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Hi all,
Just a quick update.
I've now had two measuring sessions for the Radiotherapy planning - I think they know my boobs better than me now!
I've now had 2 'debates' with the Radiotherapy Registrar:
The first one was about the duration of the treatment. I decided to push back against his 'change of heart' (that seemed to be driven by a change of boss Dr) and I am sticking with the shorter regime. This gives me a chance of being ok (from a radio side effects perspective...
Had my check up this afternoon after surgery. Had an xray first and then had to see the registrar. After getting lost and wandering around the hospital for a while I arrived at clinic red faced, breathless and barking like mad. The x ray showed that my lung had expanded well and no abnormalities showing. He discharged me and is now referring me back to the original hospital where i was diagnosed with the cancer. I've had a niggling cough since surgery which is getting considerably worse and now...
Been to visit the mother in law today with the children. Was worrying and upsetting.
The problem is with her pain meds. she is supposed to get a dose at 1pm at 3pm it still hadn't been given. I said 'I'll go ask about it shall I?' ' No, no' she relies 'don't talk to any of the staff.'
I'm her primary carer and she refuses to let me talk to the medical staff at all. They wont talk to us without her permission and she wont let us talk to them at all. She has no...
Well just had a lovely bath and my hair washed by eldest daughter and feel half like a human again.......
Pre 28th Sept I used to moan about never being given flowers but never again. There are few ups to having cancer but the flowers are a deffo. My house looks like Covent Garden at the moment, there are flowers of every description all over the house and I have now run out of vases...so glad some of them came with their own temporary vases lol.
Much apologies for my miserable post earlier, I...
Hi guys,
So been hooked up for 2nd round of IVE (Tuesday til Sunday am) - straightforward really - sick once on the last day but shattered from having to get up every couple of hours to give urine sample; after the PE scare, they kept up with a lower dose blood thinner 'just in case'; let me out on sunday afternoon and am going back in an hour. Had a lovely time just being at home, transferring CDs to my giant ipod (laptop) and getting the lads to buy me i-tunes. God, I love my family.
I...
Hi All.
Its now 6 days since I had my lumpy removed along with auxillary node clearance and I had the stupid notion that I would be back to work by tomorrow. Came out of hospital on Friday afternoon and felt ok just tired (what can you expect when people are waking you every hour just to do your obs) and had a fantastic full nights sleep. Woke feeling really good and full of get up and go.
Spent Saturday fighting off daddy longlegs and catching up on all the washing but still went to bed a little...
the only time i really need support from my best friend she stops calling. i don't get it... she can be there for her neighbour when her husband is dying of cancer but when it's my dad the conversation gets changed every time i mention him and now she won't even call.
we can't see each other as often as we would like as she's in ayrshire and i'm in aberdeenshire but surely she could pick up the phone????
am i being selfish or is she being a bad friend??
clearly i'm asking...
Just three weeks away from finishing all the treatments and I went under completely. Seeing the end of the long haul of operation and treatments insight I felt truly depressed about the probabilty of my cancer returning (I have an endometrial cancer Grade 111C) and of dying within the next few years.
I'd been reading through the internet descriptions of my cancer and, it hit me, without denial attached, just how precarious my life is now. How likely it is that the cancer will return somewhere....
My father, age 65 was diagnosed with terminal metatstatic pancreas cancer following a CT scan in April 2009 after suffering with misdiagnosed conditions since February 2009 (it was thought he had an ulcer, gall stones, pylori...). He visited his GP so many times and after reading the symptoms of pancreas cancer I find it hard to believe they didn't spot this.
He was dreadfully ill and I after being in and out of hospital with no real diagnosis I finally decided enough was enough and took him...
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