Any experience? Upsetting- The 'C' Word (friends baby)

LoraLoo · Feb 28th, 2012, 14:28 PM

Sorry for a not very nice post, Im wondering if anyone has any experience with childhood cancer?

My friends 8 week old developed a mass a few weeks back. She was scanned as they thought it was a fatty lump but it had blood vessels in it.They referred her for an MRI but in meantime it grew and she went off her feeds,so she was back at GP'S who sent her hospital yest, they took bloods etc and said her iron is very low n she may need a transfusion, biopsy etc. Then this morn Dr said they think its Cancer and she has to go GOSH Tmw

Im hoping and praying that its not, does anyone have any experience/ Is there a chance it could be benign?? Its so cruel.

pinkbumpnov · Feb 28th, 2012, 14:29 PM

Oh gosh, thats awful hun

Hope its not cancer.
Sending get well wishes.
xx

cattattat · Feb 28th, 2012, 14:31 PM

I don't have any experience of anything like this, just wanted to send

How awful xxxx

evasmum · Feb 28th, 2012, 14:40 PM

Thinking of your friend

I'm sorry no experience but couldn't r&r x

lindseymw · Feb 28th, 2012, 14:43 PM

I'm sorry no experience, sending

2ndtimeluckyX · Feb 28th, 2012, 15:02 PM

My friends little boy has been fighting it for years

He is is school now and is (touch wood) doing very well. I dont want to say he has beaten it as he still has check ups to go to. But it is an awful thing to watch a child go through. He has been through a lot and has got through a bone marrow transplant. Babies/children are a lot stronger than we think.
I sure do hope that your friends lo does not have it, but if (god forbid) she does I am sure she will put up a bloody good fight!! X

babylove719 · Feb 28th, 2012, 15:04 PM

I'm sure there's a chance it is benign, hopefully that's what they'll find out!
Our family friends have a daughter who had a brain tumor as a little girl (about 4/5 years old). She went through several years of treatment and was in and out of the hospital alot. She was often not well and it was certainly very hard on the family, their younger son lived with my family at times when they were away at medical centers.
Anyway she's now about 15 years old and the tumor affected her vision but she is otherwise healthy and cancer-free.

So if your friends child does have cancer I'm sure it will be devastatingly hard on the family but hopefully they can find a successful treatment and everything will turn out alright.
But Hopefully it's the best-case scenario and it turns out to be benign after all !

aley28 · Feb 28th, 2012, 16:00 PM

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I'm really hoping for the best news possible for your friend's little girl.

Sending lots of positive thoughts xx

seoj · Feb 28th, 2012, 17:02 PM

How devastating for their family. Sending them LOADS of good ju ju and positive energy that it's not cancerous.

There is always a chance... no matter what the diagnosis!!! So just be there for your friend and give her all the support and love you can. My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer right after the holidays... and she's had 4 treatments thus far (having her 5th one today)- and just found out yesterday that her tumor shrank by 20-25%!!!! Also, another patient at the same clinic with the same prognosis was just told he's cancer free after 12 treatments... ALSO, my cousin is cancer free after battling breast cancer and my SIL is cancer free after ovarian cancer!!!!!

I know there is nothing that can be said to make it better, IF that is the case- I truly hope it's not hun... but if so, statisctics are just that... stats... they don't mean anything when it comes to that persons specific situation... and there is ALWAYS hope... even against all odds. Big hugs

puddycats · Feb 28th, 2012, 17:37 PM

Hugs xx

Feb 28th, 2012, 14:28 PM	#1
LoraLoo Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 8,013	Any experience? Upsetting- The 'C' Word (friends baby) Sorry for a not very nice post, Im wondering if anyone has any experience with childhood cancer? My friends 8 week old developed a mass a few weeks back. She was scanned as they thought it was a fatty lump but it had blood vessels in it.They referred her for an MRI but in meantime it grew and she went off her feeds,so she was back at GP'S who sent her hospital yest, they took bloods etc and said her iron is very low n she may need a transfusion, biopsy etc. Then this morn Dr said they think its Cancer and she has to go GOSH Tmw Im hoping and praying that its not, does anyone have any experience/ Is there a chance it could be benign?? Its so cruel.

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Feb 28th, 2012, 14:29 PM	#2
pinkbumpnov Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 224	Oh gosh, thats awful hun Hope its not cancer. Sending get well wishes. xx

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Feb 28th, 2012, 14:31 PM	#3
cattattat Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 648	I don't have any experience of anything like this, just wanted to send How awful xxxx

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evasmum Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,283	Thinking of your friend I'm sorry no experience but couldn't r&r x

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lindseymw Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: North Yorks Posts: 3,097	I'm sorry no experience, sending

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2ndtimeluckyX Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wrexham, North Wales Posts: 2,462	My friends little boy has been fighting it for years He is is school now and is (touch wood) doing very well. I dont want to say he has beaten it as he still has check ups to go to. But it is an awful thing to watch a child go through. He has been through a lot and has got through a bone marrow transplant. Babies/children are a lot stronger than we think. I sure do hope that your friends lo does not have it, but if (god forbid) she does I am sure she will put up a bloody good fight!! X

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Feb 28th, 2012, 15:04 PM	#7
babylove719 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 662	I'm sure there's a chance it is benign, hopefully that's what they'll find out! Our family friends have a daughter who had a brain tumor as a little girl (about 4/5 years old). She went through several years of treatment and was in and out of the hospital alot. She was often not well and it was certainly very hard on the family, their younger son lived with my family at times when they were away at medical centers. Anyway she's now about 15 years old and the tumor affected her vision but she is otherwise healthy and cancer-free. So if your friends child does have cancer I'm sure it will be devastatingly hard on the family but hopefully they can find a successful treatment and everything will turn out alright. But Hopefully it's the best-case scenario and it turns out to be benign after all !

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Feb 28th, 2012, 16:00 PM	#8
aley28 Other BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Wyoming, USA Posts: 7,678	[snipped, because I don't think this thread needs the sad stories. Sorry ] I'm really hoping for the best news possible for your friend's little girl. Sending lots of positive thoughts xx

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Feb 28th, 2012, 17:02 PM	#9
seoj Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 8,740	How devastating for their family. Sending them LOADS of good ju ju and positive energy that it's not cancerous. There is always a chance... no matter what the diagnosis!!! So just be there for your friend and give her all the support and love you can. My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer right after the holidays... and she's had 4 treatments thus far (having her 5th one today)- and just found out yesterday that her tumor shrank by 20-25%!!!! Also, another patient at the same clinic with the same prognosis was just told he's cancer free after 12 treatments... ALSO, my cousin is cancer free after battling breast cancer and my SIL is cancer free after ovarian cancer!!!!! I know there is nothing that can be said to make it better, IF that is the case- I truly hope it's not hun... but if so, statisctics are just that... stats... they don't mean anything when it comes to that persons specific situation... and there is ALWAYS hope... even against all odds. Big hugs

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Feb 28th, 2012, 17:37 PM	#10
puddycats Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: oldham Posts: 1,516	Hugs xx

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