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Hi,I'm Ticcy and this April ,the day before me,hubby and our two young children ( 8 & 10) were headed for Dubai to celebrate my 40th birthday,my husband found out he had something bad in his colon.This came as a huge shock to us.
The holiday we had to cancel and the worse news was yet to come. He had colon cancer stage 4.He is only 41 and lives a healthy lifestyle,has never smoked,does'nt drink,exercises and takes no risks.Ideal man! does'nt even like football!
Since then hubby has...
....lumps ‘n’ bumps! I’m cream crackered! Pleasantly cream crackered it has to be said. Yesterday was a busy day. We took the children to watch the Severn Bore. It wasn’t the most spectacular one I’ve seen, it was a three star version (the best being a five star). For their first one they were suitably impressed with the power of nature! The wave was big enough for the surfers brave enough to dodge the water propelled tree trunks to surf for a while, although I don’t suppose...
It's been a bit up and down this week. I don't know what got into me on Wednesday - apart from a bit of tiredness I felt really chipper and very glad that the nausea of week one hadn't returned. Unfortunately the last couple of days haven't been quite so great - the nausea is back and I've been a bit more sore and tired. The nausea is still manageable though so I guess I'm still doing pretty well all things considered.
I'm glad we are heading into the weekend now so can enjoy...
well i'm sorry to say my lovely father in law passed away on july the 6th , cannot belive he has gone so soon since he was only diagnosed in march this year .. when i first found out i was on here asking all kind of questiions , and i got some good information , from my personal experience .. theres only one thing to worry about .. QUALITY OF LIFE !!!!!!!! he suffered so much but at least the pain was kept under control has much has could b .. and make every day count ... xx
Have been told mum has 3-6 weeks to live they have moved her to a hospital nearer to home and then a jr doctor says it maybe fungal lung infection and things may not be as bad as they thought. Managed to speak with the consultant who was a nasty man who could not of cared less and told me they dont really know now and they are treating her for a fungal infection and in his words they are in LIMBO and cant tell us any more for the next couple of weeks afiter the drugs have worked and she has had another...
Hi does anyone have any experience with Papillary kidney cancer?
Sarah
Hi everyone...
just to say i havent disappeared! first week in new flat and enjoying it. only 15 mins to work on the bus now opposed to 1 hour 15 mins when i was living in london. flat mates are good and i am settling nicely.
went to my new gp practice yesterday and saw the nurse re dressings. she said there was nothing more she could do and it was now a matter of time, the wound is about 85% healed and it will be another 2 months before it is 100% better.
lymphoedema stocking working ok except...
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