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Well here I am.
Back at home after surgery and a slightly longer than expected hospital stay.
Due to holidays I was handed to another consultant therefore I was facing surgery with no prior meeting. I was anxious anyway but the night before surgery I had a call from the man himself! What a difference that made! Felt totally reassured about what was coming plus the man had a delightful sense of humour.
No laughter on my part when we actually met just before surgery and confirmation that as well as...
I feel like I need somewhere to write everything down and to try and process my feelings...I'd better start with some background.
My mum first battled cancer in 2011, she had a persistent cough and sore throat and had multiple blood tests at our GP surgery & was told her white blood count was high so her body was showing signs of infection etc given multiple antibiotics and sent on her way. She didn't give up and kept going back, one time seen by our GP and a trainee Dr who examined her throat...
At 3.25pm on Tuesday May 8th 2018 I first heard the words. “You have prostate Cancer” At 8.30 pm 5 hours later whilst listening to my Football team Swansea City play Southampton in a battle for relegation survival I decided to write and put my feelings into Print. The words from the Doctor were like a dagger and it felt surreal. My wife grabbed my hand and I felt the blood draining from my body. I knew instinctively something was up when the Doctor came in shook my hand and said he was...
Good morning, here we are now day 11 post chemo numero uno and I'm entering the "danger zone", ..... breaks into the song "highway to the danger zone" from the film top gun I think it was.........
Uber cautious about people with coughs colds etc. Don't worry abouth the walking, talking, backchatting 10 year old bug factory that we have residing in our little sanctuary called home.
Alcogel hand gel at the ready ..... do I need full on hazchem suit you see on tv?? would...
My Terry is occupying himself, watching his beloved Packer football on TV this afternoon. It's 2:30 p.m., here. Because I despise football, I am here in front of my computer pounding my keyboard. I had a few thoughts I'd like to share if you're interested.
The word "normal" came up a couple of times this weekend in a few comments, which triggered a few thoughts I have on the topic.
"Normal". Does it even exist or is it but a state of mind? For those of us who have...
Guess who's napping again . . . . Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
My poor Terry . . . still so fatigued after Hit #6. A good FB friend of mine who has gone through chemo before suggested we go in for a blood check to see where he's at with his counts. She thought it sounded like he could use a little blood. Not a bad idea, I suppose if that man I married wasn't convinced he's made out of steel. He wants to go back to work on Monday. Has to get up at 3:30 a.m., and work (with a little time off in between...
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I'm a 48 year old mother and went to the doctor in May2018 with itchiness under my boob that just would not go away. The doctor gave me an examination and found a lump .... the other side of my boob to the itching! Fast forward to the breast clinic...........Mamogram..Hmm looks suspicious, lets have a biopsy, ........Jackpot you have breast cancer! Now a memember of a club I never for one minute thought I would ever be in.
So surgery next ......... all goes very well. lucky I had very big...
I don’t normally remember my dreams.
Last night I was awake ( I thought) thinking all sorts when I heard a cat come up the stairs and into our room. It leapt up and sat on my head. I tried to shout out my husband’s name but try as I might nothing came out! My husband was woken by me screaming ‘cat’ very loudly in his ear - he was somewhat traumatised by this.I was apparently talking quite normally about hearing the cat coming up the stairs and sitting on me. He then reminded me that we don...
Ever wanted to kiss another man in front of your husband. Well...….I could have well and truly snogged my consultant when he gave me the news, but luckily for him, I just cried with joy.
He said...…. the top diagnostic radiologists have studied my test results, and they agree that, although there are abnormalities, which can only be expected from the Radiotherapy I had 11 years ago, they are 95% certain that I am CANCER FREE.
I still have one more test to go, and endoscopy, but all...
Apologies for not writing in my blog...
The last month has been so full of appointments with so many different doctors and consultants and tests ready for my STC that there just never seemed to be time to just sit for two minutes and type out all the emotions I’m feeling.
The endless lists of things I needed to get together and conversations with friends and family that I didn’t want to have but they needed to know just in case. No one wants to hear the ‘if I don’t make it’ words, that...
