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As you may have guessed by my lack of posting, Claudette passed away in the hospice on Thursday last. She had a walking frame and ripple mattress delivered, but was unable to use either as she could not lift herself up from the chair. On Tuesday it was decided that she would go into the hospice on Wednesday, her hairdresser came in the evening and cut her hair, followed by two nurses who washed her.
We stayed the last night together, but by the morning I couldn't handle things, so it was fortunate...
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My mum was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer in August with a primary in the duodenum or pancreas. She'd been hospitalised with acute pain in her right side and put on tramadol. She was sent home ok-ish to await appointments with the general surgeon and oncologist. We saw the surgeon who said her cancer was inoperable and chemotherapy pretty pointless on 20th Sep, and while waiting for the oncology appt she was hospitalised again on Friday 1st Oct. She's still in.
She has two...
Why does this happen? Probably because I am 45 and my beloved partner P is 54. We have been together for a wonderful 25 years and never married because we didn't think we could love each other any more if we had a licence. It never bothered me before, not being married, I would just introduce P as my partner. Yet now in hospitals when I am with him, nurses, Docs as they draw the curtains round the bed, look at me and say "Are you his wife?" and I say no and feel like they think I'm shouldn't be there...
So right now Im on Hospital family accommodation in Basingstoke and my mum is on the ward. Its so strange. I have been waiting for this day for months and now its here I want to run away. Mum's big op is on Tuesday and its sixteen hours plus long. Its so surreal. Its a radical treatment called the sugar baker technique that will drain her mucus out of her stomach/abdo/ torso area and then they will apply warm chemo directly into the cavity for one hour and drain that out. I cant say Im not bricking...
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I was thinking it is a while since I wrote a blog post, which I guess is because health and treatment-wise there isn't a huge amount to report. But friends who haven't seen me or heard from me for a while will perhaps be glad to know that I'm pretty healthy at the mo - back to ballet, swimming and chasing kids round the park. Back at work for the past couple of weeks too. (In fact, I never got to the stage of being completely signed off - managing a bit of work each week, even...
Just wanted to let you guys know how much i appreciate all the advice and love you guys have given me over the last 8 months. Its been so hard and i wouldn't be coming out the other side if is wasn't for all of you.
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I have not been well since having my last chemo on 22 Sept but things now starting to get better, apart from the fatigue. Had my Planning Session on 8 October and got my tattoos (7 in total). Start R/Therapy on the 18 Oct and this will last for 3 weeks. Not sure what to expect in the way of side effects etc so if anybody has any tips that would be great.
Started to feel a bit weepy yesterday. Not sure why really but my scars, tattoos and sunken area of boob (where tissue was removed) just...
Wow ,I have finished my chemo and am still feeling relatively normal and well.I still have hair(even tho its gone thin) and now have another op to look forward to in the middle of november(as my margins weren't clear) and then 3 wks of radiotherepy and then I shall be there.Time to celebrate and get my life back in order.I have also had to go back to court a few times to do with my divorce so have had a lot of stress there.Still have a couple more court dates to attend ,as my ex-husband is hoping...
This Wednesday, October 13th will be the first ever Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day in the UK. I know breast cancer is huge in the media and gets a lot of press which does at times overshadow other cancer types. Obviously I hope everyone gets the support, care and treatment they deserve but being a SBC sufferer myself this is something I am passionate about. I was approached by Breast Cancer Care as I have done a bit of media work for them in the past and they asked if I would speak to a journalist...
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