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How does he do it? I seem to have lost almost 2 years and can not find the answers anywhere!!
Since diagnosis to now we have had 1 nightmare after another, hence not realising that the weeks and months have passed us by.
End of September 2011 was biopsy time, October was Neck disection and tonsil removal.
Just to run alongside this we were moving our Business to new premises. Not a good idea!
Anyhow we managed by the skin of our teeth, dearly beloved decided that all was not going to go as...
It's been a while since I last posted but there is a reason for this. It has been a struggle.......
Since katie had her operation to debulk her bowel and remove the cysts on her overies she has struggled to settle down. She has been left with a Stoma and has struggled to come to terms with it, as have I. She has been in pain and discomfort and has had horrendous insomnia. I have asked her to go counselling do deal with it all but she is just not up for it. We are too young for all this, Katie...
I start chemotherapy on Tuesday 2 April 2013, something I would assume all of us thought and hoped we would never have to face. I decided to start this blog to give me something to do something to focus on if things became difficult. However talking to other I thought that maybe my story and what I go through during the treatment may give others an understanding of what may be ahead. Before we begin I thought I would give you my story.
I was diagnosed with a condition called heamochromotosis...
So after a fairly decent night we had a lie in and woke about 6am. Except clocks have gone forward and it was only 5. Growl.
Porridge with gold top milk for brekkie before the dreaded capec pills. He really hates them. The days after Oxaliplatin are the worst. He managed to control the nausea without the extra anti sick pill. Bonus. Eating difficult.
Shower and day clothes accomplished!
Thing is after 15 mins of sitting on sofa he got teary (not for the first time). He didn't remember getting...
Another day we thought she wouldn't see. Today is one of her grandchildren's birthday and normally she would of rung to say Happy Birthday. He did see her on Friday and told her if she needed to go he understood. She didn't need to go and is still with us.
Dad had a bad day yesterday. he kept losing his balance when he stood up and getting confused about stuff. He went out in the cold with no coat on and his slippers on. No one even heard him leave. My sister found him at the bottom...
Its been 10 days since my lovely mum has passed away. The funeral was held and now we have a gaping hole in our family. The thing is mum was so ill for 6 months before she passed that I felt like I lost her then. I have been very busy planning the funeral and also moving home and I guess I have been filling voids. Will the power of the grief hit me one day and nearly wipe me off my feet? I thought I would cry more, I thought I would collapse at her funeral and not cope but I have done. I am really...
So the oxalipltin went in on thursday. He had a pretty good night aside from a tickly cough, woke him up to drink some warm cordial.
A pyjama day for him while I attacked a couple of weeds in the garden. Gave me a scare when he came out with thermometer and said 37.3 - Thought he was asleep. Temperature was due to sitting next to open fire for too long. Doh. Such a bloke. . . .
Another good sleep for him friday night too. He even put the kettle on to make the morning tea with. Then went for a ciggie...
hello all new to this so please bear with me ive been the primary carer for my husband for 12 yrs and not done too bad "i think" but now things have changed and i am diagnosed with lymphoma. about 3months ago. just finished a course of radiotherapy,not sure what happens next.very unlike me i am now feeling drained ,usually im full of energy and able to cope, but just now i am drained and definitely not in control
