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I found out at the weekend my Dad's lung cancer can't be cured and that it has now spread beyond the lung. It is quite a difficult situation: we were estranged for twelve years (never my or my sister's choice) and the weekend was the first time I had seen him since I was 16. Secondly, I don't really think he is accepting the prognosis and because of the estrangement, I am not really in a position to start probing too deeply into his prognosis. If any body has any knowledge...
This is my first time on one of these boards so hope I am doing it right?! After a heavy bleed in April of this year I was finally diagnosed with Stage 3a CC in May. My planning scan showed an enlarged kidney so I was admitted for a stent to be fitted. Unfortunately it went wrong and instead of coming out the same day, I ended up in hospital for 2.5 weeks! This delayed my treatment but finally started my 5.5 weeks of radio and chemo therapy in June. Reacted quite badly to both as my tumour was so...
A couple of months ago I was talking to my husband on webcam as he'd dashed back to the UK to be with his parents... his father had been diagnosed with cancer.
I'd been to the doctor with my son... he'd had a knock playing rugby and we wanted to check all was well. Whilst he was getting dressed I chatted to the doctor... filling time as you do.
"Why can't I drink alcohol? I go red, get very hot and itchy... last time I had one tiny sip and the effect lasted for 3 days"...
My beloved husband died on 15 August 2010. He fought like a tiger and we were so proud of him. The day before he died we got married. We had a lovely day, he found it quite tiring but I know he had a lovely day and enjoyed seeing our friends and family all together. The next morning he started to deteriorate very quickly. We were warned that this could happen but thought it meant over a few days, not 12 hours.
I don't want to dwell on the negatives. I do want to thank Macmillans on behalf of...
Over the past two months, G has become increasingly breathless. A scan done at Bart's two weeks ago showed fluid building up again in his chest cavity. Thanfully things move faster in London than in Birmingham. So, we have accepted the inconvenience and expense of him having the operation to drain the fluid at the London Chest Hospital.
I have tried so hard not to dwell on what this development might mean, but now that we are packed ready to travel down tomorrow, I am so afraid that we are about...
Hi all,
Got through the colonoscopy ok with a little help from a general anaesthetic.Consultant wants to see me next week regarding outcome. Problem is he finishes up Friday for holidays and his next surgery isn't for another 4 weeks. Ominous if he calls me in before he stops.Fingers,toes and everything else I can are crossed till I get results. Will be hard till then but I'll think positive till told different.
Stay good,
Jim
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Well folks we are nearly home now. Done the Italian bit, Pisa, Florence, Siena etc and managed to walk round all of them, but these chemo hands and feet do make life so difficult. Anybody got any ideas for controlling the sensitivity. It's all very well the doctor saying it will get worse before it gest better, but that doesn't help when you can't wear shoes, and don't know whether your feet are hot or cold! I could just about manage 4 hours sightseeing, (with breaks) before we had...
september 29th - back to darlington hospital today...trev was having his trachy tubes changes. his mac nurse was really pleased to see how well he looks after his first chemo cycle!!! she said how she can visibly see the tumour and tonsil are shrinkin back!! over the moon!!!! well we were only in there about half an hour so we had ourselves a look into town.....and had the most lush day!! didnt talk about cancer or treatment!!! just shoppin and fashion etc etc!!! was brilliant! he bought himself some...
Claudette spent the day resting in her armchair with her soft cushion watching TV. We reinstated the cookie jar when she said she was hungry.
I attempted to obtain some dressings, padded plasters, for her sores, but the system doesn't appear apple to provide them. Hopefully the district nurse will provide something similar today, if not I'll buy some. This caused sleeping problems overnight, which I suspect resulted in the higher than usual use of the morphine.
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