Do you or someone you know ever have cancer and HIV at the same time?
Personally, no. But there are certain types of cancers that when seen in HIV positive people can classify them into having AIDS. AIDS is a disease in which immunity is greatly suppressed. This means that your body can't fight off infections as efficiently and can not destroy cells that abnormally divide such as cancer cells. This is what makes the body more susceptible to infections as well as cancers, especially cancers that are related to infectious pathogens.
What not to say to someone with cancer?
I have an aggressive and inoperable prostate cancer which has spread into the surrounding tissues. The treatments I receive to delay the spread of the cancer have uncomfortable and irreversible side effects, but they do buy me time.Normally, I am not too precious about what people should not say to me because for the most part, their comments are well meaning and caring and at least they are not avoiding me, which has happened in the past.One thing I really dislike though, is when people say they know someone who has been living with prostate cancer for 20 years and is still going strong. This can be the case, but certainly not for me and the inference that somehow prostate cancer is not so bad is unwelcome. There are NO good cancers.I know that some frequently used comments can be a bit annoying to people living with cancer.‘I had an uncle who had prostate cancer’. Oh yes, and how is he? ‘He died’. Yes really, someone actually said that to me.‘I know how you feel’. I think you do not.‘You are very brave’. Well, not really. I did not enter a burning building to save a life, I got cancer and have no choice but to live with it.‘You can beat this’. Well, again, not really. I can just take my treatments and hope for the best.‘There are people worse off than you’. Well of course there are, but that should not diminish my illness which is life limiting.‘You are cured’. Even people who have finished treatment are often at risk of the cancer returning. They have had a life altering event and probably need time to recover from their ordeal.Hope this helpsRob
How do you know if you have cancer?
If you what to know if you have cancer you should look for these 7 things. C- changes in bladder or bowel habbits A- a sore that does not heal property. U- unusal discharge or bleeding T- thicking or lump in breast or elsewhere I- indigestion or difficulty swallowing O- obvious chang in warts or moles N- nagging cough It very important that even if you don't have this sign to still go to the hospital. It better to be safe than sorry.
What do you say to someone that has cancer?
Hi, I am someone with cancer. I think it is nice that you care. My cancer can not be cured, so I like to hear about other peoples lives, and hopes, and dreams. Try to keep it normal. Once again, it is great that you care.
Can someone with cancer die from it while awake?
I can only share what I know. I have seen three people I love die from cancer and all of them went out while in a coma. I think there is some kind of physical change that goes on with cancer, especially when the liver is involved or the lungs and the body cannot clear the toxins fast enough in order to stay alert and awake , whereby the person goes off into a semi-conscious state at some point before death.So with my father it happened 24 hours before he died; up until then he was 'bright-eyed and bushy-tailed' for an all-night visit with me in the hospital and that normally sullen, reticent, angry man was talking a blue streak with me about politics, relationships and everything we had read in the newspaper, or hàd seen on TV for the last month since my last visit, everything! It was a wonderful final goodbye.With my mom she had surgery and never spoke afterwards but would blink her eyes in response to yes and no questions so we still communicated after a fashion. She was doing that until 3 hours before she died. I had just told her plans were set to take her home within a few days as soon as the bed, etc was delivered and the part-time nurse would train me so I could stay with her as long as she wanted. My husband died in November after going in and out of a time of hallucinations and general weirdness off and on for about two weeks, then was completely non-responsive for the final 3 days before he drifted off. He was not on anything for pain as he had said all along that he had none, which surprised me. We never even opened the morphine from Hospice so he was not over-medicated or 'eased out' early. I was in charge of his meds, unlike my parents who died while on I.V. drips in a hospital, so I knew exactly what he was given and all I gave him was low-dose Tylenol and small dose anti-anxiety liquids, prescribed by the hospice doctor.As a 3x cancer survivor myself, I would be interested in knowing if someone ever just drops dead while walking along or something, but so far as I've experienced, it has not happened. I am rather glad because I did not have to see a stricken look on their faces as they died, only peace indicating no physical discomfort as I'd hoped would happen.None were particularly religious.
How do I know if I have cancer?
There are some kinds of cancer for which there are screenings. That is the whole point of getting regular mammograns and pap smears and doing monthly breast self-exams if you are a woman -- to help detect breast cancer or cervical cancer while it is still in the curable stages. For men this is the point of a PSA blood test for prostate cancer. For some cancer early detection is more important than in other cancers. Some cancers like leukemia are detected through blood tests, but there is no such thing as "screening" for leukemia. You would need to have symptons and then they would test you. There is no point in doing a CBC (complete blood count) to screen for cancer. If you really believe that you have something in your neck that is not what your doctor says, get a second opinion. If two doctors tell you it's a muscle, it probably is. If it's a lymph node, it doesn't mean it is cancer. Lymph nodes can be swollen for many reasons. I don't know when your grandparents died of cancer (at what age) but in most cases cancer is a disease of aging. Many people die of cancer just from getting older. There would be no way to guarantee that you can detect cancer early. A PET scan would do nothing for you and I doubt you would find a doctor who would give you one without you having any symptoms. I have had cancer twice -- I'm currently undergoing my second bout. I listen to my body, but I have tried to learn to live with the fear -- and also to live beyond fear. Appreciate the time you have while it's here. We all are going to die some time. Worrying about how and when it's going to happen and how we can prevent it, well, in my opinion, it's a waste of time. I've done it myself, and it hasn't done me any good.
Can you get Cancer when you kiss someone?
There are many diseases you can catch from kissing, cancer is not one of them. It also depends on where you are kissing; I assume you mean on the lips. Of course, you can only catch a disease if the disease is present in the person you are kissing. They do not spontaneously generate. For example, you will not catch mononucleosis from someone who does not have mono. Cancer is the result of a mutation in one of the cells of your own body. It is not contagious. Some cancers, however, can be caused by certain kinds of infectious viruses, such as cervical cancer caused by HPV, but it is not spread by kissing on the lips.