always wanted to do an arty blog,now Im doing a cancer blog.

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Hi people,or person,just waiting to the the cancer doctor,to see what stage etc Im at,and what type of chemo,I have high grade non hodgkins,diffuse b cell lymphoma,at 52 non smoking and drinking,you think dont you,why me,and Im sure everyone on this site will think the same,as Im very creative,Im going to be creative with my cancer,already planning to wear bohemian headscarfs,and have a henna tatoo on the back of my neck,that if my hair fall out too much,ill just shave it off,like samantha in sex and the city,will be offered a wig,will have a blonde one please,can have fun with this,one of my close friends said "your not going to take this lying down are you" I replied "not unless there is a goodlooking doctor around",obviously Im not expecting it to be a ride in the park,I always see the funny side of things,and the dark humour will out,I will tell my stories,here is the first of many,went for my cat scan and it was delayed for 2 hours,as the dye stuff was not correct,and we had to wait for another lot,meanwhile I was drinking water.not eaten for 15 hours,then another hour,then went into the machine,with florence and the machine,after 20 mins,couldnt keep my arms in possition,came out and repossitioned,better,5 mons later bursting fot the loo,a few mins more they said,holding on I was, then I came out,I said can I go now,honestly,visualise 5ft 1 braless (had my top on) rushing for the radiactive loo,you would have to laugh,I did.bye for now.purplepeopleeater.

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Ilove your sense of humour! it's important to get through times like these you should deal with it any way you can, i was always making jokes, cos i thought if i cried or dwelled on things i'd fall in to a huge dark hole, and i might not find my way out! and like you i always see the funny side of every situation! much to the annoyance of everyone around me!     xx sam xx

  • Hi and welcome to the elite club of nhl'ers or lymphomaniacs, dark sense of humour will only get worse and some will not know how to deal with it, even friends so be ready for that one.

    Also don't be to concerned re staging as the treatment is very similar if not the same, I was stage 4B advanced and was only told after treatment as the consultant said the staging was not to important, knowing where it was active was, so that they can check post treatment to see if the chemo has kicked butt.

    I am now 4 months clear post 8 r-chop, not fun but effective, think about it as someone nuking your body as thats what it feels like some days.

    Any help or advice you need pop into the NHL forum.

    Look forward to your humourous blogs

    best wishes

    John

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    group for fellow NHL members..

    community.macmillan.org.uk/.../default.aspx

    hi purple people eater, im sure that was a song sometime back.......

    we often have a choice of either laughing or crying and i find laughing is allways the best option .....

    you could start your own thread by clicking on forums and starting your own , or keep posting here on your blog or join the nhl group or you could do all 3 of those things....

    im sure youl make some friends on here and many people will be here to help you or just to chat if need be....

    i was diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphoma folicular stage 4 in june 2008........they think it may have changed to a more aggresive form of nhl but didnt get to see as they wanted to start the r-chop straight away....first i had the r-c-v-p......[ well it was cvp and chop as i had a reaction to the retuximab ]..

    keep updating , and let us know what treatment they start you off on.....iv had all my day patient stuff at scarborough chemo unit, and my hospital stays in castle hill nr hull.....how about you ....were do you go for your treatment....

    all the best...hugs

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    thanks for the comments,lovely people,I live in bradford,great curries and an Imax cinema,to Graeme,lots of happy memories from Scarborough,as thats where my mum comes from and my uncle had a farm on olivers mount,I remember a pink blamange,flies,and a big black bull,and it scared me I was olny 10.