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Suffering a bit with frustration today. There's the stuff you know, and the stuff you don't know. It's now eight weeks since I had my melanoma removed at the biopsy and six weeks since the result - it was 1.5 mil thick. The doctor who gave me the news stressed how urgently I had to get to see the dermatologists / oncolgists at Jimmy's. Hurry, hurry ... got there, but now it'sbeen three weeks of lolling about, with another two before the pencilled date for the WLE / SLNB.
I have...
ok, so i've finished all the treatment stuff, now wait ng for scans etc, but how long till the side effects of the chemo and radio wear off. i know i have good days and not so good days (there seems to be quite a lot of those). i feel sick and my joints ache and i sometimes need to sleep in the day. i haven't managed another ride on my motorbike yet. is this all normal am i being impatient? i spose i naively thought that once the treatment finished i would be back to my old self, but i guess that...
…. Bertie scoffed my cake last night. It was a delicious cake, or at least the bits I’d eaten were. A spiced Dorset apple cake (or a Dorset spiced apple cake maybe?) made by my lovely, slightly loopy, terribly gorgeous (please note any single, handsome gentlemen that may be reading), friend Pippa. Bertie is confined to the dog naughty corner for the next week and I’ve ordered some padlocks for the kitchen cupboards!
Im sure you all don't need reminding about the story of Pandora's box.
The most important bit I think is right at the end.
She has opened the box and let out, old age, disease, war, death, then she shut the box.
A little voice asking to be let out, this was the voice of hope, hope said, you have to let me out, the world isn't complete without me.
Ive always loved this story and as a child Im sure my mum would tell you that I used to make up a dance to the story in our back garden.
It seems...
background note :- ive been with my gp's surgery for 25 years, ive had the same gp for 15 years, i like him,we can talk,and i think he's a good doctor, so!!!!!! here goes my blog.
4 years ago i went to see the doc with a sore nose, my doc wasnt there so saw someone else, gave me a weeks antibiotics come back in 2 weeks, i got to see another doctor 4 weeks later, oh yes there's an infection here's 1 weeks worth of antibiotics and get this nasal spray, if it doesnt clear up come back, weeks...
Well, today is a sad sad day, and I dont know where to go or what to do, so thought I would try and blog it out. Trouble is I dont even know what to say. I have lost a truly wonderful friend, who I really really cared about. Strange how people on here can mean so much to you even though you never actually meet. The thing is out of everyone on here, although I love you all to absolute pieces, I think my beautiful Kath was someone who could kind of really understand some of the issues we were facing...
Is there anybody out there who has been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. This is my diagnosis and I have seen two oncologists, one for chemo and one for radiotherapy. The second oncologist thinks I could benefit from Tamoxifin but the first said it wouldn't be of any help to me. There isn't much known about the best treatment for this condition so it would be helpful if anybody else has this diagnosis and what their treatment options have been.
Thanks for all for comments about aqueous cream. Will now start applying religiously. (Going upstairs in a minute!) To Wench53 if you read my first blog about radiotherapy, please do not take any notice. I am sure I am more of an exception with my anxiety about it. Most people seem to find it ok and even I am now getting more used to it. Wish you good luck.
Hi everyone at Macmillan, My mum was diagnosed with extensive small cell lung cancer at the end of June. I created a blog to try and help me cope with it all ,as at first I thought my feelings were a bit unusual.
However, I really dont think my feelings were that unique so I decided to share in the hope that maybe I could not only help myself through this but also help others going through similar experiences.
All posts will be copied to this blog, but if you want to follow me so far, heres the...
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