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I had cancer when I was younger, I had it removed, didn't need chemotherapy etc and 15years later I'm here, no recurrence, surgical warrior scar and all.
I moved on, we didn't have support like this. We didn't have internet, coping mechanisms, we just had to carry on, forget about the past, put it in a box- mark it do not open. So my mother did her best, my family did their best. I put my feelings in a box, i put my pain in box, my anger in a box.
But 15years later,...
16 down, 4 to go.! The 3rd week kicked off really well, I had the start of the sore throat last Friday, but today it is like chewing razor blades and trying to swallow golf balls. I can cope with pain reasonably well, and now that I am over the mask phobia, I was feeling quite pleased with myself, especially when my nurse expected to see a nervous quivering wreck at my clinic review (Monday). She was surprised at how well I had coped, as she had obviously not really looked forward to coming to the...
My brother (who has learning difficulties) was diagnosed with bowel cancer in Oct 2016. He is 62 very mild mannered but had not told anyone he was having difficulties in the toilet. He lives with my other brother who (cares for his daily needs) isn't really very clued up about things and even though he had noticed he was spending more time on the toilet hadn't mentioned this to me. I just happened to be visiting when he was on the loo and noticed he was in there a long time. I then began asking...
We went back to see the Paediatrican on 13 July 2016 to discuss the blood tests that were done the previous month. Ryan's hemoglobin was low. ESR 33 and CRP had come down slightly to 25. Unfortunately he had lost more weight so the decision was made to admit him to the children's ward straight away.
My wife, who has been diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer, and who also has other issues such as diabetes type 2 and high blood pressure, was looking for reasonably priced travel insurance for a trip to the USA to see our daughter. We spent a frustrated time on such sites as GoCompare and Saga etc. looking for insurance, but nobody wanted to know (including the insurer who operates our travel insurance via our packaged bank account!), if you had a cancer diagnosis. However, we approached a company...
Friday February 24th
Well it's Friday, but only just. It seems to have been a long few days since I had the T session on Tuesday. Side effects are just starting to kick in with tiredness, thick throat and tongue and my nails are hurting a bit too, I have a few muscle/ bone aches and pains, it's bearable so far though. It's the lack of sleep and hot flushes that are making things more difficult.
It's a busy day tomorrow, Fridays always are, I'll have to see how I get on. ...
26 August 2016, we received the gut-wrenching news that haematology consultants at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff believed Ryan had a very rare form of Lymphoma, known only to Asian and Latin American populations of men over the age of 50.
There were still further tests needed as a few experts were baffled to see this cancer in a 14 year old Western European Caucasian boy. We were given the confirmation diagnosis of EBV positive NK/T-cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma on 2 September 2016. Steroid...
Medussa made herself known to me on Christmas Eve. Yes Medussa was the breast cancer lump which may have been growing within me for years.!How did she manage to do that without me knowing? My last mammogram was in Ireland in 2014.Moving to Wiltshire in 2016 I missed two mammograms as the Consultant says,patient "did not attend as life was too busy".I am still disappointed with myself for not putting myself first.Thats what we do us Women-Right?
So there I am at last sitting down on Christmas...
I went to the emergency room in Philadelphia and was told I had prostate infection the placed me on antibiotics for thirty days No progress I went back they said we have isolated and are changing the antibiotics no progress I went back and they said see a specialist I did the urologist probed and stated yes prostate infection thirty more days different antibiotics. No progress went back he performed same probe and stated how did I miss this the first time you have tumors on your bladder wall don...
Wednesday 22ne February 2017
I've been awake since 3am and didn't get to sleep till 12.30 am, and have been to the loo twice in that time, so not a great night so far,so thought I'd catch up with the blog.
Yesterday I went for my fifth chemotherapy session. I really didn't want to go, the chemo sessions are fine, the ladies there are wonderful, it's just the after effects which are horrible, which kick in a few days after. I got up and made some scones to take in for the ladies...
