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It's early evening and I'm still sitting in the hospice so I thought to stave off boredom (there is nothing on TV, I'm stuck watching a marathon of Who do you think you are? currently) I'd bring you bang up to date with me and tell you about my latest London trip.
I received agreement from London that they were happy for me to travel down and be seen and hopefully if it was deemed I was well enough I would receive treatment. So the hospice were glad that...
My partner suffered headaches for 6 weeks. Was told he had bells palsy on the left side of his face and was admitted to hospital. 5 days later we was told he had lung cancer which has spread to his skull base.
Everything changed in seconds, our life will never be the same again. He cant drive, he cant work, he cant play golf. This cancer has taken over our life already.
At the moment we are waiting on the MDT meeting so we know exactly what we are dealing with.
He is in so much...
I had an axillary clearance - nodes out under right armpit - on 8th April, following a WLE/SNB on 14th March where 2 of the 3 nodes taken out for biopsy were flecked with cancer. It's now a week and two days later and my right arm feels like it is being gripped by Edward Scissorhands and I have this twitching burning feeling every so often that really hurts. I am back taking the cocodomol for pain relief to try and take the edge off of it, and I am just hoping that it gets better and doesn't...
Figured I'd run a few updates up, fill folks who are interested, or just bored, in on where I'm at and what's been going on with me.
So, I had another dose of RAI on the 3rd of this month, and was stuck in hospital until the Thursday afternoon. That's where the 'Superpower watch' posts came from. I was in a really bad place going through that, so detaching myself from what I was going through, looking at it from a sci fi scientists point of view was how I coped. However the descriptions...
I had an awful day today with a few sorry tears. I feel so sad for my husband when he's sitting watching me cry, I mean, what can he say or do? I was in pain from the clearance - sore, stiff and burning - and I also felt full of doom and gloom about the now, the next and the future.
I'm praying that there are no more positive lymph nodes and trying my hardest to be positive, but sometimes it is the hardest thing.
Sorry for being miserable xx
Hi all.i would like a bit of advice.my husband had bowel cancer in 2015, it got to his liver last year which was burnt in an procedure.now he as been told he a a shadow on his lung.? We are both in shock.thought we had beaten it.my husband also has a massive hernia in his stomach.which again is on hold.it is getting him down. We are waiting for a hospital appointment now for my husband to go in for another operation on his lung.im worried as he is drinking more.what can i do to help him?
Hello, my name is Lin and I have recently been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. It was a real shock, I am 69 yrs old and up until 6 weeks ago I have been fit and healthy, so I am still in shock as is my husband and family. Everything is happening quite quickly, I have had scans, biopsies taken, ecg, bloods and a fitness test, I have also had an initial meeting with a surgeon. He was a lovely man and was very patient, explaining what was happening in my body and what they could offer me in the...
I write this the night before I say goodbye to my cervix. Tomorrow it is being removed via a rather brilliant surgical piece of equipment and a rather brilliant surgical procedure. Whilst I may come across as flippant about this, please rest assured, I am not. I’m writing this to expel some nervous pre-op energy. I’m also writing it to expand upon how lucky I am, something that I have alluded to in previous posts.
I was given the option of having a hysterectomy or something called a trachelectomy...
Hello blog peeps,
I am writing this blog from within the hospice. My family are here with me to stay the night, please don't panic. I am in here for respite and very much plan to come out again but I'll tell you how we ended up here.
It's been a while since I wrote a blog. It's been eventful. Unfortunately not in a good way.
On the 15th March I felt really hot so I took my temperature. 38.9 is not good, not when you've recently had treatment for chemo or immunotherapy. So I duly...
I had a real 'down' day yesterday, cried lots and kept wanting to just shout 'WHY?' at the top of my voice. Stupid thought I know, but I want to know what's going to happen next - although deep down, I'm sure I'll be recommended for chemo. My lumpectomy was successful with clear margins, but 2 of the 3 sentinel nodes taken out tested positive. Back in I went (on Saturday 8th April) and I had an axillary clearance. Pain wise, it's ok - I have a drain in and apart from sharp nerve-ending twitches every...
