Hi all, as the title says, I'm a bit late with this update but that means no bad news at the moment. I had another scan a few weeks ago followed by an oncology appointment about 10 days ago. Saw a different registrar, a young lady who was very gung ho about things. The scan showed that I have had marginal extra shrinkage since the previous scan. Although only marginal it is apparently not unusual to have re-growth after…
Hi all, Had my 4th and hopefully last Chemo. on Friday 10th. Everything was ok until last Monday (13th) then all the side effects kick in for about 5 days. The tiredness was the worst this time probably due to having had 4 doses of chemo. I have an infection in my arm again probably due to the many blood tests,canula's etc.. Almost finished antibiotics but it has not cleared up yet so going back to Doctor today. We went…
Hello all, I had my CT scan about 10 days before my last Oncologist appointment, it was a full body scan this time so I guessed they were checking for any further spread. The scan was on a Tuesday and by the Friday I had got myself into a bit of a state worrying about the result, so much so that I ended up at A&E on the Friday night with what I thought was breathing difficulties, it turned out to be nothing really to…
Well, here we are, day 9 of chemo No.2 and so far no hospital this time. Apart from that the journey this time has been almost identical to the first one. No problems for the first few days ( apart from a fire alarm in the chemo dept. during treatment resulting in a mass evacuation ). Last Tuesday and part of Wednesday I had terrible depression but with Val's help got over that. Went to the mobility store in Bluewater…
Came out of hospital last Monday and apart from being tired, I have been feeling better than I have done for a long time. Have been pottering around in the garden ( the best therapy there is ), getting tired but resting in between jobs. As you all now know we went to see Mum/Nan on Saturday, had a lovely couple of hours with Lewis & Debbie there as well.I had an appointment with the oncologist today and he examined my…
