claires mum's blog

  • Sometimes its good to hear good news

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    I am Claires mum and I would just like to share some good news with you. Claire as you may know was diagnosed with cervical cancer a year ago, she had just finished treatment and they picked up another cancer in her thyroid. So 6 months ago she had her thyroid out and had radioactive iodine treatment. At 30 not married losing the chance of having kids this was a terrible blow. Anyway last week she organised a team…
  • Good news

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Hi everyone out there Its 4 in the morning. I have just got back from my trip to Oz so suffering from jet lag! Thanks for all your wishes for Claire and I for her 30th birthday. We had a ball and that was because she had her PET scan results on the Friday before her birthday and found there was no evidence of disease WOW!!! The best present ever. The fluid around her heart is disappearing and things are going well…
  • This nightmare just keeps on going on and on

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Hi everyone Just a quick note because I am flying to Australia to be with my daughter for her 30th birthday tomorrow. We had some great news in February because I hate using the word but double remission from thyroid and cervical cancer. But they found fluid around Claire's heart. Why when you have good news they temper it with bad. That was checked and at first its nothing. Then the cardiac guy said oh it could…
  • Watching your daughter go through cancer treatment and not being able to have children

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Hi everyone My name is Jane. My daughter Claire who is 29was diagnosed with cervical cancer last July. Since then she has had IVF and frozen 7 eggs. She was staged at 1b2 a tumour of about 4cms. She had a radical hystorectomy because a lymph node was positive and has had chemo and radio which has left her with bad diahorrea. She was getting her life back and then they checked a PET scan to find another cancer in…