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At the time this begins, August 2016, I was 34, married with three children aged 8, 4 and 1. I was a passionate breastfeeding advocate and homeschooling mother.
I was breastfeeding my one year old little boy and was increasingly sore on one side. I thought it was thrush, so I went to the GP who prescibed me something for thrush but he wasn't convinced that is what it was. He had a feel of my breast and noticed a lump. I knew it was there; I had actually had it checked out a few years previously and...
I have been keeping a blog elsewhere to keep family and friends up to date with how I'm getting on with my breast cancer treatment. However, I would like to share my story with fellow sufferers so have come to the Macmillan site. I will be copying across my previous posts from that blog which means the dates will not be accurate, but at least the story will be.
Hope it is helpful to somebody.
During mid 2012 I developed what I thought was tonsillitis have suffered frequently with it as a young child & teenager. The glands on the right hand side started to swell so went to my local Doctor. She prescribed a 7 day course of penicillin which has always worked previously.
7 days came & went & it didn't touch what I thought was an infection whatsoever. I returned to the surgery the following week, as I was working away as a business improvement consultant. She wanted to prescribe the same...
I've had a fair bit of red urine the last couple of mornings. I've been drinking a lot of water recently. I don't know if it will help but it seems to prevent too much red urine. Perhaps it just waters it down, who knows? This waiting period before the op is pretty scary. I sit willing my tumour to shrink and fall off. Probably won't but I want it to know I'm coming for it. I'm having it killed.
Ultrasound on Monday. I hope and pray to God that my lump is not invasive. Op...
For me so far, the waiting part is the worst. I feel a little like a tornado at the moment. My feelings and thoughts spinning and changing direction so quickly.
I'll be feeling positive one minute, and then the next I'm bawling my eyes out like a baby. Then comes the obsessive googling and researching. I like to be prepared but is there such thing as being too prepared?
I also think up all different situations in my head about things that haven't even happen. And might not either! Like...
Hi everyone!
Welcome to my new blog! (My first ever blog I should say!!)
My name is Megan, I'm 23 and I'm started this blog mostly to help myself deal with what's going on right now. I've always loved writing so figured this would be a good way to help!
My story began at the beginning of this year when I saw my GP several times because of irregular bleeding, bleeding between cycles, spotting and bleeding after sex.
I was told time and time again it was due to my pill...
Hi All,
Following my first chemo on 30th May, I had terrible pains in my left calf (down from knee to ankle) it really ached. I went to my GP who said it was nothing to do with the chemo - it is the site of an injury I incurred when hit by a car in 1981. I said I thought it was strange that this injury suddenly hurt me after 36 years of nothing but a few cramps in it? GP gave me cream and painkillers. 4 days later I insisted on another appointment and was referred for an ultrasound. On Sunday...
We're back (Myself and Beryl (my stoma)) after a great week in Kos. The weather was fantastic. I didn’t see a cloud for the entire week. Sunny every day and temperatures not below 32 degrees centigrade.
I did have some concerns before departure. Mainly around the effect of the flight on my stoma pouch and also getting holiday insurance. I needn’t have worried about the flight. The only issue was that aircraft toilets are rather small due to the curvature of the aircraft and I found it...
I had my full torso Ct scan today. It was an experience. The scanner on the ward was awaiting maintenance so I was taken to the one in A&E. I had to lie on a bed which was then slid into the large donut shaped machine.
"That a nice piece of machinery," I said, "Is it new?"
The nurse smiled proudly and said, "Yes it is."
I was pleased to have such a state of the art machine for my scan.
I had to have a liquid pumped into my arm to show up all the blood vessels, veins...
Omg.....
Just......
OMG.....
I've been a little MIA this past month because all of my energy has been going into being creative. In my last post I mentioned heading to help fit costumes for an opera company. Well, I also ended up making ALL the headgear for the show as well - all 60 pieces. So all energy and time went into coming up with designs and then making the designs a reality. It took a little over 100 hours to do them all, but I have to say - I'm really pleased with how they all came out...
