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@franchronic77

My experience, in 2001 with NHL + 8 rounds of retuximab + severe nausea , was a cancer group meeting. These fellow fighters were more knowledgeable than chemo nurses and taught me how to deal with the symptoms I was experiencing. I was scared at 1st meeting, but heard a speaker talk about esophagial cancer, a former Opera singer to boot, lost his pipes . The epiphany came from his words, THAT Was 10 Years ago. I held onto those words like a liferaft . I had a 4 year old to protect too.My husband went back in the military 3days before 9/11. He had his mission, I had mine. Blue cross / blue shield had sent a form letter refusing my biopsy. We had them for 11 years, thanks for nothing. But I got green 💚 lights the whole way from Tricare. Much Gratitude.

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@franchronic77 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect!
I agree with you, that support groups sure can help so much! Prior to the pandemic and moving to another state, my husband and I participated in a monthly face-to-face support group for kidney patients. Now, thankfully, they moved to Zoom, and in fact, have more participation since members come in from all over the globe!

I also do a Zoom meeting once a month from my cancer center, for multiple myeloma patients. The insights that fellow patients can offer, and ask/answer questions right there are invaluable.

This year I am looking forward to doing more journaling, more getting my thoughts out of my head and onto paper.https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/journaling-the-write-stuff-for-you/

How are you doing these days?
Ginger