Do you think that smokers who are parents are selfish

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

My mom is a smoker and my 2 brothers and I no longer talk to her because she smokes. She is 60 yrs old and we just assume she's going to die in few years from some sort of cancer and consider her dead anyway. We have pleaded and begged for her to quit but [...]

Did you know that Meat raises lung cancer

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

People who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats have a higher risk of several types of cancer, including lung cancer and colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
The work is the first big study to show a link between meat and lung cancer. It also shows that people who eat a lot [...]

I feel left out and deppresed what shall i do

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

WELL CHEER UP YOU ARE NOT ALONE DON'T GET DEPRESSED THERE'S LOTS OF FUN AND COOL ATUFF IN LIFE TO ENJOY SO GET OUT THERE AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING;)Answer:what do you feel left out in?
Merry Christmas x Lydia x
Answer:left out?..are you being shunned by someone or perhaps a group?..if so than [...]

What to get a cancer patient and his wife for christmas

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

me and my family have just moved away. So, me and my family decided the way i could finish out my senior year in the town i grew up in would be to live with a close elderly couple, john and marry,who are good friends of our family. For the past 5 months i have [...]

My friend is dying

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

I guess about a month ago I asked a question on how to handle my friend who has cancer.
Well, apparently now the cancer in inoperable (liver) and the doctors won't even do chemo or radiation. I don't know how much time she has left in this life, and I was wondering if any one has [...]

Does warming up plastic containers with food give cancer

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

If you are refering to heating food containers in a microwave, then it all depends on the containers used to heat the food in. Some plastics, for instance, are more prone to the effect of "migration". whereby some additives used in plastics are more likely to migrate to foods more than others. The main concern [...]

How likely are my sister and I to develop colon or bowel cancer

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Our Mum died of bowel cancer(she ignored the symptoms); my aunt has just been diagnosed with a small colon cancer which fortunately is operable and she will recover. My Mum and aunt are both small women of very light build, neither of whom had a diet rich in either nutrients or roughage. Both had a [...]

How often to do routine (ultrasound) scans against cancer to be safe

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

my grandmother died of thyroid anaplastic cancer. it killed her in 3 months. If she was undergoing screening ultrasound scans each year, it still would kill her, as this developed within few months. so we should do these scans each 2 weeks to discover this crap as soon as poss?
this question applies to other cancer [...]

I just found a paper that says my dad has liver cancer

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

So he has been sick for about a month and he was going to appointments but never told me and my sister what was wrong with him. So I was shocked when I found the paper and a little book about how to deal with chemotherapy. I don't know what to do. I usually always [...]

Holidays without my mom

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

My 54 year old mom passed away from Cervical Cancer this past August. The holidays are approaching, and I am so depressed. How do I handle the holidays without her? I have a 7 year old and a 16 year old. What suggestions do you have?Answer:Don't try to do it the way you always have. [...]

Blood Test Hypochondria or leukimia?

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

I recently Visited the doctor after about 3 months of servere hypochondria and obssesing over the fact that i may have leukimia. The doctor found systematic tender lymph nodes and therefore scheduled a blood test (multiple). The test for Leukimia or DBC (differential blood count) and the CBC (complete blood count) came back normal (as [...]