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I'm so proud of my family. My handsome husband to my right, our youngest daughter to my left with her husband standing behind her with that silly grin, our oldest daughter to my husband's right and our grandson standing in front of her. This picture was taken this past January at my 60th birthday party. These are the people in my life who keep me motivated and inspired to do good and be the best person I can be.
Our story is a long one. Unfortunately, many of us have much in common with each other in that regard, don’t we? If you decide to read it, I hope you find ours informative. We have learned far more from people who have/are enduring serious illness than, sometimes, from the health care professionals who often only offer text book definitions of symptoms and side effects. I hope our story helps and informs anyone interested in it. We also welcome any comments or questions from anyone who finds...
A little while ago, I decided that I needed to do something to mark the anniversary (thereabouts) of the delightful diagnosis and surgery. So, I set my sights on returning to one of my favourite places, Snowdonia.
I had last been up the mountain around 6 years ago, before our move to the Middle East. My younger son was due to have his A-Level results on 16 August and I wanted to come back for those if at all possible. I spoke to my son in the morning and got the great news that he had got the grades...
So on Friday (24th) I had my 3rd and hopefully final biopsy under GA and the consultant said everything looked good. So I’m happy but in a lot of pain. Ended up being given a lovely cocktail of IV morphine and tramadol when I came round from the anaesthetic!
I should get the results in 3-4 weeks and if all is good, I’m hoping the Mirena can come out as my partner and I would like to start a family soon :)
fingers crossed!
Feeling so down today. After 11 glorious years in remission, I think its back.
Waiting for a CT Scan on Thursday 30th August...……….and hoping that I'm just being paranoid...…..
Been away from the site for a few weeks. Sorry!
I sort of got really bored of cancer, sick of talking about it sick of it being my life so I switched off as much cancer ' noise' as I could and powered on through the chemo for a bit.. Gosh there is a lot of ads on the TV lately for McMillan and Cancer Research. You never really notice until you are affected I guess. I have to turn off when I see ' Brave the Shave' sigh!
Anyway yesterday I started on cycle 3 of 12 on Folfox. Starting...
Monday 14 August 2017: Just after 10:00 am on Monday 14 August 2017, I was called through to see one of the surgical team who had been involved in my surgery the previous week. We had turned up about an hour early, having left plenty of time for teh cab to get us through the potentially busy Doha traffic. As it was the height of summer, there was not so much traffic on teh road (people do still try to get away for prolonged periods if they can to avoid the heat). The doctor was running late (just...
WHIPPLES PLUS THREE by John Hudson
I am pleased to be able to offer these reflections 3 years after having a Whipple’s operation, not least as a way of saying “thank you” to all involved via the NHS in my diagnosis, treatment (surgery x2 & chemo) and follow up (clinics & dietician) at University Hospitals of Leicester & locally our GP surgery. Equally I have been blessed with great support from family & friends without which the journey would have been much harder. I found leaflets produced by Macmillan...
Monday 7 August 2017 was the date when I had the "mass" removed from my neck. What a delightful term "mass" is...I remember being in recovery and seeing it in a specimen jar about to be sent of to the path lab. Lovely. I'll spare you the details though.
The following day, when I saw the surgeon, I asked him what he thought. "Lets be honest," I said, "It's not benign is it?" Good old rhetorical questions. He smiled and said, "I don't think so...but we'll know next week." It...
I arrived for my 3rd treatment feeling really positive but when my blood results came back my immunity levels were low (1.4 and shouldn't be lower that 1.5) this apparently is something that can happen. Again I was reassured , I had to avoid infection and wait another week and the levels would probably return to normal. Everything else was at the right level. My hair was starting to come out so I knew that something must be working. Also I had a slight rash on my arm which is another possible side...
