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Latest blog posts

  • darter's data
    Thanks for the support

    To Kate91 & Sharonc1959, hi girls thanks for the support much appreciated.  It might sound daft but i feel as if a weight has gone from my shoulders as today i received my appontment letter to see the specialist to discuss chemo & possibly radio therapy treatment on this thursday coming.  So i feel very lucky, i know it hasn't benn that long but for me it seemed endless.  Will keep you posted.  Darter 

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • veekay
    what next

    HI to all,

    Well good news last Friday, spot in breast is just scar tissue. This only after alot of questioning of registrar cos consultant nowhere to be seen and left them I was not in the mood to be passed by again so mammogram ordered and checked by chief radiologist no less. Should not have to get cross for simple answers to simple question. Is spot in breast cancer or not.

    Monday started with clinic appt at gynaecology waited over 2hrs to be seen, had biopsy of uterus and told need urgent ultra...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • I Have Mesothelioma
    Update on Meso

    Three years  and lots of  postings on here   but my first blog am doing  as well as expected  I guess my scan results came in last week , looks like am  heading  for Keemo session No. three,,,  they want to give me another Scan first   It will be my last one  I know that  and its gonna be an evil  mix  of chemicals but  Am not worried about  it  I`ll just  face it  as I did the others,,

    Any thing I can help with  let me  know

    Colin

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jenham's blog
    Port a cath didn't work again!!

    Hi everybody,

    I had my chemo no. 5 today and it is the 3rd time I have used the port. It is still very painful to use (even the nurse cried today because she saw how much it hurt) and as usual it would not give them any blood. They said I should have a lineogram (x ray) to check why it doesn't. I am allergic to the contrast they use for ct scans so they said I can't have the x ray as they use the same stuff. Now the nurse is saying that she can't use the port without checking it with an x ray. So...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • jenni b
    my heart may be missing ju terribly but im smiling :)))

    well i have the biggest smile on my face ,and want to share it with you all :))))) xxxx

    Ju,s dying wish was that our son would see their beloved portsmouth play in semi final of fa cup , but i tried everything except stealing but sadly to no avail ,but we had friends round here ,dinner ,lots of tears and laughter,watched it on tv ,well they only bloody won !!! ju def pulled some strings , ,well we were planning that too for the final but were trying to get tickets, no luck so day all planned ,,...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • youngish mum with breast cancer
    Not so paranoid now

    Just before Easter, I found a lump in my breast.The Gp was convinced that it was nothing, even accused me of being paranoid.I hopped and skipped to the consultant and the mammogram, still sure that it would be just wasting time and even elated that the mammogram didn't hurt like everyone said!Then the consultant entered the room and he might as well have been carrying a placard 'That's it,it's curtains for you'.They left me with a cup of tea(always helps obviously) and a bizarrely busty nurse(just...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • pinkvicki
    How do i say those words????????????

    I think my Dad wants our blessing to not continue his treatment anymore.

    He got very upset with mom last night and said he doesn't want to do this anymore 

    But he will continue with it because he believes it is what myself and my siblings want.......which yes the selfish part of me wants me to carry on trying to fight these horrible things although all indications from his visible tumours and  his tumour markers and previous scans have proved that the chemo is not working.

    So basically i believe...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • Mum vs secondaries
    Good week so far

    On Sunday my dad had to go to Malaysia for a weeks business trip and as my mums main carer I was slightly worried how she'd cope. Ahead of his trip I went round on Thursday evening and mum wasn't in a great way. She'd just finished her last round of Xeloda and had spent the day before being very sick. By Thursday evening she seemed exhausted and was crying with pain in her 'good' arm. Although she assured us she didn't need to visit the pain clinic I quickly realised that I should re-arrange my own...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • darter's data
    Darters Data

    I would just like to thank KATEG & Randolph123 for getting back to me, i really appreciate their time. I will certainly take some of their comments onboard.  This is just what i was looking for, people in the same boat as me goimg through exactly what myself and hundreds of other folk are experiencing.  Thank you both very much.  Darter

    Former Member over 16 years ago
  • darter's data
    darter's data

    i have only recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, and it has spread to the kidney area.  This came as quite a shock as it must have done for quite a few people.  ! was only diagnosed on the 6th may so am still coming to terms with it all.  I am hoping to attend a clinic later this week to discuss both chemo & radio therapy.  Any info such as dos and donts or little tips regarding the illness or the treatment would be very much appreciated.  I sometimes feel as though nothing is happening, and...

    Former Member over 16 years ago
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