My boyfriend of six years just found out in July 2005 that he has pancrease cancer. He has already had chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Unfortuantly it did not work at all so the doctors tried a different form of chemo but that too failed as it made him so weak he couldn’t hardley get out of bed. If anyone has any suggestions that may help it would be appreciated.

Someone told me they have leukemia and that dialysis was part of their treatment. My dad had leukemia and I don’t remember him ever dialysis. Doctors please reply.
I think this person is trying to get sympathy from an otherwise unsympathetic audience. I think they are lying. Just makes me dislike them even more.

well until now. she now has a very high fever and 2 days ago the doctors said everything was going very well and she could leave hospital today or tomorrow is it normal to have such a high fever during chemo?.She was supposed to have the treatment another twice.Hope one of the angels Denisedds or one ofl the other experts can give advice

My 6yr. old step-son was taken to the doctor today. It turns out he has a high white blood cell count. The doctors kept over night and plan on doing more blood tests in the morning. Could he have leukemia? He has been really sick for about a year now. Its really been off and on. He fine one week then two weeks later he sick, fever, coughing, throwing up. Has anyone on here been through this with a young child and if so what signs should I look for and question should we ask the doctors?

My mother had Lupus for 35yrs and was recently diagnoised with Cancer about three weeks ago – she died last sunday. I’m not sure if Chemo was the right choice for her since I believe her lupus was active & her white blood cell count was low. Chemo gets rid of white blood cells right?

The doctors told us she didn’t have any white blood cells which meant she couldn’t fight off infections. While hospitalized she got double Pneumonia & the cancer was spreading. Since she had no white blood cells // no immune system she couldn’t fight it.

Was Chemo the right choice for her????
My mom told us it was Lymph Node cancer but the doctors said she had breat & lung cancer & was to be tested for the Lymph Node cancer.

I’m sorry I don’t know much of anything since she died so suddenly. I dont know what type of chemo treatment she was given . i just know that my mother was perfectly fine before the chemo . She got the chemo about a week n a half before she died …

Cancer Update from John Hopkins
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment , it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime
3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

THERE ARE TOTAL 11 POINTS IN THESE UPDATE AND CAN NOT POSTED DUE TO LIMITATIONS OF Y! Q&A.
I would be obliged if experts in Y! Q&A can comment on the truthfulness or otherwise of these discoveries or inventions of John Hopkins, an eminent cancer institute of USA.

I would be further obliged for links on further readings and update on these issues.

his weight is 50kg.Doctors feel he is too weak for chemotherapy.now he is having problem in swallowing food and sometimes water too.he is also having difficulty in speaking. sometimes blood comes out from his mouth.what are the chances of recovery and how much is he going to live?is it possible to give him food through some other means.is there any kind of therapy possible?plz reply soon as i feel less time is left.thank u

i am really scared right now since i found a little bruise on my leg last week and when i woke up this morning, there was one on my wrist. it was just about the same size and i’m really scared right now. the one on my knee is fading but i’m just not sure what to do right now since i feel perfectly fine. i’m only 14 and no one in my family has had cancer before so i really don’t know but i don’t want to go to the doctors either…

Mr.Mathew, 37 years old is suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He is the father of 3 year old twins, not financially sound. With the help of friends and his own finance, he has undergone treatment in CMC, Vellore which costed more than 12 lakhs. Now he is admitted with the only remaining option of bone marrow replantation. Doctors estimated the cost between 10-20 lakhs depending on the complication. If anyone is willing to help, you can contact them by : K.T.Mathew, C/O Dr.Mammen Chandy, Professor & Head, Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, INDIA- 632004. Any information/ authentic papers about the treatment history, costs involved, suggested treatment for future and proposed cost can be given. Any small amount from anyone is welcome because the patient’s financial, emotional conditions are so bad. I am a social worker. The patient is my husband’s friend. My mobile no. 9449522146. We are in Bangalore. Patient’s is from Kerala. His no- 9447483694.

my mother is suffering from esophageal cancer and doctors say we cannot do the surgery because aorta is present next to the tumour so they are going to treat it with chemo and radiation…the chemo is for 12 weeks…so what do u think???