter, but through it all my mom still fights. It truly amazes me sometimes, I am both humbled and awed by it.

Thanks for the post....

Lori

A friend's wife has Stage IV cancer and has been a rigid chemo for a couple years, barely keeping up with the cancer growth. Now losing the battle. He has prostate cancer. They have 2 teenaged kids. He just lost his job and insurance. His father died two weeks ago...on the same day his best friend died.

So many people think the grass is greener......but you don't have to look too far to see it isn't.

How lucky I am to have an autoimmune disease that's under control.

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So many people think the grass is greener......but you don't have to look too far to see it isn't.

How lucky I am to have an autoimmune disease that's under control.

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Amen, amen and AMEN!!

Lori

I'll keep your cousin in my prayers. I have just lost my brother to it- he would have been 59 the 29th of this month. My best friend is battling it for the second time in 3 years. It's breast cancer but this time it spread to her liver too.

I feel lucky to just have RA too.
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