Sue1957

  • An extra 2 good weeks!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    I went up to the oncologist yesterday and heard that as I have a slight cold and am waiting for a dental appointment I have another 2 weeks before starting my next chemo session and having the pamidronate.  I tend to sleep a lot in the week after pamidronate and feel a bit nauseus while on the chemo tabs so I get one sleepy week, one more week on chemo and then one really good week when I don't have to worry about eating…

  • Good news

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    I went up to the hospital on Wednesday to be checked over as I'd had a scare with my glands up in my throat and a tightness in my breathing, this was diagnosed as probably being an infection which I was fighting off.  While I was there the doctor had my CT scan results from Monday, I was fairly confident that they would be good but was thrilled to hear that my lungs now appear clear apart from some scarring, (the last…

  • Living with secondary breast cancer

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    It is strange to think that I have secondary breast cancer when I haven't had breast cancer for 18 years!  It was such a shock when a painful shoulder, which I thought was caused by a trapped nerve in my neck, was diagnosed as liver mets! Then after other tests they found multiple bone mets and some spots in my lung!  I had been fitter in the last 5 years than I had been for ages. I cycled 60 miles and crossed Dartmoor…