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  • loolabelle
    My dads cancer may be back

    My dad was diagnosed with kidney cancer four years ago. It was totally by accident it was discovered. It was also discovered he only had one functioning kidney, the other was like a shrivelled walnut. Of course the cancer was in his good kidney. He decided to have cryopathy, which was a relatively new treatment. The tumour was frozen and died. It went successfully but we were told that it could come back.

    I've found out today that he has been passing blood in his urine. He has been to the doctors...

  • Life's little hurdles
    Lovely Holiday

    I'm back after a wonderfully magical holiday at Disney Land Paris with my family.  I can't claim it was relaxing as the Disney experience is anything but! However we had a fantastic time doing a lot of nothing, the kids getting lots of character's autographs, hundreds of photos - I even got one with Minnie too!  After this we had a family weekend for my mother-in-law's 60th birthday with a lot more smiles and laughs.

    So we're home and I'm fighting my way through the unpacking and inevitable...

    Former Member
  • Fionhun
    Newbie lost in space!

    Hi everyone

    I have just been diagnosed with mixed type stage two breast cancer. I have to undergo further tests - mri and microbubble ultrasound this week. Am struggling to find much info on mixed type and just generally feel a bit dazed. I'm fine when family, friends and work colleagues are around and everyone thinks I am coping so well. I think I am coping quite well but every now and again I will read or hear something and I feel sad!No other way to describe it just sad. I know emotions can be...

    Former Member
  • aml
    My dad goes into the hospital to start chemo for aml tomorrow

    Well my dad goes in the hospital tomorrow to start his chemo for aml.  My family and I are very nervous and scared.  I am sure it will be really bad but hoping it goes ok.  He is very strong.  Good luck dad we love you.

    Former Member
  • Untitled until further notice (:
    Inside Ellen's Head..

    The other night, I phoned my mom. I wasn’t sure what I needed, you never outgrow wanting to hear your mother’s voice. We talked for a long while, and I told her how frustrated I was with postponing chemo and things not seeming to go according to plan. The next day I went on to find an email waiting from my mom. It had an enclosed video and a quick note – Praying with you… you know this already, here’s a refresher
    When I opened the video, I quickly realized ...

    Former Member
  • David's cancer story
    Battle of cerebellar metastasis
    After several phone calls by hospital staff, and a couple of further scans, he was transferred to St. George's hospital, for a craniotomy to remove the solitary cerebellar metastasis. He was in hospital for about a week. In December 2010 he had an MRI scan which showed he was clear, and didn't require radiotherapy as there were no signs of systemic disease.
    However the surgery has left him unstable on his feet, and he now requires a walking stick for stability around the house. He requires...
    Former Member
  • David's cancer story
    The Headaches
    At the end of August, the bank holiday Monday, David was doing some DIY work and banged his head (quite hard), I didn't think anything of it, did the cold compress and checked for a bump - nothing and he said I was making a fuss about nothing. It turned out this was true, but he didn't know that at the time!
    On the Tuesday he came home with a bit of a headache, and took a couple of paracetamols. Over the next week the headache remained, but he managed to go to work and said it was probably...
    Former Member
  • David's cancer story
    Diagnosis and Treatment of T3N0M1 adenocarcinoma OGJ
    When David went for the endoscopy, the nurse informed us that they had found something and had taken a biopsy, things moved very quickly following this and we had further tests and hospital visits and were informed that David had Oesophageal cancer. The biggest question we were asked by all the health professionals we met was how did we spot it as it was very early. This type of cancer is usually picked up in later stages, this was fortunate for David as it was operable.

    There was a trial for...

    Former Member
  • David's cancer story
    In the Beginning
    On January 30th 2009 David and I went out for a meal at the Cap in Hand Pub for my birthday, during the meal he started to choke on his food - a couple of times, and couldn't finish it.
    He was off work with depression and had choked on his food a few times and felt nauseas in the mornings for the past few months, but had put it down to the stress/depression. But the meal was relaxed as it was during the afternoon and we didn't have the children with us.
    He was due to see the GP the next...
    Former Member
  • Tale of A Very Young Widow
    A Good Weekend

    New blog post http://veryyoungwidow.blogspot.com/2011/05/family-filled-weekend.html

    I'm a happy girl this weekend for the first time in weeks. I didn't realise how much I've missed my family and extended family and seeing them has made me push harder for my degree and its given me the energy to keep going on :D

    Enjoy and thanks for reading it

    xx

    Former Member
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