• Bamboodpanda@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      The blanket is elite-tier comfort. Definitely carried most of the workload that day. She fell asleep with it. I snapped the picture while she was snoozing.

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    Oh man, I was there late last year, currently in remission. It’s definitely scary, but you got this! Let me know if you want to chat!

    Do you care to share any specifics of your diagnosis or treatment plan? There’s apparently a wide range of chemo drugs depending of the type of cancer.

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        5 months ago

        I have a weighted blanket but the problem is that it’s too warm

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      5 months ago

      And that the ice crunchlets they give you (at least when I had to do awful medical stuff they gave me little rabbit pebbles of ice instead of water) are just the right size and crunchiness to your taste.

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    I have had lots of chemo. It sucks. Good luck!

    Did you name your wheelie-thingy? (that they hang the bags on). I named mine Otis. I figured if Otis was good enough to keep the elevators from crashing to the ground, then he was good enough to sort out how much of what drug I am getting at the time.

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      I never thought of naming my IV pole. It’s still in the garage. I think it looks more like a Garth but that doesn’t quite feel right

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    Taking my mom to her treatment centre here in an hour or so; I hope yours is even half as kind and caring as hers has been.

    Fuck cancer. Kick its ass!!

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    Best of luck

    I’m literally waiting on test results to see if this will be in my near future.

    My doctor told me last week that I should get the results by tomorrow, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous.

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      I don’t blame you. The waiting is brutal and was one of the worst parts of this experience so far. Hoping you had good news!

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        They actually called me this morning with good news. (A day late)

        Just ugly, not cancer.

        The moles they removed I mean lol (2 were dime sized, 2 were closer to starfish shaped, all were dark as rubber and as smooth as coral)

        Still gotta wait on the stitches being removed though, which is annoying as they’re SO DAMN ITCHY

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    My longtime friend got diagnosed with a very aggressive stage 4 cancer 3 weeks ago. Last Thursday, his kidneys and liver began failing. He was hospitalized and doctors didn’t think he would survive the weekend. A dozen friends came on Sunday, and he’s doing a little better now. Still, I know his chances aren’t good.

    But your picture gives me hope, and hope is always a good thing.

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      Hey mate, hope you and your buddy are holding up. My grandpas in the hospital and needing radiation therapy. I can’t remember if it’s cancer or something else, I don’t think it is

      But anyways there’s plenty of communities to talk or heck even just vent if you need to

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      Thank you. We’re fortunate that her cancer was caught early and her scans have been clear so far. Hoping your friend gets more time and better news than expected.