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I had my chemotherapy appointment today and have come away with a bag load of pills and various items to counteract possible side effects. Hopefully as I am having a relatively low dose (of Capecitibine) to go with the radiotherapy I will not suffer from side effects too much, but it is sill going to take some adjusting to the new regime. Two pills twice a day at the same time each day following food (Monday-Friday - weekends off!).
I have been given enough for 15 days and see the pharmacist at...
One of the chat members came on to inform us that her husband had passed away, it was a very sad time. But the the support and feeling of love in the chat room was wonderful. A true family support.
You guys are all great.
Janxxxx
Mr giggles is just what i have taught my self to be throughout this ride of the unknown,,, little over 12months have past since the removal of 4 well developed tumours from my bladder and some intensive treatment , i have just got back in to my horse riding and eventing when in may of this year was my usual check up appointment,,, the day came and was confident that all was well having been in good spirits and having lots of energy only during the hospital appointment the usual signs came on my visit...
I was diagnosed with lung cancer last Friday in my right lung, they also found what they term as a hot spot on the left side near the lymph nodes in the breast area. The Doctor said he didn't think it was related but they did an ultra sound and I may need a biopsy just to make sure.
On top of this because I have had 2 heart ops in the passed (stretch and then replacement of the mitral valve they did a heart echo to see if my heart can cope apparently they lell me is large (I always wanted to...
Hi Everyone.
Its now nearly 10 weeks since hubby had his stomach and quarter of the gullet removed, its been a hard recovery but we have got there, he is doing brilliantly, today we went to see Oncologist and he is really pleased with how everything has gone, he is confident they have got it all out.
We felt really good when we came out of the hospital and felt positive for the 1st time in months, its so nice to start feeling good again and feel like we can start to live our life after all these...
Just something I wrote, I'm sure any English teacher would tear it apart as a 'poem'.
WHY is this “thing” in my daughters head?
Was it something I did? Or, something I said?
Did I feed her right? Did I treat her wrong?
Has it really been there all along?
For 14 years I have watched how she’s grown
I didn’t spot it, should I have known?
Such a happy child and full of life
She should never have had to go under...
Went for my first review appointment since the end of treatment. Chest xray & blood tests, too early for a CT scan as the lungs will still be inflammed from the RT, but so far everything is looking good yay!!!!
Off on my hollies on Friday in good heart and hoping that it continues to improve!
heywood x
so I had my results fro my second lot of Sirtex treatment, but it ended up being more about what else had happened since then.
Turns out that whilst the radiation seems to have worked very well on at least some of the tumours in my liver, the chemo (irinotecan specifically) has stopped working entirely between the 2 lots of scans which were only really 8 or 9 weeks apart. I now have over 10 tumours in each lung, where I had none before. To say I was shocked to hear that is an understatement. That...
My partner had his op on 23rd July. They were only able to remove 2 of the nodes. (They had planned to remove 4) he was discharged less than 24 hrs later into my care. None of his wounds were dressed. He had no disharge information (no post operative care) we are now waiting to hear about any follow up treatment. Is this "normal".
My mum's first consultation with an oncologist that specializes in her kind of cancer is tomorrow. Mum has a rare cancer called Pseudomyxoma peritonei so rare in fact that your chances of getting it are 1 in 1,000,000. Problem is because its so rare there are only 2 hospitals in the UK that can deal with mum one in Manchester and one in Basingstoke so our closest is Basingstoke about 55 miles away. She wants me to go with her and its silly but I am catching myself trying to gain power over something...
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