Facing the future: Together

  • Heading into the New Year Continued Again!!

    Tuesday, Scan day, Blood Test and then Oncologist phone call.

    I have found the past few days so tough! A rollercoaster of a ride, but the ride continues! it has it's scary times, it has it's laughs and it has it's emotional breakdowns, and all of this is necessary..... for we are working towards a positive outcome.

    Amazingly only 30 minutes after Dal got home from the hospital on Tuesday he received the call…

  • Heading into the New Year Continued

    Yesterday was a difficult food day for Dal, it hits home as a reminder of what he is going through, and it is frightening.  Due to food getting stuck and taking quite a while for him to be able to clear it, he ended up not eating.... and he hates me fussing..

    We still hadn't heard about a date for the scan, so this morning Dal phoned his chemo nurse, she moved swiftly and within minutes the right department was on the…

  • Heading in to the New Year

    Treatment continues, every two weeks and Dal continues to react positively, there are always little things to mention, like the numbness of his hands and feet, the feeling of cold in these areas even when he is quite warm, and the few irregular nose bleeds. Other things also like, Dal's hair continuing to grow, his ability to eat solids most of the time with very few problems, but he has a few glitches which catch him…

  • Things continue to be positive

    Hi Again

    You may remember in October that we had some great news regarding the rewards of the treatment that Dal has been on. We are still reeling from these great results, but we are also back to just waiting on the next update. I find that quiet difficult personally!

    Nose Bleeds - this had been one of the side effects that Dal had been experiencing, they started out of the blue and seem to have stopped just as quickly…

  • September and Early October

    Hi Everyone,

    I didn't do an end of September blog because Dal and I have been waiting on the latest scan and subsequent results which we got yesterday afternoon. But before I go into the results, let me give you an overview of what has been going on during September.

    Dal, continues to receive his treatment fortnightly, 336mg Trastuzumab at the hospital after the Ondansetron 8mg anti sickness medication, then 5,200mg…