Touched by cancer?

It just seems so prevalent. We just have to keep praying and hope scientists and doctors will do their jobs.

My FH has 4 immediate relatives with cancer.

My aunt also may have it. The doctor thinks she does, but she will not go for the conclusive tests.

Anyone else?



ETA:
My dad had tesitcular cancer and survived
My grandma on my dad's side had breast cancer and passed away

FH lost 2 grandparents to cancer
I know his one grandma had pancreatic, I don't remember the other

His grandpa currently has what was lung cnacer but metastatized (Sp?)
His dad has prostate cancer which spread to bones and lymph nodes
Uncle has lymphoma
Cousin had breast cancer

Message edited 1/22/2008 12:20:44 PM.

Dads Side:
My grandma- Lung cancer
My grandpa- Leukemia, prostate
Cousin-Melanoma, spread to lung & brain

Moms Side:
Grandpa- Lung cancer
Aunt: Breast Cancer
Cousin: Breast Cancer

This is only my side of my family.

I hate cancer. With a passion. I wish there was a cure. I lost everyone on my dads side. My moms side is still fighting.

Cancer makes me sad

Lucky that I have no one in my family with cancer.

I was trying to think and I came up empty..thankfully.

Sorry for those who have been touched by this awful disease.

My dad - had prostate cancer and survived
His brother has prostate cancer - and its in the 4th stage

My aunt passed away from lung cancer
Another aunt passed away from colin cancer after she had beat breast cancer many years back. He daughter died of breast cancer at 23 (my cousin) She was married and left her husband and 2 year old son

DH's dad also had prostate cancer and survived. His 2 brothers had prostate cancer and also survived
His grandfather had prostate cancer that spread to his bones and he passed away from that

my maternal grandfather has had several spots of skin cancer (not sure what kind) removed from his head (he is bald) and my maternal grandmother had a 1cm tumor of small-cell lung cancer 1 1/2 years ago, they removed the middle lobe of her right lung and she is fine (did not need chemo or radiation).

that is the only history i am aware of, but since i smoked for 9 years i am concerned for my own risk!

My brother was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at age 5, he will be 30 next month I get monitored for colon cancer since I developed polyps at a young age

Message edited 1/22/2008 1:22:59 PM.

My brother was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at age 23 and passed at age 24.

There is NO other cancer on either side of my family.

I've been touched way too much

My Grandmother recently lost her battle with Ovarian Cancer

Dad is currently battling Hodgkins Lymphoma - he has about 2 more treatments left.

Grandma has uterine cancer - hysterectomy 5/07 and has undergone cancer treatments

Grandpa had lung cancer and passed in '84

Grandpa has prostate cancer

Aunt had ovarian cancer and passed in 2003.

Mom-Cervical cancer
Me- Cervical Cancer
Uncle- Hodgkins and non Hodgkins yrs later
Grandmother-Stomach Cancer
Grandfather- prostate cancer

Too many friends to even list

Aunt J- died from cancer(1 year ago)

Uncle D- died of cancer(12 years ago)

a friend of the family- probably 11 years ago died

Uncle J- i think it is 13 years he died

they all had cancer.

Both grandparents on my mothers side Cancer. My grandmother had lung cancer.

My DHs (and Mine) Best Friends mother: Lung Cancer (that was soo hard )


ETA: Granfather on dad's side, leukemia
My Aunt is a Breast Cancer survivor.

Message edited 1/24/2008 8:45:33 AM.

dh grandmother-breast cancer
my grandmother-colon cancer

mom had hodgkins
godmother had breast cancer
DH aunt had breast cancer (passed away)
3 coworkers parents have cancer (2 breast, 1 lung)


Other relatives have had colon cancer, breast cancer, and liver cancer.. Its awful

Cancer runs rampant on DH's mother's side of the family. He lost his mother to ovarian cancer, his grandmother and both his aunts (his mother's sisters) all are breast cancer survivors. It goes beyond that; I think his grandmother said that there were 15 of them total on her side that had some form of cancer.

On my Fathers side:
My grandmother had breast cancer, which resulted in a mastectomy. Her Dr. didnt remove enough lymphnodes, so her cancer returned. She had it in her lungs and had a big tumor in her head. She passed away on 2/24/85

On my Mothers side:
My Aunt (Mom's sister) had breast cancer in her left breast at age 29, she had a mastecomy and reconstructive surgery. At her 10 year mark, she discovered her right breast had cancer. She did a total mastecomy. She beat cancer twice, and is now a 17 year survivor

My Mom's half sister found a lump in her breast, turned out to be cancer, opted for a lumpectomy. She was cancer free for 5 years, only to find out she had lung cancer 2 years ago. She took radical chemo and radiation, and is now cancer free, she too is a cancer survivor.

My grandfather had prostate and bone cancer (he eventually passed), my father had a melanoma and is fine, my friend had a cancerous growth removed from his tongue and then they found thyroid cancer. I just found out last week that he is now cancer free!!

My Father is a Hodgkins stage 3 survivor....he was not supposed to live...

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Posted by Blu-ize

Lucky that I have no one in my family with cancer.

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Message edited 1/23/2008 11:50:17 AM.