Title: A friend of mine was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer today.. Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Feb 21, 2011 Author:. Post Date:2011-02-21 17:34:41 by christine Keywords:None Views:2370 Comments:43
she's only 35 years old. at this point, it's inoperable, so they're beginning chemo on her tomorrow.
has anyone heard of a promising alternative treatment?
Apricot seeds have worked for many to cure cancer. It all depends on how far advanced the cancer is as to whether it will work to save her life her or not. For cancer patients it does require a lot of them to be effective. Google it for more info. I know I would try apricot seeds if I had cancer. Heck, I think I am even going to try them without cancer to hopefully never get it to start with.
thanks, everyone, for your contributions to this thread.
Cariann's been hospitalized for almost 2 wks now. she's unable to keep any food or drink down so she's on a central feeding line. this really worries me as i fear that the cancer is so advanced that her pancreas is no longer functioning.
#42. To: Note from Cariann posted on her CaringBridge Website (#41)
Thank you to all of you who have written those sweet notes. It's now my third day of knowing I have pancreatic cancer. Even writing those words there is apart of me saying that isn't so but well, it is. What I knew about pancreatic cancer before my doc told me I had it was that it was a disease for smoking, drinking old men and that it was a death sentence. I want to say with all my might that they were wrong but I just don't know.
I know I'm supposed to be strong and believe that I can beat this and that my faith in Christ will pull me through but it all rings a little hollow. This might be coming from the pain & overwhelmingness (is that a word?) I've been feeling. I walk like the Hunchback of Notre Dame due to the chemo port they put in my right shoulder, my thighs feel like jelly, my stomach feels like I've been run over by a truck and then it backed up and did it again and I'm exhausted so I don't know if I'm in the marathon shape that is needed to win this.
It also feels like a death sentence when my doc said I have a 25% chance of making it to 5 years and that the cancer hospital would be a better place for me because they see hundreds of patients like me but they won't take me because I don't have insurance. I'm not a deadbeat because I don't have insurance. I lost my job last year and finally found a position in September and thankfully I love it. It has been taking awhile to dig myself out that hole and now this...
I asked my sister Beca to write that I wanted people to write about their favorite part of their day because it reminds me that I've had days like that and to remember what my future holds. I realize this wasn't an uplifting note but it's where my head is at right now.