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its my mums birthday today she was 74. she took her last breath at 5.00 pm holding my hand.
i don't think i have ever felt so alone my brother and sister have gone back to their famyilys and patners i have no one i have lost my best friend my rock, how do i make it through this.
I've been mentally segmenting my treatment into phases -
1: Diagnosis, 2: Surgeries, 3: Chemo therapy, 4: Radio therapy, 5: Herceptin, 6: Tamoxifen, 7: Remission.
The first 3 phases are complete.
Phase 4: I have had 16 of my 20 Radio therapy sessions and as the blog title suggests - I now have a red very breast (‘tis the season). It is sore but I'm delighted to say the skin has not yet 'broken down' as was the fear having gone for the larger fractionations over a shorter...
Its been a bit of a quiet week/weekend really. Since having my treatment on Tuesday I have had a funny head, not quite a headache, its hard to describe. I used to get it when I was on Herceptin before so I know its normal but it makes me feel a bit poo. I was so bored yesterday with the blasted rain just did a bit of housework and made some mince pies. Pastry isnt my strong suit so I only made 8 as I didnt want to waste a load of ingrediants but in the end they came out really well. Will try a bigger...
Can anyone shed any light on this? I have been looking on the net but can find very little information on this subject.
I have tried to leave messages for people and nothing ever seems to work on this site since they messed with it.
I was along visiting Dad today and I went and spoke to the nurse, she said that because dad was managing to receive his medication orally he could do this at home, they know he wants to get home and they say they are doing the same things that could be done at home and he would be comfier. I agree with all that and can see it now I have calmed a little. What gets me is that since they took him off his IV fluids at the start of the week he has steadily went downhill again, he is sleeping all the time...
Hi All
Well the first chemo wasn’t as bad as I’d built it up to be in my mind, despite taking a full 8 hours due to me having a bit of a hot flush halfway through; they seemed more worried about it than I was.
I must admit that I was put on the back foot when I first entered the chemo room, because the reality of the situation suddenly hit me with renewed clarity. However within minutes I was put at my ease by the wonderful staff and fellow patients.
I have notice over the past weeks...
In case it's of any help to those newly diagnosed, here's my personal experience - though everyone's is different, and hopefully without my little blip through my ignorance/subsequent neglect in hospital the first week!
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