All systems go. The last 2 weeks have been surreal and a real mixture of highs and lows. Joe started his first cycle of chemo (ECF) on friday at Cheltenham. What a lovely hospital, the nurses are fantastic and the consultant Dr Reed is kind, caring and positive. They have a tranquil garden by the Oncology unit and I sat out there while Joe was having a chest xray to check his PICC line. I felt something on my shoulder and it was a young robin, he just sat there for several minutes looking intently at me as if to say "its ok youre not alone" and that somehow made the whole weekend so much more bearable. Joes doing really well, no side effects other than fatigue at the moment and he even went to a friends for a beer last night. Hes steadily gaining weight and now looks better than he has done for months.
Joe has been referred to the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital to see Dr Liz Thompson, hes started taking Iscador (mistletoe) drops and will have a constitutional remedy prescribed when we visit on the 28th Sept. Joe has always responded well to homeopathy and the research on Iscador is very encouraging so Im really praying it does what it says on the tin!
We have been searching for Joes biological father, Mark (my husband adopted him when he was 7). I always hoped that they would meet one day and that Mark would be able to make things right between them (long and painful story). To cut a long story short the police informed me that Mark died in January of pancreatic cancer. Words cant really express how we feel right now but gutted probably comes close. The positives - we now know that this cancer is probably paternally inherited so that is some relief to my sisters and their children and Joe has met his paternal Grandma, they got on fantastically well and the rest of the family want to be part of his life and support us through this.
Love and strength to you all,
Zoe x
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Hi Zoe, good to see Joe is doing so well at the moment and also that he met with his paternal Grandmother. Great that he will be getting loads of extra support.
As for the Iscador, I tried that a while back. Unfortunately I was having to inject it and suffered a reaction at the site of injection. The homeopath did mention referring me back to the homeopathic hospital to try the drops, but I haven't heard anything as yet. I hope it works for him, as I have read some wonderful things about it too.
Hope things continue to go well for Joe. Best wishes to you all, Christine xx
Thank you for responding. I dont know if this will help but when I found that Joes appointment wasnt until after his chemo had started I rang the hospital and they sent out Iscador by post which arrived the following day - it may be worth a call if you are keen to try again.
Hi Zoe, thanks for that, It's certainly worth a try, although I would imagine that my homeopath will have to refer me first. Will speak with her soon. Take care, Christine xx
