I have not written on here for a while as we have just been getting on with things. My mum is surviving on chemo, she is ill for about 3 days a week and very tired the rest of the time. It is unfortunate that the majority of times people write on here it will be bad news or at least when I am feeling upset.
This week the news has felt a little strange. Mummy and Daddy went to see the oncologist for the results of a CT…
Decided today that I am going to do a 10K run for Pancreatic Cancer UK. Am not very sporty but hopefully I shall push myself to train for it. The run is on 31st of May! eek!
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On friday mummy went to sign up for a trial that her new oncologist suggested. He sounds like a very encouraging doctor and I have noticed a more positive attitude in her since she started treatment with him. In there first meeting he did not give a prognosis like the other oncologist and really stressed how different every patients case was; he even cited an example of one of his patients living for ten years after an…
I thought I would not write again until my mums first chemo session but when I sat down at my computer today I was compelled.
Since she had the 'small operation' on friday to put in the stent, she has been in such agony which i find horrifying to see. Yesterday she was ok most of the day but in the evening had a period of horrendous pain. ... apparently the doctors found the operation a little tricky and had to fiddle…
Today I went to the Maggie's centre in Charring Cross Hospital. As a previous architect student I had been intrigued about the place since it won the stirling prize last year - strange to think I was there for this reason. It was a really beautiful space; flexible and open plan, full off adaptable spaces.
I went prepared with a geeky list of questions as i thought i might become tongue tied. This Lady called Bernie…
