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Chemo finished on 7th March. After almost 6 months of planned treatment, I've been feeling a bit like I'm in limbo. Had an abdominal ultrasound this morning. The oncologist seemed a bit concerned that the lower part of my liver was a bit rough rather than being smoother like the top part. He said it could have been the machine and he couldn't see any metastases but wants to follow-up in two months rather than three. He also sent me for blood tests to check for cancer markers. It will probably be...
Spent pretty much the whole morning of 23 March at Hamad Hospital (National Centre for Cancer Care and Research) having MRI scans of head, face and neck. Unfortunately, 10 days later was still none the wiser about results. Spoke to coordinator who said that all seemed fine...but that there was reference to sub-centimeter lymph nodes. She tells me that she is fixing up an appointment with the surgeon as a "follow-up"...but when I chase this up after a couple of days of radio silence it turns out that...
My mum was diagnosed with stomach cancer , on the 1st of December , so it was a shock and Christmas was planned for her and my dad to come to our house in Liverpool ( as mum and dad moved to wales in the feb ) but now plan as changed as she is having stomach removed on 18 th December , I went of work on 27 th on the sick used all my holidays up to that point . So 18 th came god it was awful had to get her to Wrexham hospital by 7 am as it is over hour away left at 5.30 very hard driving in silence...
My dad passed away last week and he has been in the hospital for more than 2 months and I still haven’t figured out how things could hav turned so quickly and badly..
My dad is 78 years old and have had blood disorder for a period of time already and have been getting transfusion for approx. 1.5 years but unfortunately it got transformed into MDS last year then progressed into AML in Dec…doc was saying patients under this type of condition usually have a life expectancy of approx. 2...
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I am 41 and suffered back pain, severely heavy periods and urine problems for over two years. I eventually saw a gp who took me seriously and organised a variety of tests. It was discovered that I was suffering from a bowel and bladder prolapse. I was referred to a gynaecologist and initially had a scan that also showed a polyp and fibroid. On March 15th I had a hysteroscopy, d and c and removal of polyp and fibroid and Mirena insertion under general anaesthetic.
When I came around I was told...
I have been reading and contributing to the online community site for a few months now and have honestly found it a godsend for support, advice, laughs, hugs and the not so nice side of cancer we are all dealing with in the most honest way possible.
After reading about the journeys some people are having and then I think about mine hmmmm….. how do I put this???
Really easy compared to so many of you to name but a few:
, LondonLass, , , , , , Aspen, ,
And all others I have missed (sorry!!...
Well, not updated lately so thought I would put down how I’m feeling this time round.
Saw Oncologist on Monday 19/3 and mentioned all side effects including tiredness, steroids not seem to have kicked in as well as usual, no sleep, very emotional and the weariness seemed to go on forever. She wasn’t too bothered until I mentioned I had a sore mouth and tongue for a few days (now gone) which felt like the after effects of going to the dentist. Didn’t think much about it until I told Onco and...
I had hoped/ thought work would be a positive distraction, unfortunately it feels like a constant battle.
5 months on, still no chair! I understand they are expensive (a manager told me so) if a high street bank which made a very healthy profit can't afford it, then in the interest of my health then I will gladly pay for it.
My job role has been changed without consultation and without training, the new tasks I'm expected to perform are really not suitable for my health at this...
“I have cancer”. “I am affected by cancer”. “I have the Big C”. “I am dying from cancer”. “I am living with cancer”. “I got, you know, cancer”.
Doesn’t matter how you say it, it’s pretty shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. And then some. I can honestly say that it is quite possibly the worst thing to have happened to me in the entire 49 years of my never-ending mid-life crisis except for diabetes, which is shit with...
I am starting this blog to document and connect with others going through a similar experience. Just starting with a short post. I was diagnosed in November having found a lump at beginning of the children’s school break in late oct 2017. I had lumpectomy and node removal in Dec Christmas week.,
I was delighted to get a clear result around surgery and in general that all was fine. When I went to see my oncologist in early Jan I had already decided in my own head that with all being so well I...
