Who knows someone who has, or had, cancer? Or had it themselves?

My Grandma: Breast cancer 3 times
My Uncle+ Aunt: Melonma (SP?)
My best friend's uncle died from cancer
My other friends dad dies from brain cancer in 7th grade.

My grandfather got cancer when I was 6. He's dead now. :(

My aunt had breast cancer. She's recovered.
My cousin has leukemia. He's not doing very well :(

Originally posted by FrenchFryFreak
My grandfather got cancer when I was 6. He's dead now. :(

Aww...I'm very sorry! That had to have been hard!

Originally posted by Teddys_Gurl
My Grandma: Breast cancer 3 times
My Uncle+ Aunt: Melonma (SP?)
My best friend's uncle died from cancer
My other friends dad dies from brain cancer in 7th grade.

Wow...thats more people than I know of....3 times for breast cancer? That had to have been awful!

I've known....

My mom: Breast cancer
Our old pastor: Cancer (Dont know what kind) he died from it
My grandpa: Cancer in his throat

Originally posted by AliciaKeysForever


Wow...thats more people than I know of....3 times for breast cancer? That had to have been awful!

She survived tho! She is amazing.

We have a history of cancer in my family. *shudders* Scary.

Originally posted by WingsFan
My aunt had breast cancer. She's recovered.
My cousin has leukemia. He's not doing very well :(

Oh...I hope he gets better! Cancer is a bad thing!

I had a little bit of skin cancer, but they removed it. It was just a mole, but he could tell it was cancrous, so they took it off. I forgot to say that earlier.

My cousin Danny had cancer in a small part of his body and it went in remission and it came back with it spread throughout his whole body he died December 2, 2000. He was taken at only 27 years old :crying:

my grandfather had lung cancer
my cousin had liver cancer
another cousin had esophagus cancer
my friends mom had breast cancer and so did my aunt.
my teacher had leukemia

My Grandma: a part in which i would rather not say.

My Uncle: Liver Cancer

My Other Uncle: testicle cancer

My Great Grandpa: Melanoma and colon cancer

My Grandpa: Bladder Cancer

My great Grandma: Melanoma I think.

My Grandma (maternal) had thyroid cancer (died before I was born)
My Uncle Joe: Prostate Cancer (gone 6 years
My former supervisor Florence: Colon Cancer
(she died a couple weeks ago.)
My mom's friend Alice: Breast Cancer (recovered)
A principal in my grade School: I don't remember what kind he had.

We also have Cancer in our family

umm...
My Moms Friend: Breast Cancer.. she survived
My Friends Daddy: Stomach Cancer.. I think
A old friend of mine: Amy help me with what it was.... he survived... and i hear now hes a real ass and gets away with it .. i dunno

God mother (also 2nd cuz) Died of a tumor in her stomach which spead and was incurable, on chemo for 6 yrs.

Grandma: Skin cancer, removed and healed.

13 random unknown family members died of lung cancer.

Im prolly gonna die of breast cancer. noone directly related has had it so its prolly time for something bad happening. considering life is horrible and i want to die it doesn't bother me too much.

My mother died of lung cancer in March of this year, and my father died two months later from cancer of the esophogus. :(

Originally posted by TibbyTibby2

A old friend of mine: Amy help me with what it was.... he survived... and i hear now hes a real ass and gets away with it .. i dunno

You mean Mark?!?! Aw.. crap I don't even know what he had....

My mom had thyroid cancer, but she got her thyroid taken out so it's all good.

One of my best friends mom has cancer....I forget what it's called....big word...she goes on and off....

My grandfather died of cancer :(

-My uncle is dying of brain cancer right now... :crying:
-One of my best friends aunt's is dying of breast cancer as we speak...and it runs in her family...she's scared that she could get it.
-My other uncle had it in his leg...he had it amputated from like the thigh down.
-My elementary 5th grade teacher had melanoma...but she had it taken out and has this big hole in her leg.
-My grandmother died of lymphoma (I think that's a type of cancer...?)

There's probably more...

My 6th grade math+science teacher had breast cancer... she lives on the next street over from me.

Grandmother- throat cancer, recovered, died 3 years ago from other causes.

Uncle- Prostate cancer, recovered.

Second cousin- Breast cancer, still fighting.

My mom and dad have also had a lot of friends to die from some type of cancer.

My mom had breast cancer and recovered, and my cousin was born with thyroid cancer, but he's recovered also.

My mother had breast cancer, buts doing fine now.

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My Uncle Kenny has cancer in his belly right now.

Aunt-She is the oldest of 15 kids, & Kenny is the youngest, & their cancer came back at the same time. Hers is in remission now.

other aunt-died at 21. never met her, died of lukemia.

grandma-dead now, had breast cancer, but that's not what killed her.

dad-had throat cancer from chewing tobacco.

Great Grandpa- 96 yrs. old & developed cancer & died.

That's all I can remember right now. I am sorry for those of u who have sick family members or have lost somebody.

My Uncle Dean died of Leukemia in 1969 at the age of 27. I never got to meet him.
A girl I played ball with her dad is dying of skin cancer.

Originally posted by JanLady617
My mother died of lung cancer in March of this year, and my father died two months later from cancer of the esophogus. :( A mother and a father both, inside of just two months, is about as tough to take as it gets. I guess no one has noticed the weight of that statement and how hard that had to have been for you, JanLady.

My own dad is hanging in pretty well battling cancer right now. When my grandparents - my mother's parents - both died from cancer I was perhaps too self involved to notice how hard that was on my mom at the time. I've learned since then that no matter how stoic she tried to be, it took a lot out of her. I fear for myself and certainly for my mother, right along with my dad, in the upcoming stages of his illness. It hurts to watch a parent become disoriented and weakened by disease. What you have been through hits home to me in a big way.

I seriously can't think of anybody in my family that has cancer. That's good though.

Originally posted by kittflynn It hurts to watch a parent become disoriented and weakened by disease. What you have been through hits home to me in a big way.
Thank you for your kind words Kitt. I wish you the best with your father. As cliche as this sounds, I know how you feel.
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone here who has lost or is losing a loved one to that monster named cancer.

My mother has cancer, currently the tumors have decreased. Liver cancer, lymphoma, and parts of the lungs. Have to get used to the thought that she isn't very healthy anymore. My concern also for myself is that I don't take care of my skin enough, I should go back and throw on sunscreen and wear a cap.

I guess the one thing that is..."good" about all this is that you won't be in for suprises when she dies...:(

Btw, have I ever told anyone this is the first time I have ever been on this chit-chat site??

Originally posted by Blair's My Cherry Pie
My mother has cancer, currently the tumors have decreased. Liver cancer, lymphoma, and parts of the lungs. Have to get used to the thought that she isn't very healthy anymore. My concern also for myself is that I don't take care of my skin enough, I should go back and throw on sunscreen and wear a cap.

I guess the one thing that is..."good" about all this is that you won't be in for suprises when she dies...:(

Btw, have I ever told anyone this is the first time I have ever been on this chit-chat site??
Welcome to Chit Chat. I'm sorry to hear about your mother. It's so difficult.
Please take care of your skin. My husband's ex-wife was a sun worshipper and was recently diagnosed with Stage IV malignant melonoma (the worst stage). That's what killed Maureen Reagan last year.
Too much sun can kill a person.

My dad has prostate cancer and is getting chemotherapy . It will not cure it but it will keep the cancer from hitting the vital organs. So far he's doing well but he is almost 80 years old . We are planning a birthday party to celebrate . Hope he makes it! :(

When I was 11 I watched my Grandmother die of pancreatic cancer. It was a very disturbing thing - the drugs the doctors had her on to ease her pain just made her worse. They made her crazy - gave her hallucinations and everything.
Laterly, as her cancer got worse and worse, my parents let my grandmother stay in our house so they could take care of her themselves. She stayed in the room next to mine and some of the last memories I have of my Gran are lying in bed at night just listening to her screaming herself to sleep.
I'll never forget that.
Cancer is a truly horrible disease and my worst nightmare would be to suffer from it myself.

My Uncle... (Well, my dad's cousin's husband. I call him my uncle.) was just diagnosed with colon cancer and it's supposedly really bad. :(