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Hi all,
I just joined the site and decided to put all my thoughts into words, hoping to feel better and be able to sleep a bit better tonight.
In May this year, I found out that my dad has lung cancer. Only a few weeks ago the doctor confirmed that there's no option for surgery and he'll start a therapy to slow down the cancer (after he'll complete this chemio cycle). The news made my world fall into pieces... When I heard the first diagnosis in May (when there was still the possibility of surgery...
Thank you everyone for your love & support. Pablo passed away at 8.30 this morning, The end was very peaceful and he did not suffer. I am greatly relieved that his battle is over. This time last year he lay in intensive care for five weeks; his body never fully recovered. The hospital has been truly marvellous. It became our second home - 14 times he was admitted in his 19 month fight - and today I had visits from cleaners, porters, nurses & doctors who had all got to know us & admired Pablo's spirit...
Exactly what it says in the title!! Well I will start the right way around otherwise people will assume one led to the other but thats not the case. For about a week now I have been experiencing on/off chest pain, tiredness, breathlessness and a pounding heartbeat which I am very aware of even with the slight exertion. I have woken up a couple of times in the night and it has been beating so fast that I thought it was going to come out of my chest. I do have a heart abnormality called Wolf Parkinson...
Well the day came and went. I finished chemo on monday. Its hard to believe it is over. Radio next in november I hope. I hope to be done and dusted by christmas. Feeling pretty tired and zonked at the moment but I know it'll pass.
I met the plastic surgeon last week to discuss reconstruction and that was a bit of a shocker. Its a pretty big operation. He wants to take my tummy and put in on my chest-the good thing is, it results in a flatter tummy too! I worry I am putting myself through a reconstruction...
Thanks to all of you who replied -- it is comforting to know that my feelings are shared . Should we label ourselves as carers or as I once introduced myself when attending a support group--I am the other half living with someone who is living with cancer-- perhaps then the health professionals will see us in a different light
Went to see my Oncologist today and was told my CA125 Cancer Marker has come down. thats 6 months after chemo!!!! Amazing. I was expecting to be having a CTscan.
For a Cancer Patient the CA125 needs to be below 35
My CA125 is offically now 40 so hence my "Nearly Normal"
So l am as high as a kite,
Rosie
Yesterday I was told that my breast cancer had spread to my liver. Surgery is not an option, so chemo is all that they can do! Unless some of you know otherwise?! Research is a bit conflicting about the prognosis, my GP wouldn't be drawn on it. So I don't know if I am dying or whether we can contain it!
Pablo took a turn for the worse overnight. After getting increasingly congested over the last couple of days, his breathing worsened as his lungs filled with fluid. Three weeks after admission to hospital following a fall at home at 5am, leading to a cracked rib & 4 stitches in a head wound, we enter the final phase.
I feel that the greatest gift I can give Pablo is a peaceful ending. To that end, with the great help & support of our wonderful oncologist, he is now deeply sedated, to ease his...
I had radiotherapy on my pelvic area following womb cancer 4 years ago. This year i started to suffer pains in my right hip and had difficulty walking. I thought this was just arthritis but it seems I was wrong.
Eventually I plucked up the courage to speak to my oncologist and they suggested an MRI scan....scary stuff! The result was that this hip problem could have been caused by the radiotherapy treatment. My bone density is normal.
Has anybody else suffered this problem?
I would love to hear...
I am getting so angry at everyone at work and all the moaning that they do. I want to scream at them and tell them to get a life. I know I am feeling like this because all I do is worry about my daughter. I am going to try Yoga and meditation to see if I can calm down a bit.
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