Julesmiskin

Cancer Smells

2023-04-06T00:25:55Z

Hi,

My husband last April of 2022 had a smell when I gave him a kiss a couple weeks prior to being diagnosed with early stage pancreatic cancer. It smelled like he smoked 3 or 4 cigars. I asked him as he doesn't smoke. He said he didn't so we cleaned up his diet to raw green juice and veggies. The smell went away but a couple weeks later he got diagnosed but the biopsy came back negative so he did not have the whipple surgery. We kept the healthy eating going and the lesion shrank by the end of October of 2022. By the end of December he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and the same cigar smell was back like he had before he was diagnosed when they found the 2 cm lesion on the CT scan.

Has anyone else notice certain smells associated with certain cancers? What did they smell like? I could smell my husband's when I could kiss him in the morning.

Thank You

my life in turmoil

2011-06-17T08:06:49Z

Well my life seems to have been thrown into turmoil in the last 3 months, Mum was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in March, she had chemo, 4 doses, lost ALL her hair, and with it ALL her confidence.

Her chemo has now finished, unfortunately the prognosis is the same .....approx 6-8 weeks !!! how do I cope with that? My daughter (51/2 months pregnant) is in bits at the thought that her beautiful grandmother may never get to see her great granddaughter.

On top of all this, I went to the gp due to feeling poorly, tired, bloated, and with lots of abdo / pelvic pain, I thought the stress had probably caused IBS or something similar, the doc ordered abdo scan and blood tests.

Blood test result revealed raised CA125, whilst the scan revealed a mass of 8cm x 6cm on my right ovary and free fluid surrounding the ovary!!!!

The GP sat me down and said 'you may have ovarian cancer, we need to do some further tests'... Talk about shock, it never ever crossed my mind that I may have this, I thought at the very worst IBS!

Any way more blood tests today and another scan on 15th July!!! is it normal to have to wait 6 weeks between scans? My periods too are all over the place and seem to have changed in the last few months, some heavier than ever some lighter some but a lot more often up to three a month ! is this usual with OC?

Sorry to ramble but just so stressed and no real answers right now, Also very worried about my daughter and how she's going to cope with everything.

Jules.

small cell lung cancer, chemo or not?

2011-03-23T22:16:57Z

Hi my mum is 70 years old and 2 weeks ago today was diagnosed with SCLC.

Mum is due to start chemo on Monday, but has today decided NOT to go ahead with the treatment, preferring instead to enjoy the little time (3 months) she has left as fit and healthily as possible, rather than the way she could feel WITH chemo. She is terrified at the prospect of losing her hair (guaranteed), and feeling sick and unwell due to the possible side effects.

Can anyone offer some advice, chemo or no chemo?