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I have created this blog to track our journey. My husband has just been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. We were advised on Monday that he is stage 3B based on scans taken and we await the results of the bone marrow biopsy.
I wanted to track our journey. I wasn't aware of the Macmillan online community when my Mum and Dad lost their battles with cancer, and this site has been so helpful to me and my husband in the last couple of months that I wanted to try to capture our journey in the hopes...
New to this, and not sure where I write things!!!!! I found out two weeks ago I have bowl and liver cancer. Im booked to see an oncologist on Tuesday, but want to know how do you pick a oncologist? Is there any questions that might be good to ask? Like all of you Im a fighter, so need people around me that will fight with me. I did a blogs with some question, but not sure if thats where I write them......Im so looking forward to getting into some treatment so I can kick arse!!!! Bring it on i say...
So we had our meeting with the macmillian nurse, don't get me wrong, I am sure when the time comes they will be quite helpful. However she introduced herself and asked what we needed. Will I don't know, I thought they would assess David and tell us what they had to offer. Anyway she arranged a physio / ocupational health assessment for David (he was on 2mg of the dex steriods - see below) and I found the OH person quite patronising - I just did not like her manerasism (not a complaint she can...
Did anyone see last Saturdays episode of Casulty?
Sorry, due to my husbands inability to not fiddle, I have just watched it on iplayer to catch up before tonights episode. I paused the tele while I put the kids to bed and rather than leaving the remote control he picked it up and cancelled the delay. Apparently he was just trying to help!
There was a woman who had fallen asleep on the bus on her way home from shopping and was still asleep when the bus got to the depot, as they couldn't wake her...
On Thursday at 7.15pm my step niece lost her fight. Her 2 small children have been told but are so young dont realise quite what this is going to mean for them,.
My mum had an oncology app the same day, everyones emotions are so over the place at the moment nothing more I can really say.
But on a good note watched my niece leaving for her prom last night and she looked absolutely stunning. She has certainly changed into a beautiful swan.
please can someone help. my dad has liver cancer and is currently having chemo, he feels sick 24/7 and is sick at least once a day. he's on anti sickness tab's but not much relief. he can each the stem ginger at the mo as its too sweet. ginger wine helps a bit but does anyone have any tips they have tried and worked or heard about..... thanks
Oh for a good night's sleep.
Now I'm past the post-op frequent disturbance to visit the loo, I hoped for better nights. But I'm still either having difficulty getting off to sleep or waking too early.
I keep rehearsing possible scenarios & conversations with my consultant. Having decided (if I have a choice) that I want cystectomy for better prognosis rather than risk BCG failure, I'm worried that he may try to persuade me otherwise.
I guess the medics may feel that the chance...
Hi everyone
Firstly thanks for your replies of support, love this site. Get more emotional support from you lot than most of the family, sure some of you feel the same too. ((((((((((((xxxx)))))))))))) have a hug from me.
Well I got him to the GP this morning, checked ears and they need a clear out, (was told before by oncology that the radiotherapy seems to increase the wax build-up but totally forgot) No infection - good news, no signs of a cold - good news. So its an inner balance problem, did...
Starting to feel tired this afternoon but if its doing the business i dont care. Got my mind set on the CT scan set for 4 weeks and 5 days time and some good news for a change.
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