Mum's Cancer Journey

  • A tough ride...

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Well Mum had her 2nd lot of chemo yesterday, at least she knows what to expect this time and she's not looking forward to it. It's been tough watching her suffer with the pain and sickness but I'm guessing a million times harder to go through it so I just keep smiling and telling her it'll be ok soon.

     Her hair has started to come out, it was just a few strands to start with but as we were talking this…

  • PostChemo day 2

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    My had her chemo on Monday and other than a slight mix up with the steroids she had taken everything went well. Her partner stayed with her most of the day and me and my sisters took shifts just to visit and check in on her, didn't want her feeling like she was over crowded. She had a really lovely nurse call Laura looking after her and got the joys of hearing the side effects of the chemo. Although better to hear them…
  • About us

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    my name is Jodie and my beautiful mum has been diagnosed with terminal Lung cancer. It has spread but to what extent were not sure the main tumour is in her right lung and we know it's in her lymph nodes above her left collarbone. She is having another CT scan next week so we may know more then. She also starts chemo therapy on Monday 3 or 4 sessions 3 weeks apart. She has youth on her side (she is 54 and loves the fact…