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I have a great network of support and they have been there since first diagnosis in 2002 - they will do anything for me, all I have to do is ask and for that I am extremely grateful but it’s on days like today that I realise that ultimately it is me and me alone that has to take the tablets, deal with the side effects and keep going as best I can - if I don’t then it’s all been for nothing. The chemotherapy is zapping my appetite - I already blow over in the smallest of winds, I am THAT skinny and...
In Feb.2014 I became not very well with stomach problems, No matter what I did nothing helped. After visits to my doctor and several attempts with tablets etc. the situation became more serious. I went to see a specialist who advised he would do some tests. i.e. endoscopy etc. However before any tests could be done I fell very ill and fortunately I was in hospital when this happened. I cannot explain how ill I was but the specialist advised my husband and family that I could have died. Fortunately...
Never have I been.more familiar with the bowels of strangers than on the cancer ward. The privacy curtains ain't soundproof.
Morning sir. How are you feeling today?
Pardon?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
Good. Yes, fine.
Have you opened your bowels today, sir?
Pardon?
Your bowels. How are they?
?????
HAVE YOU HAD A POO???
Chat therafter about colour, consistency and regularity
Four men on a ward. Same conversation. All taking pain relief and all constipated...
It is what it is- I say that so frequently. I guess it's a way of trying to manage watching my dad become more fragile and frail. He's both of those things but he's also stubborn and determined. I'm trying to decide if those are good qualities or if they amplify the sadness of his deterioration. Jury's out. He chooses to do things when he should ask for help, the fool!
Today's first......seeing dad naked for the first time in a while. He's skin and bone and it's desperately...
My mum was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and spot on the liver November 17 and told 6-12months at the moment I am the sole caregiver she is painfully thin now and her pain is kept under control with Tramadol she has got over the constipation with Laxido and sennacot .She was doing really well until last week although she started to struggle to find word and sometimes the conversation was difficult as she would lose the thread she wasn’t to bad Then last week she was really confused really unsteady...
Hi my partner passed away 3 and a half weeks ago after suffering with cancer of the larynx for less than 3 years. when he was diagnosed the doctors thought they could cure it but alas it was too aggressive. Now after 3 years of hospital appointments and hospital visits i am left alone trying to fill my days. Today is not a good day as he was buried 3 weeks ago today. I am sitting here looking out the window trying to make sense of something that I cant really understand and like everyone that has...
So, when I had my mastectomy in April 2017, I was due to have the DIEP flap procedure, but having had three operations and several months of chemotherapy I just couldn't face it. Instead I opted for an implant reconstruction, which was fine but is smaller than my other boob. So now I have one smaller, perky false boob, and one normal one and finding bras to fit is challenging. I have also developed ripples across the top of the reconstruction. I have ummed and aahed about what to do for a while,...
Today was the day I was looking forward to and dreading in equal measure - Results Day.
I had already received a copy of my blood analysis in the post and a couple of results were out with the norms but since I'm not a medical person.....
The doctor told me to turn the page over and look at the tumour markers. It showed 1.8 (should be <5). I said that last time it was 1.6 so did that mean it was going up. He reassured me that you could take that test 5 times in a day and you would get a slightly...
Lying awake at 4am having been awake since 2am your mind goes into overdrive, you think of anything and everything! At the moment this is a pretty standard night for me, the only time it has been different was on a recent week away to the Norfolk Broads where we were on a boat and what with the motion of the boat, the relaxation of holiday and the fresh air out on the water gave me 6 whole nights of uninterrupted sleep - clearly I need to be living in a boat!
But as I lie/sit/generally fidget here...
It has now been 3 weeks since I had the laser surgery and I wanted to update you on recovery so far. For the first 4 days after surgery the area was completely numb - so going to the loo/walking wasn’t painful at all. Every time I went to the loo I used the shower head to wash down below. I also applied OptiLube (the one with local anaesthetic) three times a day for the first 2 weeks.
After the first 4 days I started getting pain when I went to the loo and showered (but not much pain...
