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I have managed to find a photo of the original mole. It look a big messy as its post biopsy but its not that different to how i presented it to my GP. I had split it open while getting out the shower before xmas last year and never really healed. 2 months ago i showed my GP... the rest as they say is history.
Amazing how a mole the size of the average thumb nail can make a wound the size it has (for those of you who can bare to look at the photos!)
Hope this is of help to those with...
My darling little Angel,
You were not meant to be, but i love you very much.....
I wanted to be a mum, i wanted to hold you in my arms i am only sorry i didnt get to meet you, I miss you so much
Sleeping safe in a dream world
protected by all that surrounds you--
a beating heart
a gentle laugh
the touch of loving hands
And your future wasn't too far away.
We longed to see your smile
hear your cry and dry the tears
We longed to teach all that we knew
and hold your hand in ours
But time has slipped ...
Im a 40 year old woman who feels very lucky at her age to have a set of grandparents.......my nan is the type of person that if shes got a scratch she will go to the doctors, my grandad on the other hand hates doctors hospitals etc......my grandad started getting poorly a few years ago with his bowels and he went for tests and we thought that he had prostrate problems........over the last 6 months hes has got weaker and the doctors thought he had testicallar cancer ....he had a scan and all was good...
Today marks round 2 of Dads chemo.The first round was rough , he's alittle like me in that nausea is the worst thing ever . He found it so hard to deal with and we had to get a doc out to help one night .
Side effects haven't been so awful as yet as it was the first round , who knows what this round will be like.
Dad has on good days been out doing stuff like digging a veg patch , there really is no telling folks :) but its good and positive and normal to see him doing these things.
Little...
So, the triedness starts to kick in, totally knackered by 17:00, then always the dreaded sign at Radium treatment desk..DELAY , always 40 minutes...Only 16 radium treatments to go, slowly being crossed off, amazing how these seem to drag, when life seems to be flashing by. Had the review clinic yesterday, talking through any side effects...isn't it weird how you spend your life private on toitlery habits, then you speak so openly on most basic deatils to a complete stranger. Even the wife is unaware...
..….how to clear a room in an instant! Have you ever stood in a queue and just wished that everyone in front of you would miraculously disappear? I have, I’m not the most patient of shoppers at the best of times, shopping fights for the prized last place on the to-do list with housework. I now have a secret weapon which clears an aisle/bar/queue in an instant! The Toxic Burp. It’s a rather rank and putrid burp admittedly but it does a fantastic job so mustn’t be criticised too heavily...
We have just returned from a wonderful weekend in Dorset. My Ovarian cancer is back on the rampage again, and my one wish was to get my family united together under one roof so the grandchildren could get to know each other, on "Grandmas holiday". (One son lives in the states and always has to do the rounds when they come home). It was everything I could have hoped for, even if I didn't have the energy to join in with all they did, (the hike across to the cliffs and the walk up Corfe castle...
Hi Everyone
Yesterday we got the news we had been dreading, yet expecting that my sister Liz G has another tumour . She is taking it as she takes every aspect of her life, on the nose and is dealing with it in her own way.
For those of you who know me and Liz from the old What Now site you will know the love and closeness we share and the past two years since she was given 3-4 months to live ,have been the hardest most emotional I have ever experienced with her and my family.
While I am writing...
Hiya, this is my first blog and i'm using this as my coping mechanism....my mum is 62 and she is the strongest, most patient and kind woman i have ever met. We come from a large family, i have 2 elder sisters and 1 elder brother, many nieces and 1 nephew. My mum and dad divorced when i was 3 and she has brought us up on her own with no help at all and she has done a fantastic job.
My mums pain first started after a fall xmas eve 2009 when the weather was very icy and cold...xmas day she was in...
Hi there
my mum has been on tarceva for a month now and has had the dreadfull spots or "rash" as it's known.
The steroid treatment did clear it up but she found the greatest relief from Aveeno products. These have helped to moisturize her skin and skeeping bad breakouts at bay.
With this in mind I decided to join the Aveeno Discoverer programe and I'm helping to spread the word about Aveeno products. I have recieved free samples and have the posssibility of further rewards, if you...
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