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hi, just had my first go in the chat room :-) was really very slow every one prob had to go before i could reply lol x but hope to get better at it,,,, errol is getting very sleepy again ( on stutent) bless him falling asleep with the remote control so i have to watch all the history channels ( wouldnt have it any other way ) last time he was on them he fell asleep with water pistol in his hands ( we have a noisy parrot that sometimes need reminding we can here him loud and clearly) anyway think...
To some of you especially the men, this will seem a really daft blog but plz forgive me as i do feel it may help someone , i know as i was their a few months ago, after i lost ju apart from the emotional pain, i was lost with all the practical stuff ,im a typical woman ,which is why i have blonde and pink highlights as ju always said i should be blonde :) coz im daft as a brush ,,, but at least im honest !!!
So my first huge step was cutting the grass ,i did it ,albeit with tears streaming down...
well yesterday i went down to glasgow for the mesothelioma action day which was held at the city chambers - the first one to be held in scotland.
the speakers were good and i was glad to see that they had a couple of people there who had meso speaking too (which was very brave of them) which i thought was quite inspiring.
at lunch time, however, when we had the chance to talk to the speakers i suggested that maybe next year they could touch upon the alternative therapies out there for people.....
You have not heard from me to date but I have been coming in to Mac land since the end of last year. Thus far I have coped with my diagnosis last October (Bowel Cancer) chemo radiation (november 09 to Jan 10),anterior resection,hysterectomy and illeostomy (March of this year) and weeks of waiting and tests to be told that I can have a laporoscopic liver resection next week.
I should feel lucky that all has gone well and my recovery has been really good and I do but BUT - I now feel that because...
Hi, my name is teresa and this is my first blog , my lovely husband "errol" was diagnosed in feb 2010 with kidney cancer, and has secondary mets in lung, liver, and pelvis, what a shock, he had complained of pain in his leg in January but being very fit and healthy thought he had pulled a muscle training,,, after doctor visits and physio and acupuncture and then x ray and still no improvement he was referred to see orthopedic surgeon, but pain got so bad before our appointment i called a ambulance...
not been on line for awhile mums last cemo was delayed for aweek and she was really poorly after it .should of had her cemo on thursday but told the doc she had a day trip on saturday and if he can delay it so can she lol . shes got a new wig and it make her look ten years younger it great .all going great at the moment had a bit of a set to with my brother as it seem his leaves everything for me to do and felt i needed some suport but that now sorted so we,re all of to weston-super -mare tomorrow...
Now I can stay up all day and walk to the end of the road and beyond without needing a sleep afterwards.
Starting to fret over the next stages as the pathology form the op is taking a long time to come through. I do not like waiting and waiting seems to be the name of the game with the NHS and healthcare in general.
Hi
So i am not on week 2 of my 4 weeks off. Monday the wound was redressed at the hospital and then I have been asked to redress every 2 days at home.
The photos are the results from today.
Enjoy the pics
Peter
I read something really funny today, I thought that my pals in macland would like to hear about it.
The vicar had asked his sunday school children to write questions to God for the church magazine.
One child wrote " God why do you keep taking people and bringing new ones, why can't you just keep the old ones?
As the saying go's out of the mouths of babes. Bless them
Love to all Julie X
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