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Cancer Support

Irish_Dem

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18. What your wife needs from you right now, money cannot buy.

Reply to LT Barclay (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:44 AM

Jul 20

It is not about a $100K fancy garden.

It is about your devotion, love, support, time, active involvement in her health and treatment.
Connecting with her, spending quality time together. Helping her fight and heal if possible.

Asking questions for her, talking to medical providers, exploring options for her.
Small but important things like turning the sunroom into a healing and exercise spot for her.

She has descended into the severe illness nine circles of hell and needs as much help, support,
love that you can muster, and she needs to know you have her back and are in her corner.

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Need information I can trust- wife is on 3rd round of chemo wants to try invermectin [View all] LT Barclay Jul 20 OP

Is this a joke? NO! not Ivermectin. If I was in your wife's condition I would use marijuana. The internet has info in2herbs Jul 20 #1

I wish it was a joke. Her aunt is telling her that this will stop the cancer. LT Barclay Jul 20 #5

Did a quick search at national cancer institute Lifeafter70 Jul 20 #2

Sorry to hear that. My wife has been reading a book called "Chris Beat Cancer" but hasn't been able to realistically LT Barclay Jul 20 #6

There are so many cancer diets out there Lifeafter70 Jul 20 #10

very sorry for what she is going through Skittles Jul 20 #3

I agree, but she's at a desperate place LT Barclay Jul 20 #7

IP-6 PikaBlue Jul 20 #4

Thanks LT Barclay Jul 20 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Jul 20 #9

Thanks. That is a good start and I'll have to dig more. I'm really skeptical because since Trump promoted it, there is LT Barclay Jul 20 #12

Thank you for posting this Lifeafter70 Jul 20 #14

so Skittles Jul 20 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author pbmus Jul 20 #16

yeah OK Skittles Jul 20 #17

Immuneothrapy trials Donman Jul 20 #11

I'm a PT and I realized I've been sitting on the sidelines too much as I believed what she's been experiencing are LT Barclay Jul 20 #13

What your wife needs from you right now, money cannot buy. Irish_Dem Jul 20 #18

Thanks. I'm very angry at work because I haven't been able to be there with her during appointments and even when I LT Barclay Jul 20 #19

The important thing is that she knows you have her back, and love her, support her. Irish_Dem Monday #20

Fundamentally, ivermectin is for parasites Sparkly Wednesday #21

Thanks. I'm leery of it because it has achieved miracle cure status among the Trump followers and so any source LT Barclay Wednesday #22

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