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Ther is no diabtic history in my family. I was not over weight.
That is breast cancer. Can’t spell

ok, well im 16 and I have had cancer already (when I was 7 to 9) and it almost got me, I had lung and kidney cancer (except the kidney cancer was found beside my kidney, not on it) so my kidney was not removed, I barely escaped that scare because my cancer was soo advanced. besically, last time I had cancer I was suppost to die, the cancer was soo bad that they wanted to do a double lung transplant and the cancer mass around my kidneys was roughly the size of a football (the ones in my lungs were around the size of a golf ball) so I was in really bad shape, infact I went into ceptic shock and was in ICU for about 3 weeks, I was suppost to die there because I had yellowing of the skin (liver failure), I was put on a breathing machine, I couldnt even go to the bathroom and they had to paralyze me because if I were to move I would of had a heart attack. I also didnt wake up for up to a week at a time.

I was in really bad shape and all the doctors walked away from me, and when they did all my michenes went CRAZY (my blood pressure was all over the place, my breathing was irregular ect) and I was givin adreniline (they have to keep you alive as long as possible) and the amount they gave me should of givin me a heart attack but then everything just evened out and three days laiter i was sitting up in my bed and the doctors couldnt believe it. After I got out of ICU I continued my cancer treatment until it was completely gone.

its hard to believe but it did happen so I did survive my first cancer scare but now I think its back….

well the thing that worries me is that my first symptoms were loss of appatite, trouble going to the bathroom and overall just being really tired. I also lost alot of weight.

well its all happening to me again, its really hard for me to eat, I would say within the last month I have only had two full meals. Every day i try to eat but whenever i do I just feel sick. I really do not know how to explain it.

I was at a friends house last night and my back really started to become sore so my friend was feeling around my kidneys (she has been through cancer too so that was the first thing she really looked for) and she found a lump on my right kidney, I never noticed it until she pointed it out. Its about the size of a marble and the area around it hurts, not the lump itself. (the lump isnt sticking out, but when you push around it you can really feel it and its solid)

I have also dropped a large amount of weight in a very short amount of time (I dropped 30 pounds in less then 3 weeks) and that is not normal weight loss and I know that. The thing is that was my first symptom.

You know you get a feeling when there is something wrong with you, like you just know and I have that feeling, its like a broken record from when I was 7. Everything that I went through then im going through right now.

I am going to the doctors on the 10th (he is a cancer specialist) and my mom does know, she is also quite concerned.

im just wondering how I am going to break it to my friends. I havnt mentioned it to anyone besides family and I was wondering what would be the best way to tell them? or even tell them that i might have it??

also, if the cancer is just on my kidney couldnt they just remove my kidney and I would be ok? (as long as it didnt spread) because the doc said if I relapsed they wouldnt be able to do really anything for me because I have been maxed out on everything such as radiation theropy and most cancer treatments.

so yes I am worried about not making it this time, but honestly im not scared, im more worried about what will happen to everyone after im gone, im really not worried about dieing or anything, i see it in a way that I was SUPPOST to die when I was 7, and god gave me about 8-9 years extra to live and if I were to die within the hour I would be greatful (I know I wouldnt die within the hour though, its just an expression) I just dont know how to tell my friends….

please help me with this, cancer is a difficult thing but im more worried about my friends.

I worked for veterinarians for 25 years. I was an assistant then later a tech. I had so much skin cancer on my face and forearms. We were as careful as we could be when doing the x-rays. We wore our tags and lead aprons. Still the thought occurred to me this might have been why I had such deep skin cancer. I know sun damage would be common to those areas but I used to lay in the sun and why am I not having the skin cancers on my back too? That is where I always got burned. I started the Veterinarian job in 68 quit in 94 that is a lot of being around and using the x ray machine. Thoughts? Not trying to start trouble just wondering if this could have been a factor. The cancer is all cleared up now. :^)

Thanks for your thoughts Chris
Thanks Dave, since we were behind no doors and actually holding the animals leaning into what we called the horn. I could see it getting my face and arms exposed. Lots of times just a lead glove was laid over our hands. And with a wigging animal it would slip at the wrong time. Nothing on my arms.

So many people asked me why I had so much deep skin cancer on my face and arms. It has puzzled me for a long time and then just yesterday I got to thinking about the radiation exposure. Also when I was young there was some radiation done on my hands for a skin condition. Later it turned out to be a nervous thing causing it. Sigh. So even more radiation.

Thanks again Chris

My mom has small cell lung cancer recently diagnosed this past monday.She has osteporisis,heart stint,biopolar dissorder,arthritis,thryroid disease and a respitory disease.I am concerned that the oncologist will even beable to offer chemo or radiation on top of all her conditions she has.I need opinions from people that are familier with this..I need support through this hard time..Thank you..