sammieo's blog

does what it says on the tin.....just a very quick blog to let youknow i'm still struggling, i've been in an awful lot of pain , hense the short blog . the mcmillian nurse came over on friday and prescribed some oramorph which tastes disgusting ( wonder if they do it in tablet form) but it does the trick without making me too drowsy. still no news on the pet scan results i'll probably chase them up tommorrow. thankyou…

i went to see the oncologist today , the first time since we got the biopsy results back. well talk about awkward . she's normally quite a smiley chatty and posative woman . today she was very very different. i was trying to get a small laugh or smile but not today , today was serious talk................................ its not good , i knew it wasn't but still doesn't prepare you for it. if the results of the pet…

i had a call from the hospital today to confirm that the biopsy shows the small cell is back in exactly the same place as the first time ! i took it quite badly .i think up until today i could convince myself that they were mistaken and that the mass was infact scar tissue. now i know. i've been surgery has been ruled out and that they have decided that i should have more chemo then radio. this is where i have a small…

ok you are all probably fed up with reading my blogs this week , i'm a bit like waiting for a bus ,don't get any for a while then dozens come at once! apologies its becoming a tough week. i really need some help on dealing with this day to day i know its early days but i'm finding it so hard. i'm finding it really difficult to stay positive and the prospect of having more treatment is heartbreaking i'm scared stiff. i…

after getting the news yesterday on the phone that my cancer is back , i had to go ito hospital for a biopsy . now bear with me because this gets long and complicated lol. i had a biopsy on this spot 3 weeks ago this came back benign . i had an appointment with the surgeons as per normal at the same time . the consultant did an internal exam and told me that he'd found some scar tissue and would send the biopsy off. he…