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So I had the ultrasound (finally) and surprise surprise! I was right. My uterus is once again very thick at 17mm and very cystic. The hyperplasia May be back, or had never actually fully gone...
I have been fast forwarded down the 2 week cancer route and have a gynaecology appointment on Thursday. I know I’ll need another biopsy.
Im scared they’ll want to do a hysterectomy. I’m scared I won’t be able to have children.
Just scared.
"You see," the oncologist said calmly, "what has happened here is that your cancer has spread into the liver."
I can still remember the shocked silence in the room. Even though we had been expecting to hear this, when we actually heard it, we felt really shocked.
I don't know what Paul was thinking, but I know that I thought: Once cancer has metastasised to the liver it is really bad.
The oncologist read out loud from the scan report, "Half of the liver tissue has been replaced...
Debbie, known to the Community as Jersey Lily, is an Ostomate. She’s also a real ‘foodie’, so off the back of a temporary ileostomy earlier this year, she found it difficult to find tasty and suitable recipes anywhere. Debbie though powered through, adapting a few of her favorite recipes, and discovering new ones suitable for an Ostmate.
This week Debbie’s shared with us a recipe for a fresh and health ‘Super Green Soup’, packed full of green goodness – but first, here’s Debbie...
Before I continue telling our story, I want to share a thought I am really passionate about: Scans for patients with any form of advanced cancer have to be performed every six months. It is not right to only perform scans when the patient has developed symptoms or when specific tumor markers have gone beyond the normal range. Many tumors would be discovered a lot sooner, and in many cases they would be much more treatable, and maybe even lives could be saved, if our health service introduced this...
Before I continue sharing Paul's and my story, I thought I would briefly comment on love and our relationship.
I suppose most people would say that their relationship was something really special; and yet, when I look at many relationships around me, I feel that Paul's and my relationship was truly something very special and different from a lot of relationships I know.
Firstly, when Paul and I met, it felt for both of us as if we had been waiting for each other our entire lives; it was...
I have now completed my course of radiotherapy. For three weeks my life has revolved around the Christie hospital. What an amazing place it is! I now know from personal experience why it is one of the leading centres in the world for cancer treatment. Everywhere is so busy and yet there is a sense of calm throughout.
Although the actual treatment only took a minute the door to door trip could take anything up to 4 hours. This was because of traffic and there was usually a long wait. Obviously in...
I’ve been doing a creative writing course and thinking about senses. I remember when I convinced the doctors to remove the breast implant (mastectomy) that was killing me softly -that day, I washed my hair. I normally bath, but on days when I shower I always remember, 14 years ago now!
She stands in the shower,
Remembers, skin tingling,
A post operative hour,
Through the stitched scars
still lingering.
The implant removed,
from the one it abused.
Now perfumed and bare,
With soap in her hair,
She is...
Okay, so having never done anything like this before I have decided to start a blog so I have somewhere safe to offload and so I can keep some sort of record of how things are going.
Please bear with me through his
At the grand old age of 46 I found a lump 16/17 Feb 2019 and having a family history of breast cancer figured it might be a good idea to get myself off to the docs. Roll on Monday 18th Feb and I'm at the GP's. When the doc says "So where is this... ah" you start to realise you did not...
In autumn of 2016, Paul and I had come to one of our regular appointments with the oncologist. We were so sure everything would be fine. But the oncologist informed us that Paul's PSA had gone up a little. He said that there was no need to get worried just yet but that it seemed like Zytiga was slowly losing effect.
I remember that we drove home in silence. The minute we got in, Paul switched on the TV and tried to get lost in some of his favourite TV programs. I rang one of my friends back...
In 2013, Paul's PSA level began to rise. He began to feel unwell too with weakness, nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite. He lost a lot of weight in a very short period of time.
In the spring of 2014, CT and bone scan revealed that the cancer had spread to bones and lymph nodes. Looking back on it now, I cannot understand why the scans were performed as late as spring of 2014; I mean, the PSA had been going up and up for months at this point. This is why I encourage everyone who has cancer...
